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Posting Date: June 06, 2002
 

WebWord Comment -- I've been playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assult for the last few weeks. It is a 1st person shooting game on the PC that revolves around the activities of World War II. Last night as I was playing I suddenly realized that I was running around killing Germans. Nazis, yes, but still Germans. Yikes! How do the Germans of 2002 feel about this game? A cultural conundrum, to be sure.

 

  

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Play Counter-Strike. Great single-life realism. The only people you'd offend would be terrorists. It's an old game, but it never got old.

Posted by: on June 6, 2002 10:42 PM

 

A little bit stupid your reaction. Do you mind killing people crashing a car in a car race ?
Germans have to live with their past, as we all have to do because all countries on the earth got involve in some conflicts or wars.
Next question, do you feel terrorist killing people on a machine ? I don't feel pilote playing car racing in a game !

Posted by: on June 7, 2002 02:37 AM

 

I spent a couple of weeks playing and completing Medal Of Honour and it affected me in two ways.

1. I am British and I started to believe the Saving Private Ryan view of D-Day onwards, that it was an American only affair. Is this how children will get their history in the future?

2. I don't think I should be allowed out of the house for a few hours after playing these types of games because I might kill myself. I started to cross a busy road and nearly got run over because I had this mad idea that if I didn't make it I could just QuickLoad and try again !

Posted by: Chris McEvoy on June 7, 2002 03:33 AM

 

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