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Progressive Journalist Calls The Cold War A Right Wing Conspiracy

Not even video games are exempt from the ire of “social justice warriors”. Although calling them warriors seems a bit too generous. How about “social justice crybabies” or “social justice lunatics”.

From Upper Echelon Gamers:

How about this for a crazy conspiracy theory: The White Male Cisgender Patriarchy is controlling the content of video games to manipulate young minds.

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Battlefield: Hardline Removes Content Linking Racists and Tea Party

From Breitbart:

In the alpha footage of the game’s single-player campaign shown at the Gamescom trade show in August of 2014, a playthrough of a level which pitted the player character against a number of racist, extremist militia members contained imagery and dialogue that suggested the enemies were related to the Tea Party movement.

 

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter Introduces Global SpecOps

Medal of Honor: Warfighter is due to release Oct. 16, 2012.

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Latest version of Medal of Honor used by Army for training – but does not name the enemy

The Army's Joint Training Counter-IED Operations Integration Center uses game software to train soldiers better.

“This past week marked the release of the latest version of Medal of Honor, a videogame that has come under a great deal of fire since it was revealed that in its newest iteration players would be able to assume the role of Taliban fighters and fire on American troops. After fielding protests and complaints, Electronic Arts made a last-minute decision to rename the terrorists in the game, calling them “an opposing force” instead of “the Taliban.”

The controversy is hardly a surprise, given that the game addresses an ongoing conflict, a fight where moms and dads, brothers, sisters and friends are still in harm’s way. What is surprising is that playing a videogame where players can assume the role of terrorists is something that the U.S. Army not only understands, but actively develops and plays on a regular basis.”

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/10/jtcoic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz12wURvOU7

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