Church Calls On BAFTA To Drop Sony's PS3 Game October 08, 2007
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The spat between the Church of England (CoE) and Sony over its contentious PS3 game, Resistance: Fall of Man, has reared its ugly head again.
The Church now wants BAFTA to drop the game from its 2007 nominations. The Church has already gotten biblical on Sony’s ass over the use of Manchester Cathedral as an in-game location and even former PM, Tony Blair, weighed in on this particular hot potato. The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Rev Rogers Govender, said:
“It is a disgrace that Resistance: Fall of Man has been short listed. Sony has admitted that they did not have permission to film or use Manchester Cathedral in their computer game. BAFTA should not be seen condoning such behaviour unless they are saying it is acceptable for producers to walk into historic buildings and film interiors - ignoring contracts, rights and liability.”
BAFTA’s head of awards, Anne-Marie Flynn, has countered:
“Resistance: Fall Of Man has been nominated for the PC World Gamers' Award - the only publicly-voted award in this year's ceremony. The shortlist for the Gamers' Award was effectively selected by the public, in that it comprised the top-selling games on each platform according to the games charts published by Chart Track.”
You can read the full list of this year’s BAFTA games nominations, here.-Martin Lynch
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Comments
fuck off Church!
"selected by the public"
once again the church silencing the public.
Why can the Church not keep their noses out of what does not concern them.
If they want to talk about violence they want to look closer to home at all the wars that religion starts!
Yeah, OK. you gots me.. i'm still waiting for my PS3 and didn't want any of you playing this b4 me.
It's a shame that the Dean making these comments doesn't realise that it's the church being SAVED by Man from the clutches of an ungodly Alien race and maybe should look at the unholy actions of some of the Clergy to young boys. Before worrying about the beloved Church of Manchestser.