Mon, Nov 09, 2009 | 17:22 GMT
Modern Warfare 2: Watson bites Vaz over Mail comments
Labour MP Tom Watson has told the BBC that remarks made by anti-game stalwart Keith Vaz about Modern Warfare 2 todkay ared a bridge too far.
“Everything that comes out of Parliament in relation to video games is relentlessly negative,” he said.
“There are thousands of people employed in this industry, there are 26 million people playing games. We should have a much more balanced view of the industry, indeed we should be supporting them through difficult times.”
Vaz went on a predictable warpath in the Mail today, saying MW2′s violence left him “absolutely shocked”.
Watson’s set up a Facebook group called Gamer’s Voice, designed to bring together people sick of game-bashers in the UK. Do the honourable thing.
Thanks, GamePolitics.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Politics, Shooter, UK, Xbox 360
Tags: infinity ward, Keith Vaz, modern warfare 2, tom watson
9 comments
#1
Gekidami
09/11/09, 5:39 pm
Wonder if they’ll quote Pychotext in Parliament as an example of evils MW2 can cause. :p
#2
DUFFKING
09/11/09, 5:41 pm
“Modern Warfare 2 todkay ared a bridge too far”
… the fuck?
#3
Psychotext
09/11/09, 5:47 pm
They don’t need to quote me in parliament Gekidami, it’s politicians that showed me the way when it comes to pure sexual deviancy.
#4
The Hindle
09/11/09, 6:05 pm
So lets get this straight, British soldiers are dying in Afghanistan due to lack of equipment and this dick of a polictian is on about games. Britain is a very fucked up place at the moment people and im English myself
#5
Ashelia Bnargin Dalmasca
09/11/09, 6:22 pm
The children…
Someone… PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
*weeps*
#6
Roybott
09/11/09, 7:00 pm
@The Hindle, you do realise that there are hundreds of politicians in parliament right? and that if they ALL spent ALL day talking about nothing but Afghanistan then nothing else would ever get done! There are politicians and groups dedicated to that discussion, but other things need to also be discussed. So this politician is not a ‘dick’ for bringing other topics to the discussion table.
EDIT: After watching the video clip on the BBC site I now realise which politician you are referring to, and I do agree he is a dick, but my point still stands. (Originally I thought you were talking about MP Tom Watson not the other guy)
#7
Alexander Norris
09/11/09, 7:10 pm
@4. Good gods – soldiers? Dying?! In a war?!?!?!
Heavens! Who could have foreseen such terrible happenings?
#8
blackdreamhunk
10/11/09, 4:04 am
I hope th game get band
#9
Jadeskye
10/11/09, 5:32 am
psychotext, your comment there made me spit out my coffee with laughter, thank you for starting my day much earlier then i’m used to.