Petition asks Obama to destroy all copies of Skyrim

By Fred Dutton Published 25 November, 2011

UPDATE: Satirical website Christwire at work.

UPDATE: The petition reported below is in fact the work of satirical website Christwire. It was a joke and we fell for it. Sorry guys!

ORIGINAL STORY: A concerned US citizen has petitioned The White House to destroy all copies of Bethesda's acclaimed RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and prosecute anyone caught playing it.

As reported by Kotaku, one B Stephenson of Tennessee submitted the following list of demands to The White House's We The People site:

We petition the Obama administration to: Immediately Ban the Deadly Videogame Known as 'SkyRim' for The Safety of America's Youths.

"Whereas videogaming has proven to cause social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages,

"Whereas sexual perversion and homosexuality are threatening to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built,

"Whereas a new video game has just been created that far exceeds any others in the psychological and spiritual damage it does to teens,

"We, the American people, today ask you,

  1. To enact an immediate ban on the videogame known as 'SkyRim' produced by Blizzard Entertainment.
  2. To seize and destroy all copies already in public hands and erase its presence on the internet.
  3. To prosecute the players of 'SkyRim' to the fullest extent of the law.
  4. To create a national database of videogame avatars and 'screen names' so that teenagers can be better monitored."

Any petition that manages to attract more than 25,000 signatures from the American public within 30 days of publication will garner an official response from the administration.

The Skyrim petition currently boasts ten.

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About Fred Dutton

Fred Dutton is Eurogamer's US news editor, based in Washington DC.

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  • Nanocrystal #1 1 day ago

    Post deleted at 21:08:27 25-11-2011

  • bad09 #2 1 day ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-F2HKLzB6c&hd;=1

  • Psychotext #3 1 day ago

    Sky Rim you say? Well, that certainly sounds perverse. :)

  • dennett316 #4 1 day ago

    Aaaaahhhh, nobody does full strength nutter like the Americans.

    Why Skyrim of all things when Saints Row the Third has just come out and is FAR more objectionable for whatever brand of Christian militant this weirdo is?

  • wez_316 #5 1 day ago

    By Blizzard ey? Really? They have really done their research here!

  • Stratix #6 1 day ago

    Bloody Blizzard and their cursed Skyrim, poor zombie Jesus is weeping in his grave.

  • Markusdragon #7 1 day ago

    Satire has seen better days, it would seem.

  • Videogamer. #8 1 day ago

    Wow. We Americans...just...wow.

  • Nico4 #9 1 day ago

    lol, dumb americans being dumb americans.

  • VibratingDonkey #10 1 day ago

    Fuck you B. Stephenson of Tennessee. Fuck you up your stupid ass.

    I'd sign that petition.

    Edited by 1 at 25/11/11 @ 21:17

  • customfirmware #11 1 day ago

    seriously??? Americans with their exaggerated lawsuits and now this. but to be honest skyrim has made me receive a warning about attendance at my school so maybe he has a point,although it's mostly down to me not the game.

  • napalm68 #12 1 day ago

    I wonder if it is a publicity stunt.

  • DozyKipper #13 1 day ago

    I'm sure President Obama will reply once he's finished killing the Draugr Deathlord he's just fighting.

  • SuperBas #14 1 day ago

    If I was an American I'd sign it, just to see Obama facepalm.

  • inutaihanyou #15 1 day ago

    How come all conservative nutjobs hicks who think the US is a christian nation and give us a bad reputation get full court press news cycles in the media? Mentally imbalanced people can't really attract so much attention can they?

    I just think its bad representation of the US as a whole. Its such a small amount of people compared to the rest of us, they should technically have no voice. That also goes for a lot of people inside Washington, including more politicians than i can count

    Edited by 1 at 25/11/11 @ 21:20

  • bengaming #16 1 day ago

    Obvious troll is obvious.

  • Khanivor #17 1 day ago

    This has got to rank as one of the very most pathetic excuses ever published on this site.

    Fucking lame.

  • -cerberus- #18 1 day ago

    "The Skyrim petition currently boasts ten."

    Oh dear, sounds like Skyrim fans are in for a worst-case scenario!

  • Softie2k #19 1 day ago

    Raptor Jesus's bones will be rolling in their grave...

  • SavageEvil #20 1 day ago

    I am appalled at the crap that passes in the US, so many people like to hide behind religion to serve their own selfish agendas. Christianity is one of the biggest that people use to their own means, check out those right wingers in government talking about being against abortion, yet those same people won't vote down tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. Gotta love how it's only right when they say it, people are incredibly funny and full of pride. One day it will all come crashing down on their heads wait to see what they claim then.

    I tell you there has to be some other people observing this planet from afar and they are probably are laughing so hard at the madness and the lying self serving agenda protecting (so-called) religious folk running around in power. They pretend to be religious where eyes can see, but really are just like everyone else they label as lost or sinners. Eeep, hope I didn't step on anyone's toes, I might not get my sainthood, because you know a bunch of non perfect humans can judge whether I can go into heaven or not...right...when they can show me accommodations of heaven in a brochure I'm not believing that crap.

  • MattEdWithCheese #21 1 day ago

    Post deleted at 21:43:49 25-11-2011

  • frostcircus #22 24 hours ago

    I suppose it's successful satire insofar as it's been taken as real, but it's so lazy and overly broad that it doesn't deserve to be

  • Anslant #23 24 hours ago

    Well this has got to be the strongest reaction to the texture issues on 360 HDD install yet - don't worry, chaps, they're releasing a patch soon!

  • Khanivor #24 24 hours ago

    Christ, it's going meta in these comments.

  • Khanivor #25 24 hours ago

    Christ, it's going meta in these comments.

  • customfirmware #26 24 hours ago

    not really surprised about the religious comments on here. it's the reason why I'm not religious as they are the biggest cults in the world, i cant think of anything that has caused more deaths than religion in history of man-kind. yeah i know my comment will piss off a lot of you but it's true.

  • freethinker101 #27 24 hours ago

    Wonder if it's the same lot who burn Harry Potter books?

  • Torkin #28 24 hours ago

    Honestly, I don't know why a post in a website by a random person criticizing games deserves a news article in Eurogamer, or Kotaku for that matter.

    Unless it's to have a good laugh with the comments. :)

  • Davemanz #29 24 hours ago

    Christwire is a satire site, everybody. Calm down.

    Incidentally, being a friend on Facebook with Stephenson Billings is great. The amount of deliberate, hilarious homoeroticism in his posts and photos is wonderful.

    Edited by 1 at 25/11/11 @ 21:36

  • Donaldthescotishtwin #30 24 hours ago

    Post deleted at 11:40:30 26-11-2011

  • KorpusDraige #31 24 hours ago

    Yeah, because Skyrim (Oh, I meant "SkyRim") is the worst thing out there right? lol. Nothing will come of this, because it's ridiculous. If you're caught playing it, you'll be in trouble? lol What the ****? I'm sorry, but Skyrim does have a Mature rating here in the US, so kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. I guess we better ban movies and arrest you for watching Friday The 13th now, because there's violence in it. I wish this guy would wake up and look around, there's violence everywhere.

  • kwospecialk #32 24 hours ago

    "Whereas sexual perversion and homosexuality are threatening to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built,"

    I thought their nation was built on stealing land from its natives and claiming it as their own? Though I find it shocking that they think people who are gay are destroying their Christian foundations. That and of course Skyrim which is clearly a game made by the devil himself :/

  • ForAllOFThis #33 24 hours ago

    @bad09 that response had me in stitches. Love Father Ted (in a non homosexual kind of way)!

  • cloudskipa #34 24 hours ago

    Slow news day then Eurogamr?

  • haderach512 #35 24 hours ago

    "The Skyrim petition currently boasts ten." - the funniest thing I've read in a while.

  • Aiten #36 24 hours ago

    You got trolled.

  • Caimbeul #37 24 hours ago

    Phew, have not had the money to buy it yet! that was close!

    Hmm, two weeks to date of article (probably less time before he actually filed the petition)...That sure is some reeealll in depth scientific research done on the effects of "proven social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages" y'all.

    These kind of people are actually usually VERY dangerous in terms of the psychological abuse and damage they do children, young people, women and vulnerable people.

    we should all petition to have THEM locked up. Just watch some of Louis Theroux's documentaries on these kinds of people. Scary shit!

  • v21v21v21 #38 24 hours ago

    Ok, so we are all pissed off at the 18mb steam patch but, isn't this taking it a bit too far....?

  • Caimbeul #39 23 hours ago

    @kwospecialk - "I thought their nation was built on stealing land from its natives and claiming it as their own?"

    Erm but wasn't it mainly us British and the Irish?? when rushing to the frontier land and settling most of the USA? I'm no history buff and am happy to be corrected by someone in the know.

  • Zaiz #40 23 hours ago

    Have you guys ever stood back and realized that someone, somewhere is making a joke? >___> As mentioned above, this is related to Christwire, one of the many fake news sites that sometimes garners a ton of attention. Don't let your preconceived biases get in the way of seeing a joke so often, sheesh.

  • ShiroBen #41 23 hours ago

    Huh? This ... huh? But why ... huh?

  • Immaterial #42 23 hours ago

    As a concerned citizen of the mother country, I heartily endorse this filing.

  • christourlord #43 23 hours ago

    Way to check your sources, Fred.

  • sethsez #44 23 hours ago

    @Caimbeul There were people in North America LONG before the British got to it, plowed through everything like a steamroller and called it theirs.

  • Zaiz #45 23 hours ago

    for all the people making ridiculous assumptions:

    Gay marriage is fairly popular in America(70% of americans approve). The problem is that conservative politicians pander to their base.

    Our country was built on taking land from natives. So was every other country, the only difference is we did it 300-100 years ago. Technically, we bought land from the French, Russians, and conquered it from the Mexicans, but overall we were really just taking it from natives. On that subject, the European Colonial period was our inspiration! Yay!

    The US frontier in the 1700s was mostly captured by minority immigrants, the poor, and a few freed slaves. Basically, a dutch community in one place would spring up, and germans wouldn't want to live with the dutch so they'd go out a little farther into the wilderness. Same thing with religious groups and other ethnic groups. It was basically a tidal wave of cultural disagreements that conquered the frontier of the 13 Colonies.

    The 1800s was when the US Army took charge, partially to defend the interests of settlers and partially to just get the Native Americans out of there.

    >__> I'm pretty sure no one will care about this, but since someone asked there ya go.

  • Whizzo #46 23 hours ago

    Are we going to see Daily Mash stories in future news reports?

  • Mark1412 #47 23 hours ago

    What a week for petitions and the like. First Keith Vaz denouncing Call of Duty 3 and now this.

    Edited by 1 at 25/11/11 @ 22:12

  • Sid-Nice #48 23 hours ago

    The Guy looks like Father Ted.

  • Ironic_War_Criminal #49 23 hours ago

    And the award for most pointless Eurogamer news story of the year goes to...

  • FireMonkey #50 23 hours ago

    "Whereas videogaming has proven to cause social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages"
    Show me that proof.

    "1. To enact an immediate ban on the videogame known as 'SkyRim' produced by Blizzard Entertainment.
    2. To seize and destroy all copies already in public hands and erase its presence on the internet."
    Yeah, who needs to follow the constitution and keep Freedom of speech?

    "To prosecute the players of 'SkyRim' to the fullest extent of the law."
    So, do nothing as there is no law being broken?

  • Yuroko #51 23 hours ago

    I thought it was Americans who didn't get sarcasm, seems half this comment section full of UK/Europeans don't either.

  • cheeky_prawnking #52 23 hours ago

    Only in America

  • FireMonkey #53 23 hours ago

    @Zaiz - "Have you guys ever stood back and realized that someone, somewhere is making a joke? >___> As mentioned above, this is related to Christwire"

    The thing is this sort of thing does happen and how would anyone reading the article know it was linked with Christwire (which I haven't even heard of).

    By the way, how do you know it is to do with Christwire? (not saying it isn't, just interested where the link is)

    Edit: Not quite sure why I got negged for that. Was it because I said these things do happen? In a world where Harry Potter books get burnt for teaching kids to believe in witchcraft this is not an impossible situation. Or was it because I asked about the link to Christwire? This article didn't mention it and Kotaku only said 'maybe it's linked'. When reading 'this' article why would anyone have got the idea it was linked to Christwire?

    Edited by 1 at 26/11/11 @ 00:30

  • TheBusterMan #54 23 hours ago

    Pah,Americans,nuff said.They forgot to mention that America (like here),was also built on slavery.Is this person white? There's nothing more scary than a white,armed American Christian.Anywho,enjoying Skyrim.Am playing as a female Nord.Married a woman in the game,which should please this nutter.

  • Cobalt_Jackal #55 23 hours ago

    *Sigh* -_-.

    Edited by 3 at 25/11/11 @ 22:46

  • Adamical #56 23 hours ago

    Haha. See what religion does to people?!

  • Silverzgreen #57 23 hours ago

    Thank you for this. It's times like this that make me cringe at my American heritage.

  • UkHardcore23 #58 23 hours ago

    AMEN

  • SG #59 23 hours ago

    In organisations like this, the word 'spiritual' just seems ridiculous.

    "Whereas videogaming has proven to cause social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages"

    No, no it hasn't There is no comprehensive study that proves that videogames played in moderation can affect normal people in these ways.

  • SheffAl #60 23 hours ago

    They should destroy all copies of Skyrim due to the bugs.

  • Yeoung #61 23 hours ago

    I laughed. Sincerely.

  • TazerFan #62 23 hours ago

    Newsworthy stuff here, EG...

  • danidrums #63 23 hours ago

    It's satire, do your research people!

  • Totza #64 22 hours ago

    Since when did this become newsworthy? poor Eurogamer..

  • Zaiz #65 22 hours ago

    http://christwire.org/2011/11/urgent-sign-the-white-house-ban-on-the-dangerous-video-game-skyrim/

    >______>

  • FireMonkey #66 22 hours ago

    @danidrums - We don't expect EG to do satire though. It's EG that should be doing it's research

  • DreadedWalrus #67 22 hours ago

    Hooray for reporting a blatant Poe.

  • Dave52 #68 22 hours ago

    Jees, they're still pissed about the Rapture that failed to materialise...

  • carrotcake #69 22 hours ago

    http://christwire.org/2011/11/is-skyrim-teaching-your-children-how-to-perform-rim-jobs-and-other-homo-erotic-sex-maneuvers/

  • King_Edward #70 22 hours ago

    I'll sign.

  • King_Edward #71 22 hours ago

    I'll sign.

  • King_Edward #72 22 hours ago

    Post deleted at 23:27:13 25-11-2011

  • King_Edward #73 22 hours ago

    Post deleted at 23:26:48 25-11-2011

  • King_Edward #74 22 hours ago

    Post deleted at 23:26:20 25-11-2011

  • King_Edward #75 22 hours ago

    Post deleted at 23:25:53 25-11-2011

  • CrispyLog #76 22 hours ago

    @FireMonkey

    It's obvious it is Christwire as they just did a mock up article about SkyRim made by Blizzard. Check it out:

    http://christwire.org/2011/11/is-skyrim-teaching-your-children-how-to-perform-rim-jobs-and-other-homo-erotic-sex-maneuvers/

  • Zaiz #77 22 hours ago

    "In the land of Skyrim, the player starts off as a captured terrorist, who has been caught plotting to destroy the golden empire by using dragons. Before the player gets to take control of his avatar, they are asked to create a character, which is purely the liberal�s way of teaching out kids that modifying and gender changing one�s self is fun and normal."

    >__> I think Landover Baptist still has them with Spongebob's upside down head looks like an erect penis with testicles.

  • Paul_cz #78 22 hours ago

    I give this troll 8/10.

  • Nismo400R84 #79 22 hours ago

    Are these people for real ? I hope they do give a responce and arrest all ten for stupidity and beat them within an inch of there lives with a copy of skyrim .

  • AwesomeWells #80 22 hours ago

    Oh dear. Eurogamer's slide to becoming the Daily Sport of video game news continues...

  • The-Jack-Burton #81 22 hours ago

    It's things like this that make me proud to be an American.

