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Manchester Cathedral objects to Resistance BAFTA

Posted on October 8th, 2007 at 08:48 EDT

Earlier in the year, the Church of England created outrage in response to the depiction of Manchester Cathedral in the Insomniac Games title, Resistance: Fall of Man.

The PlayStation 3 exclusive Resistance was nominated for a BAFTA’s Gamers’ Award, arousing controversy once more, with The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Rev Rogers, wishing for BAFTA to remove the nomination immediately.

According to Rogers, Sony is moving too slowly to take action, and fears that other establishments may be under similar threat:

"There was disgust at the virtual desecration of Manchester Cathedral. We asked Sony to sign up to some digital guidelines, asking them to respect our sacred places of prayer ... Sony's response was very limited and other churches, cathedrals and historic buildings may be at risk of exploitation.” said Very Rev Rogers Govender.

"I plead with BAFTA to send a signal to the industry and to Sony and withdraw Resistance: Fall of Man from the nominations".

In June, Sony issued a formal apology for using the likeness of the cathedral without obtaining permission from the church.

The BAFTA Videogame Awards will take place October 23.

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posted 8:59am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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It should NOT be withdrawn. Thats rediculous.. and the church doesnt own the things. They have done a hundred years ago when they were still persecuting people for not following their guidelines but this is the 21st century - and its bout time the church realised they no longer have ultimate control over what is done, and what people do.

posted 9:04am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Sheesh!!! In the game we SAVE the church from aliens!!! God d*mn it!! (sorry)

posted 9:37am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Just make use of the freedom of speech. Case closed. Sony owns.

posted 9:45am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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tthis is the most retarded thing ever right next to the xboob 350. LOL
posted 9:53am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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i am christian and i dont give crap and i have resistancet
posted 9:55am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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@Promethius30 Amen
posted 10:17am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Have they nothing better to do????????????? Does it really matter????????????

posted 10:32am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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It's free speech when we're defacing Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h.).

posted 10:52am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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They don't have a case...  absolutely assinine.  After Sony didn't give them the "contribution" they requested in compensation for using a church "Representation", they are just mad.  Guess they thought they would get a payoff to help pay for all those molestation cases.

posted 11:13am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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arnt we protecting the church in the game........ making it completly relevent to the time fram in witch the game was deliverd in....

 

so its actually a positve...

posted 11:21am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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The church lost soooo much attention throughout the last 50 years...

They're desperately trying to get back some of the lost attention. lol I feel nearly sad for them :P --> nope, just kidding

posted 11:27am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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that makes no since we use entire citys and no one can do anything whats wrong with a church.  also they said something like 6 months after the game came out

posted 11:46am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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lol you mods have got to the point where you cant find anything interesting or new in the gaming world, so you post something this irrelevant? Who really cares, find something entertaining or new.

posted 11:57am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Well, maybe they should contact the chimeran homeplanet and let the chimeran council leaders know about their displeasure with their choice of locations to pillage and capture!!!!, Ya Know what they'd say? GrrrrrrGGrrrrrrr blabrgegeg. and then they'd launch a spire right into the center of their town!!!! that's what they'd do!

posted 12:07pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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I really didn't think the Church could get any more pathetic, and yet they prove me wrong again. Hmm, great move CofE, this kind of nonsnece will really get the punters back in through the doors and not make you look like a bunch of out-of-touch muppets.

posted 12:41pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Come on...its stupidity like this that gives unbelievers reason to dislike the Christian religion. They make it sound like you have a mission to go an distroy the building. Its a fictionary period were europe has fallen, people used the church for safe haven....our interaction with the church was to kill all the aliens in it. If anything the game lets us purify the building from the band of ominus-intented beings that are defiling the building with their very presense.  Yes I can see how depicting violence in the church my be disturbing, but just looking at the setting should justify why it is being done.....jeez, you could have sworn that they showed people in the church during high mass and all of a sudden you start going ape-sh!t shooting everything. I'm a Christian believer and I think this "very rev" is blowing this way out of purportion.

posted 12:53pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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what I hate the most about this is that so many movies have depicted churches and other such houses of worship in scense of war, but you don't hear complaining. These people don't view video games as a viable form of entertainment, which I find offensive. The church just needs to shutup and fall into obscurity.

posted 2:03pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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f#@k the church

posted 2:17pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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i bet it was a M$ noob who told the church abo0ut this!

posted 2:42pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Its just a videogame for crying out loud!!! These people act like, Sony actually went to the cathedral and really destroyed it.

posted 3:04pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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lol djrussell, ur a muppet, ofcorse the church owns the rights to manchester cathedral! resistance rocks, and it is a completely fictional story, where the player isnt destroying the cathedral itself! so i dont see why 'the church or other establishments are under such threat' maybe if some kid weilding a shotgun ran in to the cathedral they would have a point!
posted 3:12pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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haters

posted 4:23pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Stupid religions.

All bull**** lies!

posted 5:00pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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The Church should look at their own history, they have done far worse than what happens in Resistence. The Church years ago would make Manhunt 2 seem like a Viva Pinata game.

Other churches don't mind when film crews come in and blow the place up for a movie. As long as they get the cash, thats all whats really important to them.

posted 5:13pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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http://ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=102961

posted 5:21pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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gee, and they're wondering why less and less people are going to church in europe, I wonder why.

posted 5:35pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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OMG, get over it, it's a video game. This didn't happen in real life and I don't think it will anytime soon Rev Rogers. The Chimera and humans that played in this game did not hurt the church in any way, shape, or form.
posted 5:43pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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psn id: gingo... ok let me get this straight in the game your in the cathedral for what? 10 mins protecting the country from an alien invasion, and they are complaining? it is clearly a moron that runs that cathedral and all i can say is up him
posted 6:04pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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the church should go to hel!. its a public building. i think its cool that they put it in the game, they could have just put it in the background on fire or something. what woulda been better

posted 6:53pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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stupid people trying to take it out

posted 7:42pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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I'v got the game, the church pissed me off so much I now refuse to save the church from the aliens! By the way the more the church tries to refuse us the right to be free and independant the more people will turn against them and we will become the aliens and fight against the church and who wil the church turn to? Gamers, thank you!

posted 8:30pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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I find it funny that there is outrage when Resistance has a unnamed church in it, but there is only mixed feelings when halo 3 is played in ACTUAL churches.

posted 9:13pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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makes me not wanna go to church....... like i do anyway lmao!
posted 9:39pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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I wonder why the church just doesn't see it as free publicity,I mean if I am ever in england I will probably look it up just so I can say I've been there.I might even stay for a confession or two ;)

 

posted 10:06pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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what BS. in case you didn't know, they game takes place in Europe, a WAR. and what happens during WARS? buildings get destroyed. its called a THEME. deal with it.

posted 1:51am EDT - October 9th, 2007
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wow the church is getting pathetic...

 

posted 6:01am EDT - October 9th, 2007
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Is it that difficult to admit that its a fictional game?

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