Basically any Star Wars game will cover that.Hal10k said:We need a game based off of Scientology if we want to be thorough on this.
Basically any Star Wars game will cover that.Hal10k said:We need a game based off of Scientology if we want to be thorough on this.
Uh, you know its the year 2012 right? Its no longer 1940? nor 1969, let alone 1987.... Things change, and you know, cultures evolve. You think 'your' culture 150+ years ago was any 'different'? You know 'serfs' was just another name for slave....Tanis said:O, go bonk yourself Zed.
This coming from a society with a caste system, forced arranged marriages, and has folks bathing in a river so polluted it makes the sewage pipes near Fox News look like they've been run through a Brita Filter.
It's not like AW was making fun of Hinduism/Indians (SEE: The Simpson's) or abusing & twisting some of the iconography (SEE: Nazi's).
Zed needs to get his panties out of their bunch and chill.
Yeah.Eric the Orange said:I'm not particularly religious, so I always find it odd that some people who are get so easily offended about it. By this I mean that there are things that I hold in high regard but I don't really care if other people dislike them or disrespect them. But it seems that people are especially touchy when it come to matters of belief.
Yep, it is 2012.. and those aspects of the Indian culture still exist. They may not be as dominant as they were before the western influence started to grow to the point where it is now and will continue to change, but they are very much still present.SinisterDeath said:Uh, you know its the year 2012 right? Its no longer 1940? nor 1969, let alone 1987.... Things change, and you know, cultures evolve. You think 'your' culture 150+ years ago was any 'different'? You know 'serfs' was just another name for slave....Tanis said:O, go bonk yourself Zed.
This coming from a society with a caste system, forced arranged marriages, and has folks bathing in a river so polluted it makes the sewage pipes near Fox News look like they've been run through a Brita Filter.
It's not like AW was making fun of Hinduism/Indians (SEE: The Simpson's) or abusing & twisting some of the iconography (SEE: Nazi's).
Zed needs to get his panties out of their bunch and chill.
When will they learn? Here in America, it's okay for major media outlets to make fun of any religion*.Andy Chalk said:Hindus Upset Over Asura's Wrath
The Universal Society of Hinduism is "upset" about Asura's Wrath, saying the game trivializes the symbols and concepts of the Hindu religion.
I don't know much about Hinduism or Asura's Wrath, but a quick glance at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura%27s_Wrath] tells me that the game "takes elements from Hindu mythology and blends them with science fiction." I guess that would explain why Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, is none too happy with the game. In a press release, Zed said that "such trivializing and reimagining of highly revered symbols and concepts of Hinduism was not okay as it is upsetting for the devotees."
Durga, the murdered wife of Asura in Asura's Wrath, is actually a major Hindu deity who destroyed the buffalo-demon Mahisasura, a well-known asura - a power-seeking deity mostly living in ancient South India, again according to Wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura], sometimes considered sinful and materialistic. Zed acknowledged that freedom of expression is "important" but added that faith is sacred, and game developers should be more sensitive when dealing with such matters. If developers cannot "accurately and authentically deliver religious imagery and symbolism," he said, then they should not "unnecessarily poke into religion."
"No faith, large or small, should be plundered," Zed said. Refreshingly, he did not threaten an international boycott of Capcom, Sony, Microsoft or anyone else; instead, he said that he or other Hindu scholars "would gladly provide genuine seekers from [the] videogames industry the resources they needed for their study and research regarding Hinduism."
Hinduism is the oldest and third-largest of the world's major religions, with an estimated one billion adherents around the world. Asura's Wrath [http://www.amazon.com/Asuras-Wrath-Playstation-3/dp/B003O6HLOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331082930&sr=8-1] has a Metacritic score of 73, and is available now for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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I think everyone was offended by too humanMr C said:This guy's right, all faiths deserve respect. As a Viking descendent I was greatly offended by Too Human.
MAybe because it wasn't bad, i enjoyed it. It's only bad if you expected an action game.RaikuFA said:So they're not upset that the game was bad?
Either way, don't tell them about Digital Devil Saga, they'll have a breakdown.
I'm glad someone noticed this. They should take this offer to Atlus, ideally (though it may be redundant there, I don't know). But really, this is fantastic and I wish someone would take them up on this. Or that more people would offer it, for that matter.NeutralDrow said:Y'all are missing the important part.
I want someone to take them up on this offer.Andy Chalk said:Refreshingly, he did not threaten an international boycott of Capcom, Sony, Microsoft or anyone else; instead, he said that he or other Hindu scholars "would gladly provide genuine seekers from [the] videogames industry the resources they needed for their study and research regarding Hinduism."
For the love of your deity of choice. This. 3000x this.NeutralDrow said:Y'all are missing the important part.
I want someone to take them up on this offer.Andy Chalk said:Refreshingly, he did not threaten an international boycott of Capcom, Sony, Microsoft or anyone else; instead, he said that he or other Hindu scholars "would gladly provide genuine seekers from [the] videogames industry the resources they needed for their study and research regarding Hinduism."
Seriously, Hinduism is fascinating. I'd love to see a game made that gets the mythology right.