1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comTom Goldman Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/tomgoldman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hp3MT96yER"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/despite-homefront-thq-vp-critical-of-taliban-in-medal-of-honor/">Despite <i>Homefront</i>, THQ VP Critical of Taliban in <i>Medal of Honor</i></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/despite-homefront-thq-vp-critical-of-taliban-in-medal-of-honor/embed/#?secret=hp3MT96yER" width="600" height="338" title="“Despite <i>Homefront</i>, THQ VP Critical of Taliban in <i>Medal of Honor</i>” — The Escapist" data-secret="hp3MT96yER" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> If it were up to THQ’s Danny Bilson, the Taliban would never have been included in EA’s Medal of Honor reboot, but North Korea is still up for grabs. EA and Danger Close’s Medal of Honor reboot caused a storm of controversy over its inclusion of the Taliban as a playable multiplayer faction that saw the likes of Jack Thompson get involved, and the game was even banned by the U.S. military. Eventually, EA gave in and renamed the Taliban. THQ’s VP of core games Danny Bilson calls EA’s use of the Taliban at all a mistake, in a seemingly […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/42/42933.jpg