  • Sodding_Gamer #82 22 hours ago

    This is a joke right? I'm not seeing the funny side of it??! I fully cannot believe that this is on my screen I must be seeing things. And oh right I didn't know Sky RIM was produced by Blizzard. LOLOLOLOLOL

    Get. The. Fuck. Out.

    EDIT: And to the people saying this is just a joke... Sorry but I hear nothing but ridiculous things coming from the USA. Maybe I have watched too many Louis Theroux documentaries but still. I would seriously not be surprised if this was a serious petition.

    Edited by 1 at 25/11/11 @ 23:39

  • 5lectro #83 22 hours ago

    The stupidest thing about this is that you're writing about it.

  • ballshock #84 22 hours ago

    "the Christian foundation in which this country was built"
    Oh Stfu doesn't it say "thou shall not kill" in the bible?
    America was founded on the destruction of the red indians ( as the Americans like to call them)

  • Monkey_Chops #85 22 hours ago

    This might be worth signing just as a huge practical joke on our American cousins. Can you imagine how the American gamers would react if they found 25,000 signatures to that monstrosity? It would be hilarious! Come on!

  • JohnnyIsTruant #86 22 hours ago

    Just checked the articles, bluddy hilarious! Though for a very disturbing and very REAL alternative to this check www.conservapedia.com Now THAT's some scary shit!

  • Xardan #87 21 hours ago

    Why do you give the petition the attention it does not deserve? I think in the interests of us all it can do no good.

  • Acrid #88 21 hours ago

    I wonder what Notch has done to upset this B Stephenson fellow?

  • JohnnyIsTruant #89 21 hours ago

    And cheers to the people who posted the Christwire links, I think I may have found a website to supplement my Cracked habit!

  • Jon1292 #90 21 hours ago

    Dammit Blizzard, you bastards....

  • captain-future #91 21 hours ago

    funny those colonists ^^

  • Lunatic4ever #92 21 hours ago

    FAIL

  • FireMonkey #93 21 hours ago

    @CrispyLog - Yes it is now that you posted that, but without knowing about Christwire, why would any of us have thought it to be anything but what we have been informed?

  • DirectAim #94 21 hours ago

    Cant believe how serious people are taking this

  • SpaceMidget75 Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #95 21 hours ago

    Benton!!

    Verified

  • Pixi #96 21 hours ago

    Yeah! Damn those Blizzard bastards!

  • zm26 #97 21 hours ago

    Eurogamer really needs to stop this witless posting of "news" without any reflection or research whatsoever. What are these people being paid for?

    This is clearly satirical. The whole Christwire site is satirizing fundamentalist christians.

  • Kaonazhie #98 21 hours ago

    I don't remember taking drugs, but there's no way I'm reading this right.

  • Zaiz #99 21 hours ago

    You can see how many people post without reading the comments thread, its great. Also, I love how one guy declares Americans refer to native americans as "red indians". We call them indians or native americans. I have never heard -anyone- call them "red indians".

  • CrispyLog #100 20 hours ago

    @FireMonkey

    That's true, I didn't mean that it was obvious it is Christwire without reading it. I just meant if you had read the Christwire link you'd know it was obviously from that, as you were asking how we knew it was from there.

    Plus it's Skyrim which isn't controversial or in the public eye that much. If it was about GTA or COD then I'd have believed it.

  • moz4720 #101 20 hours ago

    Stupid System is Stupid.
    Skyrim is awesome.
    Random Petition is fail.

  • Hellion83 #102 20 hours ago

    Post deleted at 12:01:34 26-11-2011

  • Nevflinn #103 20 hours ago

    I want to believe this is a troll. I really do.

    Because if it's not, then America needs to stop making Europe look better every minute.

  • Hellion83 #104 20 hours ago

    Post deleted at 12:01:46 26-11-2011

  • stryker1121 #105 20 hours ago

    Somebody didn't check his sources. 100 comments on this bullshit story, and here I am adding another one.

  • darkmorgado #106 20 hours ago

    Oh for fuck's sake.

    Was Fred Phelps anything to do with this by any chance?

  • gjgjg #107 19 hours ago

    Seems legit. also lol.

  • digitalash #108 19 hours ago

    This is a joke. Why are you reporting it without pointing that out?

