Saturday, 13 June 2009

Russia fumes over "Red Alert 2"

Moscow/Madrid/Lima: Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has supposedly said that he will be bring EA Games, a video games developer and distributor, to court. President Medvedev is fuming after he discovered that the Sovjetunion in the game "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2" was "the bad guy". Sources say he thinks that it's just as likely that the US forces would be the evil invaders and that by making the Sovjetunion invade several countries, including the US, he believe that EA Games are picturing Russians as aggressive, violent, dodgy and really crappy in English.

Although the game was realeased in 2000, it is just recently that Russia have recieved computers capable of running the game. Several members of the Russian public have reacted to the way Sovjetunion is pictured, saying that it's the way Westernes view modern day Russia. One Russian 16 year old gamer said;
This is not the way Russia OR the Sovjetunion is or ever was. It is the Americans that are the warmongerers. We are a peaceful people. They also picture our leader as a fat man with a pet turtle. And when it comes to special units they have all the cool people while we are stuck with stupid idiots. Besides, how come the US get the super-hot Tanya? We have many hot russian girls you can fantasize about. Just look at Olga over there!
Although it is not sure which court Russia will bring EA Games to or when, Russia are not the only ones reacting to how EA Games picture people and countries. Al-Qaida has released a statement where they react towards what they believe is EA Games' picturing of them in the follow up game; "Command & Conquer: Generals". An unkown Al-Qaida spokesperson supposed to be Osama bin Laden's 25th son-in-law lashes out at EA Games and the faction called "Global Liberation Army" or the "GLA".
It is clear that the GLA is Al-Qaida. We do not fight like this. Our men are not terrorist or rebels, like they call the infantry. Our men are freedom fighters, men of honour and faith. They also mock us by introducing the Toxin Tractor. Who the hell uses a tractor in warfare these days? We are not uncivilised barbarians. The Americans are.
However what Al-Qaida is going to do about it is unknown. Former US President George W. Bush also reacted when the expansion pack to "Generals", "Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour" was released due to the Americans loosing to the GLA in the storyline. He found that this was bad for the morale of the American people due to the ongoing war in Iraq and Afghanistan and wanted to condem the game, but as he struggled to pronounce the name of the game, his advisors found it best to keep his mouth shut.

Individuals have also reacted to EA Games. The world's most sissy footballer and worst diver, Christiano Ronaldo, was annoyed to find out that it was possible to tackle him in the FIFA series without getting a free kick going his way. Friends of Ronaldo said that he knew that it is not possible to take the ball away from him without fouling him, thus making the game increadibly unrealistic. The fact that you also couldn't dive further furied him. He also became angry when he found out that it was indeed possible to substitute him or even place him on the bench, something he deemed "unrealistic and increadibly stupid". What the sissy will do about it except crying, is unknown.

EA Games have issued a short statement to answer all the allegations considering their games. The spokesman told the media last Thursday "LOL!"

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