Did she say World War 2 wasn’t based on real people?
First of all…it’s 2010. Video games have existed for nearly 40 years now. Video games with multiplayer capabilities like Medal of Honor have been around for about 15 years. And guess what? You’ve been able to play the bad guys for all of that time. Ever heard of CounterStrike? Came out in 1999, and was multiplayer-only. One side was the counter-terrorists, with teams such as Delta Force and the British SAS. Take a second and imagine what the other side was. Yes, terrorists. How else could the game be played if you didn’t have another side playing the opposition? Battlefield 1942, another popular multiplayer game, based on World War 2 battles. One side was an Allied power, and the other side…this is going to blow you away, I know…an Axis power. Yes, you played as the Nazis, the Italians, or the Japanese. Otherwise you’d have a couple dozen people running around shooting at thin air. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and its sequels were both immensely popular because of their multiplayer, where one side played…wait for it…terrorists.
News flash: they were all video games. They were all imaginary. They all required two sides. If one side was the heroes, the other was the villains. This concept is not new.
Did NOBODY at Fox ever play Cowboys and Indians as a kid? Oops, I’m sorry. That’s racist, isn’t it?
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