Apparently the Entertainment Software Ratings Board certification for Battlefield 3 revealed that, among other dirty deeds done dirt cheap, “players shoot police officers to complete a mission objective”.
I managed to miss this somehow last week because Nic steals all the best headlines.
That’s somewhat in contradiction of DICE’s previous decision to disallow shooting civilians, basically because if you let people do bad things, they probably will.
But whatever – cops are only civilians when they’re off-duty, anyway. Or something like that.
I didn’t pay attention during the arraignment.
Of course, public hysteria and tabloid controversies being just a FOX News Special Edition away, EA has quickly come in with a good reason for this flagrant disregard for law enforcement.
In an official statement sent to Eurogamer, EA points out that, in an emergency, sometimes this kind of stuff just happens:
“I don’t think you understand the gravity of the situation. For God’s sake, there is a nuke in Paris! Millions of lives are at stake!!”
I mean, when you think about it like that, it’s just sensible.
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