GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases

donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision 'out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.'"

Comments

Too Soon

[theshowmecanuck]

I guess the term "too soon" counted in the days following 911, but guys on the front lines don't deserve this same respect? How about let it lay for a few years before adding the Taliban as an option if they must at all. Personally, I find it a bit repugnant. I'm curious, do they allow the Taliban characters they play to throw acid in the faces of girls who dare go to school, or execute them for showing their faces? If this company was really serious about this and not just going through the motions, they would pull the game from the shelves until this disrespectful option is removed.

Re:Too Soon

[theshowmecanuck]

Try critical reading... I'm not talking about 911. I'm talking about the fact that people gave some time between the event a when they tried to capitalize off of it. Idiot.

Re:Too Soon

[Antisyzygy]

Shut up. Its not like the Taliban are any better. All humans are bad in war. You are just as bad as the stereotype of a republican.

Respect the troops??

[bjourne]

I seriously don't understand why anyone would pay any respect to US soldiers. They are voluntarily risking their own lives while travelling halfway cross the world to kill people that never harmed them in any way. Each of them that dies, had it coming and had a death that was unnecessary and totally avoidable. Parents of servicemen on tour probably ought to take a good look on themselves and figure out how they could fail so horribly as parents that their child became a state-sponsored murderer. It deserves no respect what so ever.