Posts Tagged ‘Resistance: Fall of Man’

The future of videogaming is driven almost solely by technological innovation and not by creative endeavour. The reason is simple. For all the recent talk of the importance of the story, there are only seven basic plots anyway, and chances are, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are across all seven. In all likelihood you have probably already played all seven too! So in ten years time will videogaming resemble the videogaming of today? Will videogaming evolve in response to the wants and wishes of gamers? Will we get the videogame experience we demand or will the videogaming landscape be formed by the emerging technologies of the day? Sorry to burst your bubble, but your videogaming future won’t be the one you wish for and nor will it be the one the masses clamour for either. We’ll get what ‘they’ give us and it’s already happening.

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So by now you’ve heard about the dust-up over the inclusion of Manchester Cathedral in the game Resistance: Fall of Man. The Church of England are considering legal action against Sony claiming Sony failed to obtain permission to use the Church interior in the game. Now according to a BBC report , the Church is after is an apology and the removal of the game from store shelves. Turns out that Manchester has a bit of a problem with guns and youth crime and the church is none too keen on the thought of shoot-outs taking place inside the Church, and the message that is sending out to the kids of Manchester.

Now the Incomplete Gamer, for one, was happy to hear the news, because as chance would have it we’ve been playing a spot of RFOM this weekend and we’re all for anything that makes what we’re doing seem topical and current. The Incomplete Gamer spent several hours (read days) immersed in the Resistance world, and we now feel confident in offering up our 2 cents worth for the collection plate.

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