Monday, October 20, 2008

Sony delays game over fears of muslim outrage

We're living in the craziest of times. Video games delayed because they might offend muslims, global riots result in scores dead over the motoons, a British lady sentenced to death for letting her class name a teddy bear muhammad.

When terrorists blow themselves up along with dozens of innocent people, you only hear excuses for the terrorist. Telegraph

Millions of copies of Little Big Planet have been withdrawn from warehouses after lines from the Koran were found to be included in the accompanying music.

The game, which was due out on Friday, will now be re-programmed without the offending song – a track by Mali-born singer Toumani Diabate that contains two lines from the Islamic holy book.

The costly recall is a blow for Sony, which has made Little Big Planet the centerpiece of its Playstation 3 Christmas sales push.

Sackboy, the rag doll star of the British-developed game, is being promoted as a "face" of the Japanese electronics firm, similar to Nintendo's Mario character.

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