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The Church forgives Sony for Resistance

Published on 25th October 2007 by Joe Martin

The Church has finally forgiven Sony for Resistance - aw, how nice of them.

The Church of England has publicly forgiven Sony for their involvement with Resistance: Fall of Man, a PlayStation 3 FPS game which featured Manchester Cathedral as a battleground where at one point the player has to fight off a horde of aliens.

The apology comes months after Sony gave a public apology, although the Church continued to publicly oppose Sony and Insomniac Games. The Church even persuaded Tony Blair to frown on the PS3 over the issue and called for the game to be pulled from the BAFTA nomination list. So much for turning the other cheek, eh?

The game failed to win any BAFTAs last night and the Church seems to think that’s enough.

“I think some important lessons have been learnt," said the Very Rev. Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester Cathedral to the BBC.

"So we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong."

However, he didn’t stop there and went on to tell Sony off anyway. Yawn? Yawn.

"In an industry that is breaking new frontiers, it is important that long held traditions of film and television are maintained…These traditions include having courtesy, respecting the dignity of your subject, and admitting when mistakes have been made. In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards by disrespecting people of faith and the victims of gun crime here in Manchester," he added.

Got an opinion on the Church or the game then why not jump in the forums? We’ve got several religious debate threads going on right now, but only one which is official.

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Bauul 25th October 2007, 11:11

I just love the last bit of the BBC article:

"He said however due to the row over the video game the cathedral had seen an increase in visits from young people and tourists."

Ah ha, so that's why they were milking it, all about the money.

cjoyce1980 25th October 2007, 11:22

if any thing the church raised the profile of the game, but not enough for anyone to notice it.

this is such a bad game, i just could imagine the development process.....'what if halo or half life was set around world war 2'...... I do hope there isn't a follow up.

mikeuk2004 25th October 2007, 12:20

Isnt the religion about forgiveness??/ why did it take so long to forgive Sony??? oh year, the money and publicity that came with the whining.

mmorgue 25th October 2007, 12:27

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Originally Posted by mikeuk2004
Isnt the religion about forgiveness??/ why did it take so long to forgive Sony??? oh year, the money and publicity that came with the whining.

LOL !!

Too true.

Goty 25th October 2007, 17:47

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980
if any thing the church raised the profile of the game, but not enough for anyone to notice it.

this is such a bad game, i just could imagine the development process.....'what if halo or half life was set around world war 2'...... I do hope there isn't a follow up.

Have you even played the game?

thegoatmaster 25th October 2007, 20:04

As a Christian, I for one do not support the Church of England at all in this issue. I wish I could find this guy's email address and discuss it with him. I seriously cannot see their reasoning at all on this matter. They were mad that a fictional battle scene took place inside of a cathedral...? Obviously none of them have seen Medal of Honor, or Return to Castle Wolfenstein, or Delta Force Land Warrior, or a dozen other FPS's that have scenes inside cathedrals and churches. Also, there is nothing specifically outrageous about a battle inside of a place of worship. There's a lot of good cover, ones with windows would make a decent choke/ambush site, and it's just a building!

whisperwolf 25th October 2007, 20:23

their point of complaint wasn't that it was set in a cathedral but that it was set in their cathedral. Unlike all the other games which uses fictional buildings.
Church can't seem to please anyone about this, damned if they complain about people using their building without asking, damned if they forgive them for it.

themax 25th October 2007, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjoyce1980
if any thing the church raised the profile of the game, but not enough for anyone to notice it.

this is such a bad game, i just could imagine the development process.....'what if halo or half life was set around world war 2'...... I do hope there isn't a follow up.

I can just imagine the development process of Halo. "What if Half-Life happened in Space and the main character wore a full suit of armor".

knowyourenemy 26th October 2007, 03:53

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Originally Posted by themax
I can just imagine the development process of Halo. "What if Half-Life happened in Space and the main character wore a full suit of armor".

*Applauds!*

thecrownles 26th October 2007, 07:55

I can just imagine the development process of half-life. "What if goldeneye had a plot?"

steveo_mcg 26th October 2007, 10:05

I can just imagine the development process of goldeneye. "What if wolfenstein had decent graphics? oh and a British secret agent we all know and love"

CardJoe 26th October 2007, 10:39

Wolfenstein: "What if Pong was completely different in every way, shape, and form and what is we put Nazi's in too?"

steveo_mcg 26th October 2007, 10:58

Pong: "what if we fat *******s could play tennis without getting up!"

CardJoe 26th October 2007, 11:06

Tennis: "What if we could actually trip young women to run around in skin tight outfits and short skirts, getting sweaty and grunting. We'll throw some balls in too"

xrob 26th October 2007, 11:26

bible bashing loonies

UncertainGod 27th October 2007, 15:58

Well I still don't forgive the Church for the Crusades.

cepopaladin 29th October 2007, 19:31

i'd take it as a compliment. its not as if they showed their priests raping boys or sacrificing goats to almighty zeus