Comments on: Microsoft India cancels Fallout 3 due to “cultural sensitivities” http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/ This is the news Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hero of Canton http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35160 Hero of Canton Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:36:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35160 You don't have to kill the Brahmin, obviously - indeed, they're one of very few peaceful creature types in the game - but the mere fact that you can literally slaughter sacred cows (they're named after a caste of preachers) makes it cultural iconoclasm of the potentially offensive kind. (Which sounds like a rather pretentious take on one of Spielberg's finest.) You don’t have to kill the Brahmin, obviously – indeed, they’re one of very few peaceful creature types in the game – but the mere fact that you can literally slaughter sacred cows (they’re named after a caste of preachers) makes it cultural iconoclasm of the potentially offensive kind.

(Which sounds like a rather pretentious take on one of Spielberg’s finest.)

]]> By: El_MUERkO http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35141 El_MUERkO Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:33:46 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35141 maybe the government dont want their people to know the downside of nukes maybe the government dont want their people to know the downside of nukes

]]> By: Whizzo http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35093 Whizzo Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:43:37 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35093 Has to be to do with the Brahmin possibly causing an issue, although I really doubt you have to kill them as they were harmless in the original games. Has to be to do with the Brahmin possibly causing an issue, although I really doubt you have to kill them as they were harmless in the original games.

]]> By: Truk http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35090 Truk Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:40:07 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35090 "We're sensitive too! Please put is in the news. Please?" “We’re sensitive too! Please put is in the news. Please?”

]]> By: scratchy69 http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35083 scratchy69 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35083 Something to do with the two-headed cows, I bet. Something to do with the two-headed cows, I bet.

]]> By: Quiiick http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35072 Quiiick Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:12:06 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35072 ... not "deformed cows", Syrok! We call that "strategic dismemberment of a cow". :) … not “deformed cows”, Syrok!
We call that “strategic dismemberment of a cow”. :)

]]> By: Syrok http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35071 Syrok Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:08:59 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35071 Maybe there are some deformed cows in the game. :) Maybe there are some deformed cows in the game. :)

]]> By: Gekidami http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35066 Gekidami Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:50:28 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35066 Cultural sensitivities? I can imagine Media Molecule and Sony with a massive grin across their faces as they read this. Cultural sensitivities? I can imagine Media Molecule and Sony with a massive grin across their faces as they read this.

]]> By: Quiiick http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35055 Quiiick Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:26:47 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35055 @ Blerk Good point! @ Blerk
Good point!

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35053 morriss Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:23:06 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35053 I think they must have some say if games on their system get released or not. Nothing's to say the PS3 and PC versions aren't getting released still. I think they must have some say if games on their system get released or not. Nothing’s to say the PS3 and PC versions aren’t getting released still.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35051 Blerk Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:18:19 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35051 Since when was Fallout 3 a Microsoft game? Since when was Fallout 3 a Microsoft game?

]]> By: deanimate http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/comment-page-1/#comment-35047 deanimate Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:11:31 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/microsoft-india-cancels-fallout-3-due-to-cultural-sensitivities/#comment-35047 LOL! It would not shock me if the reason is due to some retarded religious issue. LOL!
It would not shock me if the reason is due to some retarded religious issue.

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