This strikes me more as anarchist propaganda.

I blame the vidjya games for Islam. If there were no vidjya games, there would be no Islam.

I swear I didn't have anything to do with this one guys.

I tried to post a comment explaining the inaccuracy, but it wasn't published.

I must point out that what Lanidas says is the troof.

Just so you know, the Australian site that posted syndicates a lot of dodgy Murdoch paper content without much credibility... though it's not quite as bad as the Daily Mail.

Indeed Spartacus, I did the same, stating that the screen was concept art for a game and it was also filtered out of their so called truth.

Journalism appears to simply involve makin shit up these days.

This is amazingly hilarious.

Did those journalists study journalism for 5 years in a university.
Really? I can´t tell.

Permission to facepalm granted, exodus.

Launching in 3... 2... 1...

I expect stuff like this.
It's sad that I'm actually surprised when they get it right.

Have to hand it to the new Fallout for advertising to a wider audience, that image is like porn for terrorists.

So many levels of retardedness...

A.) I blame al-Qaeda for lifting the image without thinking that maybe, just maybe, somebody would notice that it's from a video game.
B.) I blame the anti-terror watchgroups. Are you going to sit there and tell me that an organization whose sole mission is to monitor internet happenings doesn't have at least one motherfucker who reads a video game blog? Give me a break.

@Teta

I want the twenty-five minutes of my life I lost to your....shit, there they go again.....your avatar.

I honestly found this.... Quite hilarious. But yes, I do believe that there was some form of bullshittery that went through when it was being screened. Something among the lines of "It's not really by terrorists? Well screw it, lets toss it up anyway for a few more sales."

That's how all of this works. If it'll get people to buy it, toss it up there. When the company or group of people that made it calls foul, take it down and issue a SLIGHT apology. Something akin to saying "Sorry you're a bunch of terrorists" but in a nicer way.

That is the sad reality of today. The future is not what we gamers make of it. Even the game developers. The future is what money leads us to. Be it the search for oil as the time passes by. Nuclear arms. Water. In the end it's all related to money. Who owns the most resources to make them the strongest. That is at the forefront of everything that endangers millions. In some situations, it isn't money I admit. At that point it becomes a fight over Ideology and/or Religion.

Is our future a nuclear devastated one? In some parts, it will eventually happen. Is our future one of Global Warming leading into an Ice Age? Could be so. A lot of groups want to tell you to make a difference. Drive hybrid cars and all that and we can avoid a man made global catastrophe. But eh. One person is not going to make a difference, unless that one person is the one calling all the shots. And when so many leaders get into giant cockfights over a difference in beliefs. I sometimes wonder whats the point in it all. Now that's not to say that all wars and conflicts are pointless. Most definitely not. All I am saying is that sometimes - humanity fights for the stupidest of reasons.

I think our country will look like that in the not too distant future, but I think it'll be the doing of the retarded jackass hacks that are running this place now.

Bethesda: The worst terrorism since September 11, or worst terrorism ever?

Sorry, Jim, but I already made a legit comment (actually, two) on lanidas' blog last night when he posted it on the cblogs.

The plot thickens. Telegraph finally told what happened, first "serious" media outlet to do it, SITE counterattacks, Telegraph takes down the story.

Outside the gaming world everyone still thinks that terrorist propaganda. Oh Boy.

I explain it here.

AHAHAHAHA THIS IS AWESOME

The world would be such a boring place without morons.

Sure, the Daily Mail's calling it terrorist propaganda now, but I'm sure that when it comes out it'll be another 10/10.

This is awesome. Mainstream journalism is the new Jack Thompson for lols.

the daily mail has offered this as byways of retraction
"We would like to make clear that in our article "Apocalypse Washington" (30 May), the computer-generated image of Washington following a nuclear bomb, which appeared on an Islamic extremists' website, originated from the video game Fallout 3."
they've also taken the story down from website, this in order to avoid going to a commission hearing, do you feel this is an acceptable level of retraction?