Richly deserving of punishment
I'm reliably informed that Warfighter is a fucking awful game.
Seven members of US special forces have been slapped on the wrist and had their pay docked for revealing ‘trade secrets’ to a games developer. According to US TV network CBS, the seven soldiers, all active members of SEAL Team 6*, spent two days last summer telling Medal of Honor: Warfighter creator Electronic Arts about …
Mistakes happen when in "armed negotiations with an adversary" and reacting to events is brought through training not written in a Hostage rescue for Dummies manual.Politicians have great hindsight after the event but doesn't quite cut the mustard with the boots on the ground where life is only a few inches to the left or right.
You have a point - most popular games have such a GOD BLESS AMERICA western-slant.
I'm sure there are Taliban FPSes,out there, but I'm pretty sure they're terrible.
Why not a triple A title where you glorify the Taliban and kill infidels? It seems like it would balance out this macho chest thumping nonsense comfortably.
>>Assuming, of course, drones don't put them all out of work in the near future<<
This has been a suggestion ever since the development of weapons. Every new development is the one that is going to stop warfare for ever. It happened with spears, with chariots, with cannon and rifles.
But the reality is that you will always need the hairy arsed individuals that are prepared to climb to the top of the hill and hold it against all comers. (My interpretation of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu)