Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Sun Misfires Against Disney Over Swear in Game

Posted by Zonk on from the see,-it-helps-if-you-check-your-facts-first dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "UK paper The Sun published an article about a father who purchased a recent Gameboy title from Disney for his daughter. They were horrified that the credits of the game contained the F-Word and he immediately contacted the paper. The Sun published the article without researching the fact that this was a pirate cartridge based off of the cracked version of this game released. Oops!"

8 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. The Sun... by Uber+Banker · · Score: 3, Funny

    has a knee jerk reaction without thinking?! Only 1 in today's issue?!

  2. wait... by adam+mcmaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...are you telling me The Sun is not a reliable source of factual reporting?

  3. In other news by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, the Sun's "Page 3 Girl" has FAKE BOOBS and Sun didn't mention it anywhere in their paper.

    Shocking!

    --
    94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
  4. educational by Fr05t · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey if his daughter already knew that fuck was a bad word she obviously didn't learn it from the game. Fuck I bet her father is a big fucking swearer and should have social services called on the fuck! I don't know what the fuck is wrong with the word fuck, it's not like it's fucking over used. If it's good enough for Jay it's fucking good enough for me.

    1. Re:educational by superpulpsicle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fuck yeah, that's what I am talking about. The kid knew it was fucked up enough to point that shit out. Anyways here is the top portion of the game credits...

      Executive Producer: Richard Head
      Software Director: Oliver Clothesoff
      Marketing Director: Rob Midildo
      Lead Engineer: Cy Weezeformilk
      Lead Artist: Dean Biggins

  5. Re:Did he know? by fluffybacon · · Score: 2, Funny
    I doubt he would knowingly buy his little kids bootleg games for christmas, and then go complain about them to the media.
    Chavs, you can never tell what they'll do next.
    --
    It's not big, but it's clever!
  6. Pots, kettles by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny
    The Sun published the article without researching the fact that this was a pirate cartridge based off of the cracked version of this game released. Oops!
    Yeah, everybody on Slashdot always checks their facts before making a post!
  7. Crime by Taulin · · Score: 4, Funny

    The real crime in this whole story is that someone bought a Monsters Inc. game for their child. *shiver*