  • CheesecakeBobby #109 19 hours ago

    Excuse me while I rim the sky.

  • Tiberius_Gracchus #110 19 hours ago

    I don't know what to say really, let me go for "An absolute shower of cunts". It's quoted cos i'm a corrrupted atheist type yaknow obviously...

  • gnenzen #111 19 hours ago

    @digitalash because that would ruin the joke?

  • jhpeter #112 19 hours ago

    Lol, the hillbilly can�t had the capacity to know that the developer isn t Blizzard.

  • Bluetooth #113 18 hours ago

    "We the American people"

    Last I checked it was around 300 million, not ten.

  • Collymilad #114 18 hours ago

    Lol @ Number 2.

    Good luck with that.

  • IvorB #115 17 hours ago

    Y'all posting in a troll thread.

  • murrell96 #116 17 hours ago

    um .. wow.

  • Devange #117 17 hours ago

    Post deleted at 04:54:03 26-11-2011

  • Devange #118 17 hours ago

    Hahahaha I laugh at you!
    You stupid person by the name of B Stephenson of Tennessee.

  • Clash #119 16 hours ago

    Americans use satire. *SHOCK*

    Rest of the world doesn't get it, but carries on resorting to "Americans just don't get satire".

    Edited by 2 at 26/11/11 @ 05:03

  • Trigg3rHippie #120 15 hours ago

    Bethesda knows how to advertise it's product:)

    Poor sod just didn't memorise it's name and it backfired. ActiBlizz folks are sure happy.

    Edited by 1 at 26/11/11 @ 05:59

  • iloveducks #121 15 hours ago

    if the people who say bad things about skyrim knew what skyrim said about them, they would say even more!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55P2XF38O0&feature;=player_embedded

    people don't want to be sword!!!

    motherfunking L-O-L-Z

  • lockload #122 14 hours ago

    As long as they ban SkyRim by Blizzard in sure Bethedsa wont be worried

  • BadFlounder #123 14 hours ago

    @Nico4 And an even dumber response from a non-american. Shoulda thought that one out a bit eh?

  • actionfitz #124 14 hours ago

    Must be a Darksouls fan :)

  • shadowdogg #125 14 hours ago

    I'm in!

  • DeeEss #126 14 hours ago

    Damn you Blizzard, for making this Sky Riiiiiim! Curse you to hell!

  • coomber #127 13 hours ago

    Every time Eurogamer sneers at The Daily Mail for running daft stories like this, I think they should read not only this article again but also this comments thread.

    Because by running this 'news' without either realising it was a joke or making it clear in the article that they know he's taking the piss, they are every bit as bad as the Keith Vaz scaremongerers who risk damaging the hobby we love.

    Fucking shameful.

  • Codger81 #128 13 hours ago

    Comedy signatories ftw.

  • gotyourmoney #129 13 hours ago

    Ahahahaha, I'm cracking up, this is the best thing I've read in days.

  • gotyourmoney #130 13 hours ago

    @customfirmware i cant think of anything that has caused more deaths than religion in history of man-kind.
    Learn your history you dumb monkey-fuck. I think religion is retarded too but you obviously haven't even spent twenty seconds looking into the numbers.

  • knocker #131 13 hours ago

    @coomber Top comment. A low point for eurogamer above and below the line.

    Gullibility and knee jerking responses. The very things this article mocks.

  • Reckless99 #132 12 hours ago

    "Whereas sexual perversion and homosexuality are threatening to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built"

    The founding fathers were very anti Religion, especially Christianity.

  • gotyourmoney #133 12 hours ago

    @Reckless99
    Someone hasn't read half of what the founding fathers said. That someone is you (I have to spell it out because apparently your brain isn't working correctly).

  • diver_gr #134 12 hours ago

    Idiot Americans , how stupid can they really be?

  • AwesomeWells #135 12 hours ago

    @Reckless99 You fail at knowledge.

  • AwesomeWells #136 12 hours ago

    @diver_gr Idiot comment thread tards, how stupid can they really be?

