Monday - October 20, 2008

MUDSLIMES RAISE A FUSS, SONY MAKES NICE AND APPEASES. AS USUAL.

This article leaves a bit wanting or is just me?
It doesn’t say exactly what the lines were or why there was a perceived insult.  Maybe there was but I think most of us might doubt that.  These followers of the ROP always manage to find insults everywhere they look.  I’d find it hard to believe that politically correct Sony would allow an intentional insult to be included in any of their products.

Anyway .. just another case making nice to the muzzies.  Good muzzy, nice muzzy, here’s a bone muzzy.

Sony Playstation game Little Big Planet delayed after anti-Muslim claims.

A “revolutionary” video game that Sony hopes will revive the fortunes of its Playstation console has been delayed after Muslims objected to its soundtrack.

By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 7:33AM BST 20 Oct 2008
Little Big Planet: The Sony Playstation game has been delayed after anti-Muslim claims about its soundtrack
Sony has not yet confirmed a new release date

Millions of copies of Little Big Planet have been withdrawn from warehouses after lines from the Koran were found to be included in the accompanying music.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

“We’ve never really had an icon before. That was a deliberate policy of the early days because we did not want to be pigeon-holed,” a Sony spokesman told The Times.

“It’s psychologically telling that this, arguably our first mascot, is fully customisable. You can make him anything you want him to be.”

Little Big Planet, which allows players to design their own levels in detail and share them with friends, has been lauded by critics.

Steve Boxer, the Telegraph’s games reviewer, said that it was “so deceptively simple, and its conception is so immaculate, that it has the power to turn all of us - gamers and non-gamers - into game developers”.

Little Big Planet was developed by Media Molecule, a small games designer based in Guildford, Surrey.

Sony has not yet confirmed a new release date, but the postponement is expected to be a matter of weeks rather than months.

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