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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:29PM (Unverified) said

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Allah will be pleased.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:46PM pumapayam said

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He must be an Xbox 360 user then.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:53PM (Unverified) said

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we can only hope?

would releasing the game and just patching it via a downloadable patch not be ok??
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:00PM (Unverified) said

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nickels

No they cant because not every PS3 out there is connected to PSN. They have to completely eradicate the issue.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:08PM copa said

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"They have to completely eradicate the issue."

Yeah, that'll work. Because delaying the most ancticipated PS3 game of the year won't cause 200,000 pissed off people to upload tasteless levels featuring Muhammad sackboys.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:12PM Megadanxzero said

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The most anticipated game? You mean THE anticipated game?
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:12PM (Unverified) said

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"delaying the most ancticipated PS3 game of the year"

LOL!

No sir, that was MGS4.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:15PM copa said

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"No sir, that was MGS4."

I meant PS3 exclusives.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:18PM (Unverified) said

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*Because delaying one of the most ancticipated PS3 games of the year

There, fixed. Makes sense now...
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:28PM (Unverified) said

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@Copa

i c wut u did there
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:36PM Larz said

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"No sir, that was MGS4."

Depends on who you are. Can we just say "one of the most highly anticipated games of the year" and appease everyone?

Besides, there's been such a plethora of games this generation, it's pointless to squabble over which one is more anticipated. Especially since whatever cool game is coming 'next' is usually what I get most excited for.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:01PM WhiteTreeWolf said

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Bull like this is what makes these radical Muslims think they can do whatever the hell they want.

Appeasing radicals only lets the terrorists win. I love how putting in some phrases from the Qur'an is not allowed, but smearing crap on a picture of the Virgin Mary is "art". It must have something to do with the fact that there are no Christians threatening to attack the creators of something like that.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:30PM baby sea tuna said

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@ Matt

Are you kidding me?! People were elephant-shitting their pants over that Virgin Mary piece (as well as the Piss Christ and countless other Christian-critical works.)
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:58PM (Unverified) said

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When did Phoenix turned into a TROLL?! really sad...
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Posted: Oct 18th 2008 12:12AM severian00 said

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And yet there are no riots because of those "works of art". Nobody is killed, nothing is bombed, no property is distroyed. It's sad really that we can't have a discourse about something like this. Instead it's get it out of the game because we're afraid of what might happen.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:29PM FakeJamaican said

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oh wow...you'd think these were all printed and ready to go...time to get our hands on some original copies
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:52PM copa said

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Yup, I wonder how much LBP: Blasphemy Edition is going to fetch on E-Bay.

But seriously, it's 2008. Sony couldn't have distributed a title update at launch to keep the track from playing? Or replace it with an audiobook recording of The Satanic Verses?
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:20PM FakeJamaican said

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i want a Salman Rushdie Sackboy ASAP
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 3:02PM (Unverified) said

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the major retailers have had the game for over a week now!
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Posted: Oct 18th 2008 12:15AM severian00 said

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They are all printed and ready to go. We have 20 copies sitting in our stockroom for tuesday. Nothing has come down yet to send them anywhere. If nothing comes by Tuesday morning I'm getting my copy on time after all woo hoo.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:29PM (Unverified) said

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wow that's dumb..
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:14PM (Unverified) said

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Yep.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:30PM (Unverified) said

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I posted this on the previous thread, but we really need a 'Crusader Sackboy'...
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:31PM FakeJamaican said

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seconded

and the ability to purchase indulgences from the PSN DLC
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:45PM mgarc1125 said

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Thirded
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 3:01PM theenglishman said

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Sackboy is sad now :'(
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:30PM GenGrievous said

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"I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced"
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:54PM Neverz said

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you beat me to it Obi Wan
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:32PM Jarpo said

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This is really upsetting news.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:31PM Hyams said

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Catholic Church demand that Resistance be taken off the shelves and altered to remove offensive material: nothing happens.

Lone Muslim politely asks that the game be patched after release to remove the song: game is delayed.

