Las Vegas Mayor Not Happy With Rainbow Six: Vegas |
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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is not very pleased with Ubisoft's upcoming first person shooter Rainbow Six: Vegas, which is set in, yes, Las Vegas. "It could be harmful economically, and it may be something that's not entitled to free speech (protection)," Goodman said. Like in all previous Rainbow Six games, you have to disarm terrorists and arrest them with your elite counter-terrorist team.
According to the city's Mayor the scenario is inaccurate and unrealistic because Las Vegas is "the safest place imaginable" after the Sept. 11 attacks. He says he will try to stop the release of the game, partly because people might not come to Las Vegas anymore (on holiday apparently) after playing or seeing the game. The game is set to release somewhere in November for PC, PS3 and 360. Ubisoft picked Las Vegas for their game because of the famous and recognizable locations the city has, giving them the opportunity to show the real power of the next-gen consoles.
Personally I don't see why this could cause any controversy, because so many games have used popular world locations for their games, without any political issues. Perhaps Mayor Goodman is trying to grab headlines?
Via Gamer.nl
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*watches CSI*
Oh snap.
so what! like he'd win! anyway in the game you are the good ones who protect the citizen, I don't see how this bothers him, it's not like if GTA4 was set in las vegas! and anyway, if a movie was in las vegas where you see terrorism, you would not see this kind of crap, people are racism against the video games and likes too much the movies... this is stupid!
Wow, if this is how that Mayor thinks, he shouldn't be in office. United States politicians suck majorly. There is no way that this game could be harmful.
To me, this is just as pointless as Jack Thompson's arguments or the fact that Sony's white PSP ads got labeled as racist. What the hell is this country coming to?
This is retarded. I was an avid Rainbow Six player around the time of R6 Rouge Spear and the Urban Operations addon. When there was a mission in Urban Ops set in the London Subway it didn't make people stop riding the trains.
What i ment was most people who gamble in the Casino dont play Video Games
it is just a game, noone thinks that they should buy a railroad after seeing the returns hey get in monopoly? do they? Noone stopped going to london after seeing what happens there in the Getaway games. I also bet noone went racing around the streets of vegas after doing it in pgr3. this is just stupid, and it wont work...he has no legal grounds
This guy is stupid or something, there is show call it "Vegas" I think and there is alot of stuff enter and now why the game ~crazy people.
Yeah, if anything this just shows how little this mayor thinks of the general public. He is pretty much saying that people are stupid and gullible enough to beleive that a video game has any bearing on real-life....way to belittle "your" public Mayor Jack-ass...
If anyones interested you can e-mail the fool. Go here http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Government/mayor_oscar_b_goodman.htm and look to the right under contact info for the e-mail link....
PS3 FTW!!!
What does PS3 FTW have to do with this article? for one the game will be multiplatform and anyway the Mayor of Vegas is a fool 1 damn game isnt going to affect tourism to Vegas.
God im so sick of Politicians and the general concensus that videogames are the reason for all evil now mentality this country has.
Can't people just realize hey your son or daughter is just stupid and mentally retarded and or your a horrible parent ? and thats why they shot up their school or carjacked someone .
i am so fecking sick of games being portrayed as bad in the media and games like rainbow six and dead rising being baned etc, its so stupid, i love games and have grown up with it, now that its reached mass media people are trying to bash it left right and center, just becuase those stupid americans have run out of excuses to sue each other, they try to get their fix from sueing game devs and bring down the game industry rep along with it and dont even get me started on that mofo jack thompson, ***** THAT.
How come this doesn't happen with movies? You can make a movie about pretty much anything, why not games?
The reason it's getting a bad rep is because it's a terrorist-related game (even if it's ANTI-terrorist, it'll still get *****) in a reality-based setting. Terrorists blowing up a tower in Las Vegas rubs some people the wrong way, but all I can say is, "The game is NOT about blowing up buildings, it IS about COUNTER TERRORISM and SAVING LIVES!"
