Tony Blair's wife and son under fire for being involved in Counter Strike

Posted Aug 31, 2009 at 9:04PM by Glenn M. Listed in: News Tags: Counter-Strike, London, Tony Blair, UK

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, and son, Nicky, are now getting raps for being directors of Magnitude Gaming, a firm that manages semi-professional teams looking to make a name in eSports. While it's well and good that they're lending their support to a growing industry, the fire is brewing from the fact that Magnitude Gaming has handled a team that played Counter-Strike.

Magnitude gaming was founded by Gabriel Moraes in 2007, who was roomies with Nicky Blair in London. Hearing of the issue, Moraes immeditaely issued a statement saying:

Magnitude has never been involved with games containing any kind of street violence. We had one game involving soldiers in military combat but it had a rating of 18-plus and was a team game. We stopped involvement with that game some months ago.

Violent games in the UK:

UK youths blame violent video games and films for rise in knife crimes

Via Daily Mail

32 Jumps Buy two, get one free at Best Buy

17 Jumps Tiger Woods Wife Outrun Flash Game now out

17 Jumps NPD Study: US kids as young as 2 call themselves gamers

15 Jumps Square Enix trademarks "Chaos Rings" in Europe

13 Jumps THQ to open its biggest studio in Montreal

8 Jumps More Estavillo subpoenas - Lady Sovereign and Krayzie Bone

8 Jumps EA Sports now has its own prepaid debit card

7 Jumps Medal of Honor series getting reboot next year

6 Jumps Mass Effect 2 has two discs

3 Jumps Left 4 Dead 2 patch update released

Comments [refresh]

by Yuuki_Minoru - 2009-08-31 18:31

� wtf...

god forbid someone important could be in some way involved with a game that revolves around tactical police and hostages and/or explosives. >_>

Reply | Reply with quote | Quote

by Musev - 2009-09-01 01:12

� ..

Important? I thought this was about Tony Blair's wife.

Reply | Reply with quote | Quote

by git131269 - 2009-09-02 08:36

� Hmmm

Cherie and "Little Nicky" invest in a company that manages teams who (amongst others) play Counter Strike, a military combat game...

Whilst Tony entered us into a war in a country over 4000 miles away where the 200th British soldier just died...

...I dont know what my point is.

..figure it out for yourselves

Reply | Reply with quote | Quote

Refresh comments list

Add comment

JComments

The QJ.net Network
Site	Feed
QJ.NET	RSS
Nintendo DS	RSS
PlayStation 3	RSS
PSP Updates	RSS
Wii	RSS
Xbox 360	RSS
MMORPG	RSS
Personal Computer Games	RSS
iPhone - iPod Touch	RSS
QJ.NET Forums	RSS

Add QJ.NET

User Favorites - December

Most Commented
NPD Study: US kids as youn..	(38)
More Estavillo subpoenas -..	(23)
Buy two, get one free at B..	(13)
Mass Effect 2 has two disc..	(12)
Medal of Honor series gett..	(7)
THQ to open its biggest st..	(3)
Square Enix trademarks "Ch..	(3)
Tiger Woods Wife Outrun Fl..	(3)
Serious Sam HD: The Second..	(2)
RTS rumor: StarCraft 2 com..	(1)
Magic: The Gathering - Tac..	(1)
Rumor: Left 4 Dead 3 comin..	(1)
Amazon offers Cyber Monday..	(1)

User Favorites - December

Top Jumps
More Estavillo subpoenas -..	(33)
Buy two, get one free at B..	(32)
Medal of Honor series gett..	(27)
EA Sports now has its own..	(19)
NPD Study: US kids as youn..	(19)
Serious Sam HD: The Second..	(17)
Tiger Woods Wife Outrun Fl..	(17)
Square Enix trademarks "Ch..	(15)
THQ to open its biggest st..	(13)
Left 4 Dead 2 patch update..	(9)
Amazon offers Cyber Monday..	(7)
Mass Effect 2 has two disc..	(6)
Erik Estavillo now sues Bl..	(5)
On Shelves This Week - Nov..	(5)
Silicon Knights' Dyack sta..	(3)
id Software releases patch..	(2)
Rumor: Left 4 Dead 3 comin..	(2)
Rumor: IO Interactive has..	(2)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2..	(2)
Backstabbin' multiplayer f..	(2)
Videogame tech to help rea..	(2)
Star Trek Online new tease..	(2)
Lighthouse Interactive to..	(1)
Battlefield 2142 patch ver..	(1)
Ubisoft: piracy hounds DS,..	(1)

Username:

Password:


Remember Me?

Forgot password
New user registration