If you thought Manchester Cathedral was pissed off by the use of the likeness of their Cathedral in the PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man, you should see them now.
Resistance: Fall of Man has just been nominated for a British Academy Video Games Award, a publicly-chosen award which is organised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Needless to say, the Dean of Manchester Cathedral was not pleased:
"Sony has admitted that they did not have permission to film or use Manchester Cathedral in their computer game," said Dean Very Rev Rogers Govender. "Bafta should not be seen condoning such behaviour unless they are saying it is acceptable for producers to walk into historic buildings and film interiors - ignoring contracts, rights and liability."
So, I think it's safe to say that the Dean won't be attending the BAFTA awards on October 23rd in Battersea, London. I wonder what he'd say if Resistance: Fall of Man actually wins the award.
[via BBC -- thanks, Justin]
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10:32 PM on 10.06.2007
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"(The Dean) then called on Sony to abide by new "sacred digital guidelines" as he feared other buildings would be cloned for "virtual desecration".
SACRED DIGITAL GUIDELINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Catholic Church: now 15% less anachronistic!
Hm... religion and the PS3 going at it... this is wonderful. Hopefully they'll kill eachother off and the Earth will finally be a happy place.
These people bitching are the Anglican Church not the Roman Catholic Church dumbasses!!! Learn to read before spouting your mouths.
"Lube Crazy Yank" maybe? Calm down. Wrong church but correct statements.
You FAIL, C of E. You fail hard. Nobody cares about your shitty cathedral and that is why Resistance got a nomination.
All the same to me. Still a bunch of wack jobs following the guidelines of a man made book that misleads people into believing it was actually written by a all knowing and benevolent being.
They're still ruining society in my eyes and stupidity like this doesn't help their case either.
cool it old man!, and quit your hollering.
Um, how did a PS3 game get nominated for a PC World Gamers’ award? I mean, you’d think that any PC game in that category would immediately have a better shot at winning, right?
Wait, when have I ever cared about the Church of England's opinion?
True, they shouldn't be nominating a PS3 game for a PC award. Stupid Bafta muppets, at least get that right or you lose all credibility.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSAmlCbUWC0
They just sponsor that particular award, they sell console stuff in their stores too, not just PC stuff.
This is much ado about nutta' butta'.
IT's about 5 minutes, maybe 10 minutes of gameplay!
GEESH if Sony wanted to they could've mad some Nazi reference, you kno the whole WorldWar thing. Or even any upside down crosses.
The game is about aliens destroying our world & what we care about. Not how the player destroys the church and the players world ( Manchester Church ).
This is only about the gun problem they have there & just so happens that it a FPS takes place inside their virtual church!
Like there aren't pedophiles anywhere but in the Catholic church.
*cough 12chan cough*
Still though. Get over it. Just be glad your building is historic enough that a big title like Resistance used it.