Politician: "But one of those 'psycho gamers' might try it in real life..."
Pssht! Ignorant d!ckheads...
Anyways, the trailer looks f*cking awesome! Must have!
I wonder if the mayor of LA back in 1997 tried to ban the movie Volcano. Or how about that movie the Sum of All Fears where a nuke went off in a stadium killing a ton of people. I guess video games arent allowed to tell stories.
people in vegas do not play video games. most of the epopel ther are like 18 or older. ive ben there ther is no time to play games. it's sick all the ***** they have there it's something else. the guys rigth the place is *****ing tigth they have an eye on everyone there. it would be bad for vegas. cause there have never been terorists attacks there just riberis but no one has gotten away.
"because so many games have used popular world locations for their games, without any political issues."
When Socom 3 was about to be released, I think it was chile, they where politically argued that the game gave their land a bad reputation.
So, SONY decided to remove that level on the final version so they wont offend anyone.
THIS MAYOR IS A DUMB *****3R!!!!!!
"..Trying to grab headlines" for what a purposeful loss of voters? wtf
This guy is a complete idiot. The large majority who will buy this game are young males who I can promise will not be persuaded by the game not to go to vegas. If anything it will get them in the mood to go with the sweet graphics and realistic landscape.
Los Vegas mayor = retarted?
hahahaha could only happen in America...
Good Luck Trying to stop it being released ***** HEAD!
OMG lets NOT go to Los Angeles, remember that game "Grand theft Auto: San Andreas"
"Perhaps Mayor Goodman is trying to grab headlines?"
ya think? id say its well over obvious
If this is true this mayor is a retard. How can this game make it anymore unsafe? He even thinks that this game would not be protected under free speech? What an @$$! I live in California and see the US day to day become more communist. Freedom has been long gone, it's hard to do anything anymore without being rid up by some hard up ingornant fool who just needs to die if they can't let people live their life....... or at least put these people on a desert island or something and they can get a glimps of reality.
"It could be harmful economically, and it may be something that's not entitled to free speech (protection),"
Bullsh*t. Right there. His statement, RIGHT THERE is factually false under LAW. It most certainly is entitled to free speech protection.
Just the same as it is "free speech protection" to say that Las Vegas is the worlds center for prostitution. Not only is that free speech, but it's also a fact. Heh.
But then again, i'm sure he'd have a problem with that too... seeing as I don't think he would appreciate jokes about the source of his dear mother's income. Once again.. fact, not fiction.
i have not being going to las vegas for years because nicholas cage and john malkovich had a fight on a fire turck and steve buscemi the phsycho killer is still roaming free! that Con Air scared me good. What a lemon this guy is!
Sigh that was good. lol. But really, Las Vegas the safest place imaginable? OMG thats funny. Good ol Politician talk there.
The mayor is mistaken. This Rainbow Six game could actually be bringing more tourists to Las Vegas.
And what about all the violent movies taking place in Las Vegas?
By his admission, a lot of people don't go to Vegas since they believe planes will crash land in the center of town. (the movie Con Air)
Come on, we are intelligent human beings!
Now his city will be even safer because thousands of gamers will be weeding out all his would-be terrorists!
What the ef is he worried about?
an idiot
These Jack Thomsons are really pissing me of.
typo? "Rainbox Six" wtf? did anyone else notice this? I thought it was "Rainbow Six?"
hmm... anyone..?
OK, let me get this straight your wanting to ban Rainbow Six Vegas because what it might do to the people that come their. HELLO ITS SIN CITY if your banning a video game which is a thought up theme just based in the city, THEN you need to ban the COMMERCIALS that says "WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS". Personaly the commercials are worse than the video game, the video game isn't real, the commercials are suppose to be based in a real life VEGAS get real. This Mayor guy aparently is new to Vegas does he still believe that Vegas is a "FAMILY City"?