Homophobic Sentiments in Modern Warfare 2 or Just Random Soldier Banter?

[VA1N]

I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I'm a little perturbed they would think this would be ok to put in a game. Basically, if you remember the begininning of MW2, right after weapons training, there's a lot going on in camp. Well, if you let the controller go idle, you'll hear some chatter. No idea who the chatter is directed to, but basically it says the following...

...you ever seen a grown man naked?

Hey man, you still gay?

I'm kidding...

Don't ask don't tell, bro...

I couldn't find a video to link on the page directly, so go here to see the video with subtitles:

Destructoid - Modern Warfare 2 has a homophobic Easter egg!?

What do you guys think? The first thought that came to my mind was "this is the kind of shit guys joke about all the time." But, then I got thinking even more and could see how it would piss off some gay people (like it did in the destructoid comments). It doesn't bother me, but I could see where gays would be upset. What about you guys? Try to think objectively when you see it...not how you feel. If you are straight, you obviously don't care...think about it from the standpoint of being a homosexual and then see if it bothers you.

[danimoose]

I have a really hard time believing this is true. I don't think that IW would let this into the game that was going to be the biggest of the year. You know that they had to do voice acting for it. They already had enough heat on them from the "No Russian" level.

[VA1N]

It's true. The voice is of Will Arnett who is listed as "Additional Voices" on IMDB.com for the game.

Will Arnett

Apparently, you only hear this if you let your controller go idle for a while in that area...then you hear it.

[Legendplayer]

Whoa.... that's not right. I didn't notice it when I was playing but that's wrong that it's in the game.

[matthills22]

That made me laugh, why put that in a game for??

[JPetrillo]

Here is how I see it: IW tries to make the game as realistic as possible, and in my opinion, they do a damn good job at it! In real life, this is the type of crap kids say to each other while in boot camp, ect.

There is always going to be things said that will offend someone. As we all know, it's impossible to always keep everyone happy.

[VA1N]

Originally Posted by JPetrillo

Here is how I see it: IW tries to make the game as realistic as possible, and in my opinion, they do a damn good job at it! In real life, this is the type of crap kids say to each other while in boot camp, ect.

There is always going to be things said that will offend someone. As we all know, it's impossible to always keep everyone happy.

I feel the same way, it's what people say in real life. It just made me double take and say, "whoa, I wonder how the gay community feels about that"