Videogame Manufacturer to Stop Allowing Players to Assume Role of Taliban

[tu_holmes]

How did you contribute?

I'm the senior infrastructure engineer for the Los Angeles studio involved with build pipeline and source control asset management.

There's a lot that goes into it.

[Fury]

People were pissing and moaning when MW2 put you in the role of a terrorist carrying out a massacre at a Russian airport last year. All 10 minutes of it. 

[Dos Equis]

They were thinking individuals would be smart enough to tell the difference between a game and real life but sadly they underestimated the stupidity of some. Its no different then Looney Tunes cartoons that are totally edited now becasue todays retarded kids seems to have forgotten that blowing the bill off a drawn duck is not the same as putting a gun to your own face and pulling the trigger.

Kids aren't the ones complaining.  It's the military and families of those in harm's way.  Has nothing to do with intelligence IMO.  It's really about the limits of compassion and common sense. 

Actually, there is an intelligence component.  The people designing the game should have been smart enough to foresee how this could impact various segments of the community. 

[Dos Equis]

What a joke of an excuse.

I was discussing with a friend the other day.  I think we should identify the grids with the drug fields and burn/blow them up. 

[Dos Equis]

Basically to maintain security, train the Afghan security force, and help with the government until we begin withdrawl in July 2011.

So we're essentially a police force.    

[Arnold jr]

keep taking what I said out of context.  If that's what makes you happy

Dude, just giving you a hard time.

[Cy Tolliver]

So we're essentially a police force.    

Wonder if you and your church feel like horses ass's yet for supporting this war?

[240 is Back]

drugs are a vital part of the world.  grow up everyone, and accept that.  the $ keeps the financial system afloat, and let's be honest, it's a very safe idea to have a good number of the world's population - uneducated, angry, stupid, whatever - doped up 24/7.

I feel like only mental children can't accept the role drugs play in the world.  Acting like drugs had nothing to do with the invasion - Bah, fools!   A great financial resource and ppl mgmt tool.  Deal with it.  Drugs are a useful part of how the world works.  man up.

[Cy Tolliver]

drugs are a vital part of the world.  grow up everyone, and accept that.  the $ keeps the financial system afloat, and let's be honest, it's a very safe idea to have a good number of the world's population - uneducated, angry, stupid, whatever - doped up 24/7.

I feel like only mental children can't accept the role drugs play in the world.  Acting like drugs had nothing to do with the invasion - Bah, fools!   A great financial resource and ppl mgmt tool.  Deal with it.  Drugs are a useful part of how the world works.  man up.

your posts are seriously refreshing, thank you 

[Dos Equis]

Wonder if you and your church feel like horses ass's yet for supporting this war?

I supported the war and still believe we made the right decision to invade.  I have no idea what "my church" thinks about the war. 

[Deicide]

I supported the war and still believe we made the right decision to invade.  I have no idea what "my church" thinks about the war. 

Beach Bum, if our president said 'Spain is a bad country, we are invading them', you would support it because you question nothing.

[Cy Tolliver]

Beach Bum, if our president said 'Spain is a bad country, we are invading them', you would support it because you question nothing.

him and the entire "born again" population of the US.... 

[Arnold jr]

Beach Bum, if our president said 'Spain is a bad country, we are invading them', you would support it because you question nothing.

Invading was the right move, how it has been handled has been horrible. Justice should be swift but we are caught up so deeply in "hurting feelings" global perception and cowering to the 20% of the population that is on the far-left...yes, it's only 20%, this is a fact...but we're so caught up in those things that we continually cause more harm and disarray to ourselves than needed. 

[Arnold jr]

him and the entire "born again" population of the US.... 

I'm honestly not sure what this is supposed to even mean??

[Cy Tolliver]

I'm honestly not sure what this is supposed to even mean??

The religious right almost unanimously supported these immoral wars in the Middle East...

[Arnold jr]

The religious right almost unanimously supported these immoral wars in the Middle East...

Funny, the vote in congress to invade was a resounding "Yes" by both sides of the aisle.

[Soul Crusher]

Funny, the vote in congress to invade was a resounding "Yes" by both sides of the aisle.

Saddam did everything possible to invite an attack. 

[Arnold jr]

Saddam did everything possible to invite an attack. 

Pretty much everything short of saying "Please Attack, the keys to the palace are under the mat."

[240 is Back]

i thought he let the UN inspectors go anywhere they wanted?

then we attacked AFTER finding no WMD?

[tu_holmes]

Kids aren't the ones complaining.  It's the military and families of those in harm's way.  Has nothing to do with intelligence IMO.  It's really about the limits of compassion and common sense. 

Actually, there is an intelligence component.  The people designing the game should have been smart enough to foresee how this could impact various segments of the community. 

The people who don't like, don't buy the game.

That's what capitalism is all about right?

It's the biggest pre-sale in the history of the franchise BECAUSE we did stuff like this... You don't like it, don't buy it.

VERY simple to understand basic capitalist economics.

[240 is Back]

i like the fact the company made the decision without govt intervention.

[tu_holmes]

i like the fact the company made the decision without govt intervention.

I'm pissed JR caved.

[Soul Crusher]

I'm pissed JR caved.

I have to ask - can you get me a free copy?    

[Deicide]

I hate to complain but I feel that Bioware game production suffers under EA. Too many rush jobs, games come out bugged. Anyway...ME2 is probably the best game I ever played so...still kudos.

[tu_holmes]

I hate to complain but I feel that Bioware game production suffers under EA. Too many rush jobs, games come out bugged. Anyway...ME2 is probably the best game I ever played so...still kudos.

Contrary to popular belief... EA will not "rush" a game. We have had games in development for 4+ years.

You put ship dates on things when they hit alpha because the team needs something to shoot for.

That's just reality... If a team needs more time to put out a better product and they show they are moving forward, EA will push the ship out.