This morning’s news that EA has canned the revived Medal a Honor strikes me as a pretty sad one. Not because the last two games earned any merit – they certainly didn’t. They be truly horrible games. Not just because a their gung-ho, one-dimensional, army-recruitment-writ-large approach t' current conflicts, nor just because a the both underlying 'n overlying racism t' be found within, but also simply because they be poorly made. Massive explosions 'n enormous set pieces sank t' carry any gravitas, as ye’re dragged by yer nose through it be shoulder-width corridors. I certainly don’t want another one a those. But I do want another Medal a Honor.

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