It was trouble enough when Sony released “Resistance: Fall of Man,” a video game that includes shoot-outs between people and aliens that take place within Manchester Cathedral. To give the game an award is salt in the wound, says the dean of the cathedral. The Very Rev. Rogers Govender is upset that the game has been nominated for an award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. “It is a disgrace that ‘Resistance: Fall of Man’ has been short-listed for a BAFTA,” said Govender.
Church Protests BAFTA Nom for ‘Resistance: Fall of Man’
Posted by: Fred J. Aun October 8, 2007 10:53 AMIt was trouble enough when Sony released “Resistance: Fall of Man,” a video game that includes shoot-outs between people and aliens that take place within Manchester Cathedral. To give the game an award is salt in the wound, says the dean of the cathedral. The Very Rev. Rogers Govender is upset that the game has been nominated for an award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. “It is a disgrace that ‘Resistance: Fall of Man’ has been short-listed for a BAFTA,” said Govender.