Gamasutra's Best Of 2008: Top 10 Controversies


	Gamasutra's Best Of 2008: Top 10 Controversies

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12-24-2008 4:29 AM

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game, gaming, controversy, industry, qur'an, religion, music, drm

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick <A href="http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19871">went to war with words</A> against Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman over whether games like <I>Guitar Hero</I> are helping keep music artists afloat -- or whether the games would sink without the songs. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21376"><U>LittleBigPlanet's Qur'an Lyrics</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21376"><DIV>
Media Molecule said it felt "shellshocked and gutted" when its long-awaited <I>LittleBigPlanet</I> was <A href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20708">yanked back</A> just at the cusp of its launch, after audio samples from the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, were discovered in the game's soundtrack. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21376"><U>Electronic Arts' Bid For Take Two</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21376"><U>Spore's DRM Debacle</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21376"><DIV>
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