Self-censorship hits videogames over religion

Totally off topic, but does anybody want to be my LBP friend?

WWJD Head shot!

Religion is so accepting and wonderful that everyone in the whole world should join in so we can all be happy to OH MY GOD HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT WORD I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU ARRRRGGGH

I find Muslims offensive when there blowing up innocent people. Half of them don't give a shit for life so why should we care about them. The funny thing is that the bloke who wrote the song is a muslim......Come on sony get a chuffin grip.

I wonder if Barbie Dolls will ever be censored?

Religion itself is not the culprit here, but more so the people who are willing to rampage and even kill if their religion is in anyway offended.

Why do people make fun of Christianity so much? Because they don't have to worry about their head being blown off in retaliation.

A clear distinction needs to be made between someone being offended and someone being offensive. The former is acceptable, the latter is not.

i think sony took the song out because it would offend non-muslims more if they kept it and guised their move by making it look like they are being sensitive for that community when, in fact, they don't want anything to do with Islam. i might be wrong.

freedom of speech, they should love the publicity it would bring to the holy book, they should stop crying like little girls over spilt milk that never truely belonged to them

Religion should never have the power to censor. We must overcome the fear and ignorance that organized religion represents. We must speak truth to power.

I really don't see how some verses from the Koran would offend Muslims, the guy on their forum was probably a troll.

That being said, they're not really a group of people that you want to piss off.

But self-censorship? Pffft, give me a break. Video games, by any account, have NO issue with giving the boot to ANY religion. This was a kid's game, and they're trying to not make any political message.

Can't wait to play the game, been excited for it ever since I saw the trailer for it at E3.

Did anyone else notice how suddenly, out of the blue, gaming has made a huge comeback in October and has a smash hit line-up for November? After how dead the summer was, I thought the market was slowing down.

the medium of video games will follow the lead of other mediums such as television. the more people who abide by the social constraints of specific groups, the more outrageous one company will be. theres always a market for the taboo.

i do not see how this is offending im not in the relgion of islam so i do not know but i know of another game called la pucelle tactics they had to censor because they had to many crosses in the game it is not in games but tv show like anime too.

The games is about user generated content and there worrier about offending people. The game is not even out yet and there are levels made with the demo where you fly into the twin towers. It won't be long until the game brings conterversty.

But they can make games that use Jesus' name in vain and they don't care about offending us Christians!

This game looks rad.

WHY ARE WE ALL OF A SUDDEN PROTECTING MUSLIMS WHEN IN THE PAST GAMES HAD OTHER RELIGIONS DEPICTED? WHAT MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND? NOW MUSLIMS ARE TOTALLY OFF LIMITS? WHERE WILL THIS STOP?

Religion come on people what good dose it do for any 1 how many wars are all because of religion if their is some god why dose he not show up and solve some of the shit that's going.

I just wish that every one who follows a religion would just toughen up and face the facts that this wasn't done to offend any on and to be fair i bet all of u have said some think bad about a social group just face it we are all back stabbing cunts when it suits us and and angles in the eyes of friends...

if it had offended any other religion it would still have got released.

I doubt anyone, Muslim or not, would have noticed or taken offense from the song, and if they did it would most likely be the kind of person that thinks Supermario is a homosexual recruitment tool sent by the devil to brainwash your children

Religion has the power to control everything, even the media. Its one of the hardest social institutions to stand up against these days

Well, i hope censorship will not come as the result between the crossovers with videogames and religion..

Siiiiiigh.

You can't win em all Sony.... Should have grown some balls and released it on time. Nothing makes me angrier than when a good game gets pushed back.

I think it's an honest mistake by Sony--I don't think they ever wanted to offend any culture or consumer.

This game is a kick in the pants.

I suggest you try Xenogears/Xenosaga and Shin Megami Tensi for games questioning religious endevors.

Even Halo has a plot involving blind faith and its dangers..

Another point, Violence is a play mechanic, religion is a theme or story device...

Video game makers will push the envelope with controversial violence despite criticizism because violence sells.

They won't do the same with religion because nobody buys a game based on the religious content. Any content that gets complaints will be cut if it's not essential to the appeal of the game, they are a business after all.

that a good and friendly game like LittleBigPlanet this shit above his had gets, it is make any sense!

This game is awesome

It's just silly, why do they even care? Muslims don't have to play the game, and they don't have to watch Family Guy either. Seriously.

Yea, really pissed me off when I had waited so long only to have to wait a little longer.

If you've played the game, you'd see no problem with it. The game is interesting in that it the main story takes you around the Earth and brings you to all these different places and cultures. So far I've been to England, Africa, South America, and Mexico. I haven't found a shred of racism but instead culture and glorifying of cultures that often go, well, unglorified. Especially when you get clothing and items from that part of the world and you enjoy it, where otherwise you'd think it was stupid. The game does a lot to light up cultures and make them fun and interesting to everyone. So it saddens me that they felt the need to remove one of these pieces of their culture love because someone might be offended.