THQ's Bilson knocks Taliban in Medal of Honor
Taliban's inclusion was insensitive
THQ core games boss Danny Bilson has openly criticised EA's use of the Taliban in their recent Medal of Honor reboot.
Bilson said that he felt that the inclusion of the Taliban was too real and strongly implied that he felt that it would have been insensitive to be able to play as them in the multiplayer sections of the game.
He explained: "I wouldn't have put them in in the first place. In Battlefield, when you had the Mid East Alliance and the Chinese and the Americans, it was all fantasy and I didn't mind playing one side or the other. When you get into reality and that's real, that's not speculative science-fiction like ours people are dying at their hands. I take my games seriously. That's why they're fun to play, because you care about them. I don't want to play as the Taliban, particularly."
"I had a lot of friends and family members who worked on that Medal of Honor game. They worked really hard to create an incredibly respectful experience of the American soldier. But we don't have to worry about respecting the Taliban. We don't because there are a lot of issues we have with them socially and politically, Bilson continued. "I'm not here to do politics. I'm not here to make a political statement. We're making entertainment. But we don't want to offend. We really don't, because if people are dying in the real world that becomes sensitive. When it's up to me, I'll make certain sensitive choices in all of these things."
Thanks IndustryGamers.biz.