Hmm.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:32PM (Unverified) said

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silence infidel!
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:39PM Mr Khan said

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not to nitpick, but i thought it was the Church of England that had that beef with Resistance
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:39PM PedoJokerBear said

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we must cut off your fingers to silence your filth.




too much?
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:40PM (Unverified) said

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That is a valid ironic point. We live in the world of the offended where you can't sneeze without offending 12 special interest groups that interpret it as messages for and/or against a certain The fact that they are heading this off now may be because they learned from the negative press generated last time, or they may be scared someone might blow their shit up. What was the catholic church going to do, molest more kids? (I am sooo joking, but watch people will bitch)
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:41PM (Unverified) said

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@Deeznuts420:

Depends, is he saying it in sign language?
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:47PM arsohn said

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Excellent point.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:44PM (Unverified) said

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That is a valid ironic point. We live in the world of the offended where you can't sneeze without offending 12 special interest groups that interpret it as messages for and/or against a certain (insert religious reference or group) The fact that they are heading this off now may be because they learned from the negative press generated last time, or they may be scared someone might blow their shit up. What was the catholic church going to do, molest more kids? (I am sooo joking, but watch people will bitch)

*Re-posted because joystiq cut off my response the first time, I must have offended them.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:45PM (Unverified) said

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Catholics aren't generally expected to run into game studios and blow themselves up. The same cannot always be said for the Religion of Peace(R).
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:57PM burjeffton said

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Nail...on...head.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:54PM Hyams said

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Catholics can be idiots too.

Look at all the death threats and threats against his family that PZ Myers recieved from Catholics after he declared that he would desecrate a cracker.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 12:56PM (Unverified) said

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Hey, it's *ALL GOOD* as long as you're offending the right religion(s) (mainly Christianity, Mormons, and those dudes that twirl a lot in Turkey).
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:10PM CyberKnight said

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@nonpareil: Exactly. Nothing like a nice double-standard to bring the world together. :eyeroll:

+1 for hitting the nail on the head
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:14PM Haggard said

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Yeah, it was the Church of England. The cathedral in question (Manchester) is actually only about 5 miles from my house.

I don't think there was anything to be mad about, but I showed the level to my dad and he did notice that the layout of it was identical to the real-life equivalent.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:14PM (Unverified) said

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If the quoted passages from the Qur'an are what other sites (Kotaku) are reporting them to be (stuff about how everyone is gonna die, basically), there were going to be a lot more people potentially offended than just devout Muslims. The Church of England thing was small potatoes compared to this.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 1:25PM Duke said

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Catholic Church =/= The Church of England. So there is no need for the nasty child molesting comments. Get your churches straight if you are going to feed the hate.

Either way, the Christian faiths are not known this century for their excessive reaction to the smallest issue, so thats why they don't get the quick response from developers.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:01PM aristokrat said

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How would most people know that these verses are in the Qur'an at all anyway? Aside from those that don't speak Arabic, a staggering number of (Middle Eastern) Islamic people are illiterate, as are many clerics themselves. A lot of these Muslims only know what they've been told the Qur'an says, yet frequently they never seem to hear about the parts where they say things like "live in peace with your monotheistic brothers, for they are your family in God" and stuff like that. But why would that be important? Duping poor, uneducated people into blowing themselves up is way more convenient to the leaders over there, who probably don't give a fuck about religion at all and are just as power hungry as the next despot. I think we shouldn't delay the game until 2 in 3 muslims in the middle east can actually find the passages in the Qur'an and point them out, because currently they are being led by the nose by their corrupt theocracies. This is not meant to offend any muslims, but I'm perfectly okay with offending anyone who thinks rulers like those in Iran are anything but evil.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 2:02PM anoffday said

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Well basically if your christian, then you just have to deal with being offended. Because no one cares. If your religion is anything else, then don't worry because there's probably no less than 100 special interest groups who will look out for you.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 4:05PM The Albatross said

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Church of England != Catholic Church. See, 500 years ago, there was this giant split in the Church that changed the world forever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Reformation

yeah, that happened.

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On the actual topic, I don't have anything wrong with Sony delaying it to take out the lines. I understand why it's offensive to Muslims, it doesn't change the game one way or the other to have it in there, and Sony's saving face.
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Posted: Oct 17th 2008 5:52PM (Unverified) said

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See what you can get if you ask politely?
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Posted: Oct 18th 2008 4:55AM Saria the Cat said

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Just want to say that the Catholic Church (like, in the Vatican) can be a little nuts but putting all Catholics under a blanket of "crazy" or "child molester" is as unfair as assuming all Americans are complete idiot since Bush is our president.
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