Church of England offended by Resistance BAFTA nomination
by Scott Jon Siegel 
{ Oct 8th 2007 at 7:00AM }
Now, following the announcement of the nominees for this year's BAFTA Video Game Awards, the Church of England is once again up in arms, this time issuing a statement pleading that the nomination for Resistance: Fall of Man be pulled, claiming that the nomination "is like rubbing salt in the wounds" of the Church.
The spokesman for the Church of England claims that the nomination comes from the game's solid sales, which they believe were increased substantially by the controversy. No word yet of a response from either Sony or BAFTA. Resistance: Fall of Man was only nominated for one award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts: The PC World Gamers Award, which will be decided by a public vote, and not by a BAFTA panel.
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Curmeo @ Oct 8th 2007 7:37AM
go RFOM! Church of England please STFU kthanksbye.
Lips @ Oct 8th 2007 9:39AM
Damnation! No Donation? No Salvation!
James @ Oct 8th 2007 7:41AM
And rightly so.
James @ Oct 8th 2007 7:41AM
I don't know anyone who wouldn't be offended by Rfom up for a Bafta nomiation!
Koopaknight29 - (Nintendo Loyalist) @ Oct 8th 2007 7:43AM
Oh God, it's happening again!
By the way, what does BAFTA stand for?
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 8th 2007 8:24AM
There is a BIG HINT in the image above.
Jon @ Oct 8th 2007 8:29AM
British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Koopaknight29 - (Nintendo Loyalist) @ Oct 8th 2007 8:37AM
Sorry, really tired this morning. Kinda glazed over the image there. Thanks for being patient there, Jon.
Talmon @ Oct 8th 2007 7:46AM
Seriously, everyone has forgotten about this. Why do they insist on acting like a five-year-old stamping their feet over a lost toy.
sicsided @ Oct 8th 2007 8:31AM
its the Church. The house where all shall be forgiven, never lets go of a grudge....
ill trooper @ Oct 8th 2007 7:53AM
Yeah, well I remember a few years back the Pope sought forgiveness for the crusades...
VSpeck @ Oct 8th 2007 3:41PM
What does the Pope have to do with the Church of England?
Kattleox @ Oct 8th 2007 8:09AM
They are anglican and tend to disassociate themselves from the pope. I have to agree, however, that they likely stirred up some sales. I even had some friends over to ransack the building with. But that's the thing; Its a building. Nothing more.
dan stabbingworth @ Oct 8th 2007 1:11PM
It's only a building to you. That's kind of like saying, it's only Jerusalem. I bet some Palestinians would disagree.
Regardless, I'm an atheist, so it's only a building to me. It makes me laugh to see the churchies get so upset over this.
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 8th 2007 8:27AM
Well, maybe it sold much better due to the controversy but then their previous stance is invalid. Since they actually used it's good sales as a reason to recall the game. RFOM would have sold well with or without this controversy.
I mean, this isn't Jack Thompson cryfest helping turn 2 Live Crew from a dismal selling album to a natural phenominon because of his whining about "Me So Horny." This was a game that had the sales to begin with.
FOXHOUND @ Oct 8th 2007 8:34AM
And yet, there's no angled story where the church is most likely doing this for the attention, rather than the game, which was easily good on its own - featured church or not(which IMO, it's not a big factor in the game and could've easily been removed in newer copies. Hell, the bus terminal's a better level anyway).
Besides, churches have a lot more to worry about than some fictious videogame.
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 8th 2007 9:05AM
It's nomination offends me, too, although more as a matter of taste than anything else.
LiqwidZero @ Oct 8th 2007 10:04AM
I couldn't agree with you more. Kudos.
jsn @ Oct 8th 2007 9:28AM
The Pope hates the PS3 too..
Chris @ Oct 8th 2007 9:45AM
These guys are just as bad as the muslims complaining about the zelda(OoT) music, images, sounds ect ect ect ect. You should be happy that sony is using the church not annoyed, if sony used my street or house I'd be happy - as long as they dont see my basement or dig up my garden >-_->
Dale @ Oct 8th 2007 10:06AM
Just a side note: it is etc, short for et cetera, not ect.
Dan @ Oct 8th 2007 9:47AM
I've blasted up hundreds of churches in hundreds of games, why is this one so special?
vinny @ Oct 8th 2007 9:48AM
obviously microsoft paid off the church of england to hate sony, typical microsoft bullshit
LiqwidZero @ Oct 8th 2007 10:02AM
Obviously, you're a FUD machine on your way to the FUD convention in FUDhio where you'll be eating your favorite FUD pudding with extra FUD.
vinny @ Oct 8th 2007 10:09AM
oh i forgot to add
/typical ps3 fanboy remark
LiqwidZero @ Oct 8th 2007 11:18AM
Oh, then I forgive you then... OR DO I?!
Diskoboy @ Oct 8th 2007 2:34PM
And the winner for "Most retarded comment ever posted on Joystiq":
Vinny!!!
Come on down, and except your fanboy award.
dan stabbingworth @ Oct 8th 2007 3:49PM
And the winner for "Most oblivious comment ever posted on Joystiq":
Diskoboy!!!
Come on down, and accept(except? srsly?) your beating!
Markusdragon @ Oct 16th 2007 11:53AM
"the nomination "is like rubbing salt in the wounds" of the Church."
Or the stigmata?
NATO_Duke @ Oct 8th 2007 10:34AM
Church of England really needs to stop the pissing and moaning. You guys already went over the game with the makers, now you need to let life move on.
ssuk @ Oct 8th 2007 11:32AM
Church: *cough* more money please
Sony: *sigh* Again?
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 8th 2007 11:51AM
it's nominated for a pc gamer's award? wtf
Todd @ Oct 8th 2007 12:31PM
Wow, this Gears of War clone blows. Why the nomination?
ulovemikeroch @ Oct 8th 2007 4:44PM
Didn't Resistance come out before Gears of War?
bm @ Oct 8th 2007 12:39PM
I'll echo many of the comments in here: this pile of crap shouldn't have been nominated in the first place.
Hart704 @ Oct 8th 2007 2:43PM
This game is good in its own right and it's a clone of another game.
Oh, and STFU to all of those that are offended at this game for whatever reason.
Hart704 @ Oct 8th 2007 2:43PM
This game is good in its own right and it's **NOT** a clone of another game.
Ether02 @ Oct 9th 2007 12:59PM
Wow, why all the hate for rfom its a good game for the ps3
Burnt Meatloaf @ Oct 9th 2007 7:31AM
So, will church attendance increase substantially by the controversy?
Time to join the Church of Halo.