Tag: MEDALOFHONOR

When the newest version of 'Medal of Honor' hits living rooms on October 12th, users will still be able to spend hours of their lives shooting at each other in a hostile, virtual rendering of Afghanistan. One thing they won't be able to do, though, is play for the Taliban, as producer Electronic Arts, has now decided to pull the highly controversial option from the game's multi-player feature. ...

Video game playing soldiers looking forward to the upcoming 'Medal of Honor' will have to go elsewhere for a dose of non-lethal action. The game has been banned from all GameStop stores located on military facilities, due to its inclusion of Taliban forces as playable characters in multiplayer shoot-outs. The ban has been enforced by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which operates ...

Crowded in the hot but majestic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, we awaited the first major software announcements of the Electronics Entertainment Expo, known to diehards and casual gamers alike as E3. With our pens and cameras in hand, we got a front-row (well, almost) glimpse at the anticipated upcoming Electronic Arts titles. EA is a pretty serious publisher, responsible for sports greats ...

Mom and Dad might consider it a stretch, but researchers claim that you can actually sharpen your mind and vision by playing video games. According to an AP report, researchers at educational symposium Games for Learning have claimed that people who play first-person shooters have better vision, attention and cognition. Daphne Bavelier, a University of Rochester professor who led the research, ...

In what we're sure is a subtle way to try and connect younger voters, the McCain campaign has been using a chunk of music composed by Christopher Lennertz for 'Medal of Honor: European Assault' in a commercial. Lennertz is unhappy about it's use, however, as he is an Obama booster. Unfortunately for Lennertz, the rights to the music belong to the game's publisher EA, and not the composer. ...