Adam Payne

The Pearl Jam song is just called "Alive".

Didier, the Church of England isn't Catholic. It's Protestant, too.

No, Joshua (#16), you're missing the point. Try creating a game (or movie, etc.) that features a massacre at a Best Buy store. See if a judge agrees that you are simply exercising free speech. You are defaming the Best Buy brand and you will probably be ordered to pay a settlement. This is why movies and games never feature real brands in negative situations. They will always have something close (a Wall-Store instead of Wal-Mart for example) to avoid lawsuits and problems like this.

I read an article like this and it reminds me why blogs like joystiq aren't considered legitimate journalistic entities. The articles about this story by Mr. Sliwinski are full of rhetoric and bias.

Let's take this story and substitute the word "company" for "church". Specifically Best Buy. If Sony had made a game with a shoot out occurring in a photo realistic Best Buy store (complete with Best Buy name), would there be a lawsuit? Hell yeah. And half you people would probably agree with Best Buy for suing.

But everybody is so keen on putting down the church they look past that. The church is a private organization just like Best Buy, etc. If the likeness of their property was used without permission and in a defamatory way, they have a right to be upset.

And the comments by someone like Mp3 completely helps the legitimacy of blogs. Very intelligent, sir.