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David Kearns

Member since: Aug 3rd, 2007

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Joyswag: Pikmin (New Play Control Edition) [update]

Apr 17th 2009 9:34AM (Joystiq Nintendo)
Trillions, clearly. The real question is how many died in counter spy missions trying to break Olimar's evil tyranny?

Joyswag: Nintendo DSi, Rhythm Heaven & accessories [update]

Apr 6th 2009 4:00PM (Joystiq)
I'd show it off to my wife first, and then give her my DS Lite and she'd either give that or her old one to our 2 year old (who's first DS game should be in the mail right now, some crayola game...)

Joyswag: Onyx DS Lite and Blue Dragon Plus

Mar 18th 2009 2:06PM (Joystiq)
Always keep the moustache

Joyswag: Blue Dragon Plus

Mar 18th 2009 2:04PM (Joystiq Nintendo)
Ditto for Final Fantasy IV, most likely a defining moment of my youth and how it was ill spent...

Ubisoft programmer lists 'Rabbids Go Home' on (raving) resume

Feb 19th 2009 2:45PM (Joystiq Nintendo)
So funny, I think BG&E2 is coming out for my BluRay/Ratchet & Clank player... ;)

Ubisoft programmer lists 'Rabbids Go Home' on (raving) resume

Feb 19th 2009 12:38PM (Joystiq Nintendo)
Just because they shared a resource doesn't mean they share technology...

Oh, and how can anyone get by with just a Wii? PS3/XBox360 is worth the price just for the upcoming BG&E2 IMHO...

Is Islam the light for DS Baby Pals? [update]

Jan 28th 2009 9:34PM (Joystiq)
Cool, I'm looking forward to getting Ighlam, I heard it's a Delight!

Is Islam the light for DS Baby Pals? [update]

Jan 28th 2009 9:20PM (Joystiq)
Well, I am a Muslim, and I've never said "Islam is the Light" to anyone. It's just not a phrase that we would use, much less go to all of the trouble of inserting into toys. And I don't think it says that anyway, much more like Ighlam is Delight, but what's an Ighlam?

Islamic phrase removed from Zack & Wiki

Aug 3rd 2007 6:33PM (Joystiq)
@Spartacus:

Too bad your facts aren't facts. FGM is predominant in Eastern Africa but in no way restricted to Muslims communities. And it's not me saying that but WHO: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/

Your facts about Islam and the treatment of Women are also quite erroneous. There are certainly issues with women's rights in quite a few Arab nations, but Arabs don't actually make up the majority of Muslims in the world.

Citing examples of countries that are predominately Muslim and have poor cultural practices like this isn't the same as citing examples of how Islam might be promoting these ideas. I expect if these habits were exhibited by Muslim communities around the world, you might have a point, but even then I doubt you'll find many religious authorities that would condone this behavior. There were reports of Catholic priests condoning the genocide in Rwanda, but I'm not foolish enough to believe that somehow the Catholic Church endorses genocide.

I'm actually quite shocked by the amount of hateful speech on this comment thread. There was no coercion or censorship here, simply an organization whose mission is to rid the world of misunderstandings between the "Muslims" of the world and "Americans" has indicated to Capcom that the use of the phrase may at worse be offensive and at best be a complete non sequitur. For whatever reasons Capcom agreed and removed a sound from their game. My assumption is that this sort of thing happens on a regular basis. Personally my enjoyment of any game isn't dependent on that games ability to offend or marginalize the concerns of any community.

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