Death sentence for developing a game

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/01/us-born-game-developer-sentenced-to-death-in-iran.ars

This is terrible.

 

That game looks as critical as a CoD game is critical bout modern war.

Yeah, they should just deport him if they're so butthurt bout the game and want to be so fckd up when dealing with that kind of stuff, im all against death sentence. But the whole issue is not for "just making a game" not even a critical game.

CIA or not, its obvious the game is fud. Iran may just had put CIA in the whole issue for teh lulz and making it more dramatic.

Still its fckd up. Ending a life like that...

 

Nothing to see here.

 

Except it was quoted.

 

Iran is a sad place to be... you guys seen the kind of torture they do to punish their people? uke2:

 

That's what happens in a country afraid of its own shadow while bullying others.

Nothing new, just a month ago a video was posted on Liveleak showing a woman being beheaded for "witchcraft"... I kid you not.

 

why dont you guys that quoted that garbage erase that quote

 

Anyone remember the famous airport level in what was it? CoD3? or one of CoD games.

I see no reason not to at least persecute a person who would think of it as acceptable, I don't care if it's a videogame or not.

Sometimes game devs go too far.

 

Agreed.

 

whenever religion/middle east crops up it's time for Billy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwooM4yhiiY

 

Sad story.

Indonesia is one of few countries that still gives death sentences.
Bombers, drugs smugglers, serial killers. No game developers yet.

It's an old law from colonial time and should be abolished

 

Yeah ive seen that kinda stuff,there still living in the middle ages under dictatorship,shame about that guy/game developer though(have not read it tbh) though,in a country like that you cant do **** all,even if you sneeze the wrong way your punished for it.

Nobody knows where there going to be born,when they are born,its a shame for the people that are born into this,imagine if you or i was born into a country like this,i know England is not great(it used to be..GB) but im glad im here instead of over there.

 

Actually the death sentence was because iranian officials claimed he was a CIA spy, not because of a game he made.

 

As sad/scary as this is.....I'm not really sure this is the right place to discuss such issues as they could become political rather quickly. Fact is, bad **** happens every day. By now, we shouldn't be surprised by it anymore. Thoroughly disgusted/ashamed/embarassed/disappointed (whichever fits for you)....hell yes. But surprised? Not at all.

 

EDIT :- Thought I'd better research a bit before posting.

Not good hope he isn't the one who sneeked in. The one mentioned in the 'news'.

 

nice graphics.

 

Well....look at the US....some areas are not a whole lot different...

 

Agreed on the political part, just posting this topic IMO is pushing it a bit...we all know it is never one sided.

Just some food for thought on this:

"In a televised confession, the US operative, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, said he had joined the US Army in 2001 and underwent decade-long intelligence training, and that he had been sent to the US Bagram Air Base in eastern Afghanistan and given access to classified intelligence before flying to Tehran."