Sony’s video game unit said Wednesday it is talking with the Church of England about a complaint that a famous cathedral is the scene of a violent shooting game for the new PlayStation 3 console.
Sony Computer Entertainment spokeswoman Nanako Kato declined to give details of the talks and said more time may be needed for an agreement because the problem was complex.
“This is a sensitive topic,” Kato said. “Many historical buildings are used in entertainment such as movies, including Godzilla and the Tokyo Tower and King Kong in Manhattan.”
Yes —but for some reason not mosques
Sony in talks with Church of England
In the moment or two it took me to recall the context, this was a very odd headline indeed.
Truth is that Sony are in very hot water over this back in Japan, where desecration of temples is a grave offense. This has led to a threat of action by shareholders. So who knows where this will run.
‘Fall of Man’! See, it’s teaching theology, for goodness’ sake!
And the game is about fightin’ pesty aliens threatening the world!
Perhaps by ‘aliens’ they specifically mean ‘foreign archbishops’?
Forget if I left an earlier comment on this story, but just as a small indication that this is actually a big story in various parts of the world, the story made my LOCAL NEWS here in W. Africa last Sunday. I was quite surprised to say the least!
Bet if you staged a video game shoot-out in a major Shinto shrine (say perhaps the war-dead one that there’s such a to-do about every year or so?) Sony would rate it a little higher than a “sensitive topicâ€.