Yeah, I sort of played MW2, and found that particu...

2009-11-29T20:16:47.787Z

Yeah, I sort of played MW2, and found that particular part of the game soul destroying. Call me old fashioned, but there is a bit of a difference between shooting unarmed civilians and shooting people who are trying to shoot you. The rest of the airport level was quite good, what with the amount of riot shielded cops meaning you needed a little more ingenuity than on other levels, but there was no need for that part of the game. It could very easily have been cut out, and just started with the bit where the Russians showed up. The point Peter was making was exactly that. It was unecessarily soul-destroying.

I've read about the supposed Manhunt-related m...

2009-11-16T17:14:12.815Z

I've read about the supposed Manhunt-related murder before. I hate to quote Wikipedia but I have read the following on proper news sites (I just can't really be bothered to find the articles again):

"The police denied any such link between the game and the murder, citing drug-related robbery as the motive. The presiding judge also placed sole responsibility with Leblanc in his summing up after sentencing him to life. It was later discovered that Leblanc did not actually own the game, but Pakeerah did."

I don't think I have ever come across a case where a film or game was proven to actually be responsible for a murder, it's always media hype. I also note that interest in the game increased significantly after the media attention, so that had the opposite effect to what was intended really.

I saw a debate on TV yesterday about CoD 2, specifically the airport mission. It was obvious to me, from the way everyone misunderstood the context of the mission, that none of the people present had played the game or watched the mission in question being played in full. I personally think that if you haven't actually seen something, then you have no right to complain about it until you have and know what you're complaining about. That's partly because it's so easy to describe a scene and make it sound far worse than it really is.

Comments on The Famous Peter: What's The Fuss About Warfare? Part 2

Yeah, I sort of played MW2, and found that particu...

I've read about the supposed Manhunt-related m...