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insomniac

Resistance's Blasphemy Gave The Church Business

Yesterday, we all read Insomniac's snarky comment promising more religious locales in Resistance 2 after the Church of England's outcry over Manchester Cathedral's appearance in the original Resistance title. But maybe the folks at Manchester Cathedral shouldn't be taking things so hard. Because as their director of communications revealed in a recent issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, foot traffic has been up since Resistance was released.
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11:40 AM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,664 views, 51 comments

crime

CNET and GameFaqs Respond to Church Arson

GameFaqs and parent company CNET have responded to yesterday's story about the teen who burned down a church. After the incident, the teen went to the GameFaqs forums and bragged about his crime, leading to his eventual arrest. In a statement to TV news station WGEM, CNET and GameFaqs said:

"Our thoughts go out to those affected by the Mission Hill Baptist Church fire. GameSpot and GameFAQs message boards are for people to discuss gaming topics. We moderate the posts and pull down inappropriate messages. We are working with the proper authorities to assist in their investigation of this matter."

We'll be keeping an eye on this story and we'll be sure let you know of any updates.

Church Arson Suspect Brags Online [WGEM]

11:00 AM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By fdemarco
4,744 views, 63 comments

crime

Suspected Church Arsonist Brags On GameFaqs Forums

A teenage boy has been arrested on suspected arson charges for burning down a Palmyra, MO church. What makes this game related you may ask? It seems that GameFaqs forum poster "Jediknight12345" (original, eh?) made a post in the "Current Events" page asking readers if he should burn down a school and a church. The post was quickly removed by forum administrators and then a few days later another post showed up from the same person. This time, Jediknight12345 bragged that he had in fact burned a church/school down, described how he did it and even went so far as to post pictures of the event for posterity. Fellow forum posters immediately alerted local news station WGEM and authorities leading to the teenager's arrest. According to recent reports, the arrested suspect was a member of the church and its attached school.

Kid Arrested for Church Fire After Posting About it Online [YouTube - WGEM Report]

1:00 PM on Sat Feb 9 2008
By fdemarco
12,031 views, 130 comments

Latest by Upsilon: Come on America, there has to be more productive ways of getting attention than burning down churches, shooting up classrooms, and embezzling money...How about making a piece of art out of dog crap, and then actually managing to sell it? ~Y more »

bs detected

Anti-Halo Dr. Is Full Of It, Comes Clean

Earlier this week we told you about the antics of Dr. Susan Bartel, who made claims about Halo, violence, brains and video games on The Morning Show. The thing is, I go drinking with a lot of brain researchers. They are a specialized group of scientists who probably wouldn't write books like Dr. Susan's Girls-only Weight Loss Guide: The Easy, Fun Way to Look and Feel Good? You know, because it takes a lot of specialization to make claims about brain scans, not to mention months of argument on different modeling techniques, area activation relevance, etc.. Anyway, she came clean to Game Politics when they questioned her about her area of expertise:

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12:00 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Mark Wilson
19,102 views, 83 comments

Latest by Danj3ris: man of many overlooked ideas.: So she lost her credibility with a bunch of gamers. Oh wow. Her career will plummet. Who really cares? She made a statement without thinking, on a news channel pushing an agenda. Really not worth getting bent out of shape over. more »

haloz

Best. Church. Ad. Ever.

This cracks us up. What do you think, Crecente? It looks like the perfect location for our next Kotaku get together. If there's a game conference in Oshawa, ON, Canada, consider it booked.

Church Uses Halo 3 to Advertise [flickr] Thanks TedHead!

12:40 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Mark Wilson
10,046 views, 49 comments

Latest by Gong: @obstacle-man: It's called the 'Dirty Shwa' for a reason, you know. Still, this is pretty awesome. My bus passed by this damn thing every day and I've never thought about taking a picture of it. more »

path to salvation

Master Chief Goes To Church

littlemasterchief.jpg Kotakuite Joshua D. sent us a heads up about a New York Times article, this one on modern methods of getting kids into church: Halo 3. This raises some interesting questions: how do you differentiate between kids who are showing up to fellowship since it's Halo night and those who a really wanting to save their immortal souls? And how do people reconcile 'thou shalt not kill' with, uh, a first-person shooter? Is church really the most appropriate place for an M-rated video game? Do kids even care about potential allegorical features of the Halo plot, or is this just a cheap way to lure in impressionable teens? And aren't a lot of these people in the group who are frequently bitching about violent media in today's world? More »

10:30 AM on Sun Oct 7 2007
By Maggie Greene
6,909 views, 276 comments

Latest by Gigith: @HellblazerUSA: Isn't that what Toasticus doing? He's voicing his opinion even though you're all against him. You seem to think the Majority is the minority here. more »