  • layleeloo #137 12 hours ago

    What I don't understand is - all the quotes above could be related to ANY game by the hate mongerers, so I am still baffled as to the reasons they want Skyrim boycotting. Those reasons are general and vague, and not title specific. So I'm a little baffled as to the original reasons against Skyrim (even if just for the comedy factor).

    Edited by 1 at 26/11/11 @ 09:23

  • John_Biggun #138 12 hours ago

    All sign the petition to ban Blizzard ! (and save Bethesda)

  • Greggywocky... #139 12 hours ago

    Lol, dumbass Brits, thinking this story is real.. ;)

  • eminusx #140 12 hours ago

    someone obviously had their sweetroll stolen!!

  • panathatube #141 12 hours ago

    Well u know we are talking about rednecks. They have no problem whatsoever to watch human organs in the csi shows or extreme violence, or have guns, but if they see a tit they freak out!

  • CYPRIOTCleANER #142 12 hours ago

    Christian yanks that made america and look at them now ain't got fucking clue.

  • toa_boa #143 11 hours ago

    what's really cool, is that evidence keeps amassing to that children playing games compared to their non-gaming peers are; in better physical shape, better in social interactions and more creative ... let the crazy folk continue to ramble, they'll simply be outbred in 1-2 generations :-)

  • Baranga #144 11 hours ago

    Games journalism lol

  • OrangesJoel #145 11 hours ago

    Poe's law?

  • Darksjeik #146 11 hours ago

    As a level 43 Redguard Battle Mage, there's no way Obama is taking this petition seriously... He too busy tracking down the Rueful Axe.

  • Raziel #147 11 hours ago

    What if we all sign this and see what happens?

  • quadfather #148 11 hours ago

    @Anslant - glol

  • urban #149 10 hours ago

    Fred, you really oughta research more mate.

  • Futaba #150 9 hours ago

    "It was a joke and I fell for it."

    Fixed.

  • dennett316 #151 9 hours ago

    @Clash People didn't "get it" because it was just some random petition when it was originally reported and, frankly, I've read worse lines of bullshit coming from other fanatical God-botherers so it read as pretty genuine.

    Americans it seems don't get satire as the first rule is usually to let people in on the joke...and they didn't do that with the text in this petition, it came off as pretty standard.

  • Shikasama #152 9 hours ago

    Fred Dutton - Forever proving you don't have to be good at a job to get paid.

    A lot of people in this thread - Proving that they are just as thick as The Daily Mail.

  • Ptarmigandalf #153 9 hours ago

    Poe's Law hits again.

  • bad09 #154 9 hours ago

    LOL never mind EG :)

    To be fair though some of the god squads out there are so insane (especially in the USofA) you would never know it was a joke without it being pointed out that it was a joke :)

  • HeNiCiDe1988 #155 8 hours ago

    loool be hilarious is he did!

  • Olemak #156 7 hours ago

    Journalists do not "fall for jokes", they "fail to check their sources".

  • danidrums #157 7 hours ago

    @FireMonkey I don't expect Eg to do a lot of things, like Drama, and still we got that Borderlands eulogy.

    Edited by 1 at 26/11/11 @ 14:30

  • Bluetooth #158 6 hours ago

    For Christ Sake.

  • fisherpot #159 6 hours ago

    I thought this should have been an article for april fools!

  • andy10 #160 6 hours ago

    I wish people would lay off the personal attacks on Eurogamer staff. They're people too. Okay, a journalist was mistaken, but we all got a bit of fun out of it.

  • Aizen0324 #161 4 hours ago

    I really wish Christians knew what they were talking about, like all the time. But no a vast majority of them think they know what they are talking about and make the religion look bad...

    Regardless, this still is the stupidest thing I've seen... Today

  • Videogamer. #162 4 hours ago

    So glad this was a joke. Sheesh. :)

  • Clash #163 4 hours ago

    @dennett316

    I would've hoped that the "Blizzard entertainment" and "SkyRim" bit would've been enough to make people question it. Then the over-zealous nature of how to handle it.

    To be honest I'm surprised that Eurogamer fell for it.
    "UPDATE: The petition reported below is in fact the work of satirical website Christwire. It was a joke and we fell for it. Sorry guys! "

    They'd have been better just saying "We trolled you".