Electronic Arts self-censored it's latest Medal of Honor game under pressure from the U.S. Military and also because it didn't want to lose more profits. A simple fix to eliminate the controversial aspect of the game was done by simply changing the name of the Taliban to OpFor, which is the ancronym for "Opposing Force". In the previous month, the military banned the sale of the game from its in-base stores because certain members of the militry found it extremely offensive to allow players to choose the side of the Taliban and shoot American troops. Since the military servicemen makes up a significant portionof EA's customers, they had to make the change. Another threat was the possibility of a massive backlash from conservative and extremist groups in America.
Greg Goodrich, in a carefully worded public statement, announced his support of the change as discreetly as possible, saying that it was for the honor and respect of all people who are serving in the military. However, there's no guarantee that the US Military will retract the ban of the sale of the game in its bases.
This case is similar to what Konami faced previously when it decided to create a shooter based on the events of Fullajah. Unfortunately this potentially awesome game will never see the light of day because the company canned it due to controversy. Political correctness has affected the creativity of video games yet again.
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