Slow news day?

[mrph]

Cathedral row over video war game - currently the top story on the BBC news site

Manchester cathedral appears relatively briefly, as part of a larger sequence set in Manchester. As for the "virtual shoot-out in the cathedral's nave in which hundreds of enemies are killed", it fails to mention that they're mostly a swarm of dog-sized alien animals...

Sony may well have messed up by featuring the cathedral without permission, but the reporting is also putting a "gun crime" spin on this that doesn't really fit the game itself.

Comments

[emarkienna.livejournal.com]

I think it's possible to believe that (a) perhaps they shouldn't have done it and it's reasonable for the Church to be annoyed, but also (b) that the game publishers have a right to do it, i.e., they shouldn't legally be prevented from doing so.

I don't believe there should be any legal restriction on the game, but if the Church are pissed off, that's their right too.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

*nod* I think that view makes a lot of sense.