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Iraqi Kidnap Victim Subjected To PlayStation

British hostage Peter Moore will soon be returning to the UK from Iraq, after spending the last six months of his two-and-a-half year period of captivity with only satellite television, a laptop, and a PlayStation to keep him occupied.

tdrules5249d ago

yeah good one kotaku, haha, did you think this would be funny before or after your weekly underage cosplay galleries.
jesus know your god damn limits for once, this guy was in solitary confinement for two and a half years and you think making a gaming article is entirely relevant?

Sunny_D5248d ago

Look at the title. It was asking for hits. Like being subjected to a videogame console is horrible after being subjected to torture. Yeah sure. Extremists being Sony Fanboys? Please, this console war is ridiculous. Kotaku go into a sh!tter and die.

rekonizakilla5248d ago

the 4 militairy personel protecting him were all executed, and when he had been blind folded b4 his release, he thought he too, would be shot.
As Alan Partridge would say " Sub-Human scum"

-EvoAnubis-5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

Couldn't agree more. There isn't a damned thing funny about this scenario, but Kocrapu as usual has to find a way to make some damned amusing article out of it. See, it's sh*t like this that makes me hate Kotaku.

Edit: Read the comments....the fans of the site are actually worse than the people writing the 'articles.' More positive proof that one should not underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

redsquad5248d ago

To read the comments, I have to visit the site - Something I utterly refuse to do.

DasBunker5248d ago

@Evo

exactly my toughts.. i was gonna post the same a few hours ago when i read the "article"..

no wonder theyre fans of kotaku.. this POS site should be banned from N4G.. not even the most hardcore fanboys here are like that..

Bigpappy5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

I wouldn't be able to take it. I would have asked the guard to finish me off. 2 years off Playstation is waaaay too much, very inhumane.

nycredude5248d ago

bigpappy

Maybe you would prefer two and a half years of torture, c0ckmeat sandwich, and a electric probe up your ass instead?!

Seriously this a new low in game writing. From now on I will NEVER call it gaming journalism cause that is a slap in the face of REAL journalism.

Eddie201015248d ago

The situation he describes is not something to take lightly. Mike Fahey should be ashamed of himself for using this mans situation and the deaths of his bodyguards to get hits for his site, to get a laugh, and as flame bait against Sony and Playstation or even as a console article at all.

This mans situation is real life and is much more important than a console or fanboy flame bait.

rockleex5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

Worst punishment ever.

-EvoAnubis-5248d ago

100% fair. Normally, I'd be right there with you. The only reason I clicked on the link was to see if at least fans of the site had the decency to have the same issue with this article as we did. They did not.

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Static-X5249d ago

But I wonder what games the Iraqis let him play?

Bereaver5249d ago

Modern Warfare 2? lololol

Nah, probably just a PS1 right?

Static-X5249d ago

I can't think of any Iraqi propaganda games on that system though :P

Mr Bot5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

and best of food of that they have and not bad accommodation for their prisoners because Islam order us to treat the prisoners with all care and guess what Americans do in return??

1: torture in all the secret or not secret prisons in the world
2: more torture to the point of death
3: more wars and rapes and killings
4: more of everything that is cruel to their prisoners and non prisoners from the Islamic followers!!!

I remember Jesus peace be upon him said in the bible that you will know between and false prophet and a true prophet from their fruit(teachings/followers of those teachings)! a bad tree will bring bad fruits and a good tree will bring good fruits!!!

and if any body study Islam not from an anti Islam resources, then they will know what a good fruit prophet Mohamed peace be upon him had brought to humanity!

unfortunately the media is on all out full war on Islam with the help of their secret intelligent members in al-qaida!!

the latest joke is the failed bombing of the American airplane!!! any one who knows of politics will know that the reason for this attack is to justify the killing of innocents and the involvement in Yemen!!

if they want terrorist then they are sitting in big palaces for 30+ years and they are often called presidents(am talking about Muslims president/dictators)

@UPDATE

sorry i read that the shia dogs militia have killed four of his body guards! thats not from the teaching of islam!! any way shia are inventors who invented many bad things which is not from islam and they are dogs to Iran!!

ULTIMATE_REVENGE5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

A TV, Games Console and a Laptop is more than enough

FantasyStar5248d ago

Ya dude, this ain't funny. **** off Kotaku.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader823d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel6d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1825d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie4d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin4d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere4d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX5d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney3d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno5d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno5d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii4d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno4d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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