Cathedral row over game

Peter Clare · 09-06-2007, 08:36 PM

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Cathedral row over video war game

Peter Clare · 11-06-2007, 10:33 AM

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Cathedral to demand Sony apology

kfz · 11-06-2007, 02:28 PM

I know i heard it all over the news. I think they may have a point, but i guess theres no difference with re enacting a WW2 battle in a game than a fictional one?? I dunno. They could have asked.

marcus69x · 11-06-2007, 02:50 PM

Come on, it's a game. Yeah, I see where they're coming from, but I think they're asking too much. Yeah, fair enough, ask them to remove the cathedral interior ( pretty hard as it's already been released), but asking them to donate to their education dept, and to support groups fighting against gun crime? I dunno, I just think they're taking it too far.

Gotthard Heinrici · 11-06-2007, 02:52 PM

This is overkill. If this gets passed then any war film or 18s film with familiar locations is open to legal actions. Ridiculous!

spidge · 11-06-2007, 03:16 PM

Maybe the donation boxes are not as full as they should be! Another source of income would be handy.

von Poop · 11-06-2007, 03:44 PM

Rarely do I agree with the C of E or any other 'ban it' type balls but if it's a building you hold dear to your own faith then on this occasion I can understand it being somewhat upsetting.

But hey, Sony's not stupid... and a few days of having a game promoted on national news can do sales wonders even for complete turkeys.

Gotthard Heinrici · 11-06-2007, 03:47 PM

Is it a good game BTW, anyone played it??

marcus69x · 11-06-2007, 04:26 PM

My mates got a PS3 but I've only played the demo on it. Pretty good from what I've seen. I think it's set in WW2 era but you're an American fighting along side the Germans??? to kill off the invading Aliens. I think. At least that's what the level I was playing was about.

kfz · 11-06-2007, 04:34 PM

its ww2 related isnt it. something about uncle Jo gets taken over by 4 eyed aliens, unknown to the west. The germans say hey look the russians are aliens but the allies take no notice germany loses and the aliens carry on past berlin, all the wayto manchester by all accounts.

09-06-2007, 08:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland Posts: 5,556	Cathedral row over game BBC NEWS \| England \| Manchester \| Cathedral row over video war game __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by

11-06-2007, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland Posts: 5,556	Cathedral to demand apology BBC NEWS \| England \| Manchester \| Cathedral to demand Sony apology __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by

11-06-2007, 02:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,856	This is overkill. If this gets passed then any war film or 18s film with familiar locations is open to legal actions. Ridiculous! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

11-06-2007, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,028	Maybe the donation boxes are not as full as they should be! Another source of income would be handy. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

11-06-2007, 03:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,376	Rarely do I agree with the C of E or any other 'ban it' type balls but if it's a building you hold dear to your own faith then on this occasion I can understand it being somewhat upsetting. But hey, Sony's not stupid... and a few days of having a game promoted on national news can do sales wonders even for complete turkeys. __________________ It's only the Internet.

11-06-2007, 02:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
kfz Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,143	I know i heard it all over the news. I think they may have a point, but i guess theres no difference with re enacting a WW2 battle in a game than a fictional one?? I dunno. They could have asked.

11-06-2007, 02:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,510	Come on, it's a game. Yeah, I see where they're coming from, but I think they're asking too much. Yeah, fair enough, ask them to remove the cathedral interior ( pretty hard as it's already been released), but asking them to donate to their education dept, and to support groups fighting against gun crime? I dunno, I just think they're taking it too far.

11-06-2007, 03:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,856	Is it a good game BTW, anyone played it?? __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

11-06-2007, 04:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,510	My mates got a PS3 but I've only played the demo on it. Pretty good from what I've seen. I think it's set in WW2 era but you're an American fighting along side the Germans??? to kill off the invading Aliens. I think. At least that's what the level I was playing was about. Last edited by marcus69x; 11-06-2007 at 04:30 PM. Reason: Tried to make more sense of my post. :-)

11-06-2007, 04:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
kfz Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,143	its ww2 related isnt it. something about uncle Jo gets taken over by 4 eyed aliens, unknown to the west. The germans say hey look the russians are aliens but the allies take no notice germany loses and the aliens carry on past berlin, all the wayto manchester by all accounts.

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