The new Medal of Honor game, Rising Sun, was just released in Japan.

Now, here's the thing. It takes place in the Pacific Theatre of war during WW2. So the Japanese gamers are playing as American soldiers shooting up the Japanese army.

As one gamer put it, "You know, even though it's just a game, those are our fathers and relatives we're killing. There's something about it that I just don't like."

It makes you think. Would American game devs ever make a game that showed WW2 from the Nazi point of view? Would Americans play it if you're sitting there as a Nazi gunning down the Allies?

It's interesting because you are making a game which is based on history and you want to take a side in who you're playing as. It's like playing Call of Duty in Germany. All you're doing there is gunning down Germans left, right and centre. For us, it's not a big deal because THE NAZIS ARE EVIL. But if you're in Germany, you are shooting your ancestors in effigy.

What do YOU think?