New Medal of Honor banned from any gamestore in a PX or BX Base

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The commanding general of the Army and Air Force Exchange Services told Kotaku today that his decision to have Medal of Honor pulled from U.S. military bases worldwide was spurred by "well-documented reports of depictions of Taliban fighters engaging American troops" in the game.

"Out of respect to those we serve, we will not be stocking this game," the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Commander Maj. Gen. Bruce Casella, told Kotaku. "We regret any inconvenience this may cause authorized shoppers, but are optimistic that they will understand the sensitivity to the life and death scenarios this product presents as entertainment. As a military command with a retail mission, we serve a very unique customer base that has, or possibly will, witness combat in real life."

The determination to not offer Medal of Honor, first broken by Kotaku, impacts all Army and Air Force Exchange operations worldwide, including its website and 49 on-base and post GameStops. Any reserve or preorders placed through shopmyexchange.com will be cancelled. Preorders originally placed through GameStops on Army and Air Force installations will be transferred to the nearest GameStop off the Base or Post.


http://kotaku.com/5628862/px-commanding-general--explains-global-ban-on-medal-of-honor-game
 
I wonder what else the army and airforce has banned, just out of curiosity's sake.

I always assumed the military would kind of encourage their soldiers play these kinds of games, what with desensitization and so forth. Interesting that even they would draw a line in the sand on this issue, as it were.
 
As far as I remember, nothing. This is a first for a Military combat game to be banned, since a majority of the time they are more than happy with it and consider it a training tool for the soldiers.
 
x2 said:
Yea I bet it sucks anyways. MoH stopped being good after Frontline.
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I had some fun with Pacific Assault, but yeah, other than that I agree. Spearhead was the best, IMO (yes, even though it was an expansion).
 
x2 said:
Yea I bet it sucks anyways. MoH stopped being good after Frontline.
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Doubt it. From what I've heard, it's slightly better than Modern Warfare. I've also seen it in action and it looks like Modern Warfare. It's going to at least be "good."
 
CreepinDeth said:
Doubt it. From what I've heard, it's slightly better than Modern Warfare. I've also seen it in action and it looks like Modern Warfare. It's going to at least be "good."
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Yeah, from the gameplay I've seen, the multiplayer at least looks amazing. And that's usually all I care about in FPS games.
 
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