As we approach the orgy of videogame releases that accompanies the winter months, EA are finally unleashing their PR army and flooding us with information about the upcoming reboot of the Medal of Honor franchise. Following the lucrative example set by Call of Duty, Medal of Honor is being dragged out of the muddy fields of World War II and thrown headfirst into the sandy deserts of the War on Terror. The M1 Thompson, French villages and Market Garden are out, and the M16, Afghan mountains and Shock and Awe are in. But with these modern trappings comes the unshakeable feeling that something is a little off – I’ve spent hundreds of hours trekking through virtual Europe and slaughtered countless digital Nazis, so why is it that as soon as I’m handed a controller and told to go kick Al-Qaeda’s ass I feel uneasy?
