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New video game lets players shoot civilians in terrorist attack

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Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the yet-to-be released video game can shoot civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack.

The first-person shooter game, which comes with an 'M' rating -- meaning it's for mature audiences -- is set for release on Nov. 10.

It may actually be one of the most lucrative launches in the history of the entertainment industry, as some believe opening sales could eclipse other video games, movies and music releases.

In a statement to the media made yesterday, the game's publisher rebutted that footage was taken illegally and in general is not representative of the game's overall experience. Blizzard Inc., said the scene is to show the atrocities of terrorism and war. The point of the game is to take the player on an armed adventure as you try to take down a terrorist ring. One chapter of the adventure is to go undercover as a member of the terrorist group, leading to the controversial scene....

1,417 posted on 10/29/2009 11:35:36 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: hennie pennie

baw mark :)


1,418 posted on 10/29/2009 7:18:06 PM PDT by bored at work ("Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.")
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To: hennie pennie
This is simply unbelievable to me.

Sept. 11 chapel 'arsonist' gives up (a Harvard Law graduate)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375844/posts

Can you even begin to imagine this?

1,422 posted on 11/01/2009 6:44:22 AM PST by hennie pennie
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