Church of England sets up digital codes of conduct

After an unreserved apology from Sony Computer Entertainment, the Church of England has ruled that words are not enough. They have come up with the first ever set of “sacred digital guidelines”.

Prompted by Sony’s use of Manchester Cathedral as the setting for a fierce gun battle between humans and aliens in Resistance: Fall of Man, the guidelines aim to prevent the “virtual desecration” of religious sites in the future.

Digital Guidelines Code of Conduct:

1. Respect our sacred spaces as places of prayer, worship, peace, learning and heritage.
2. Do not assume that sacred space interiors are copyright free.
3. Get permission from the faith leaders who are responsible for the building interiors you want to clone.
4. Support the work of those engaged in resisting the culture of gun crime and those involved in promoting the work of conflict resolution.

The church calls on all video game manufacturers to agree to the code of conduct. Would codes like this have an impact on the future of video game design? We can only speculate for now.

After an unreserved apology from Sony Computer Entertainment, the Church of England has ruled that words are not enough. They have come up with the first ever set of “sacred digital guidelines”.

Prompted by Sony’s use of Manchester Cathedral as the setting for a fierce gun battle between humans and aliens in Resistance: Fall of Man, the guidelines aim to prevent the “virtual desecration” of religious sites in the future.

Digital Guidelines Code of Conduct:

1. Respect our sacred spaces as places of prayer, worship, peace, learning and heritage.
2. Do not assume that sacred space interiors are copyright free.
3. Get permission from the faith leaders who are responsible for the building interiors you want to clone.
4. Support the work of those engaged in resisting the culture of gun crime and those involved in promoting the work of conflict resolution.

The church calls on all video game manufacturers to agree to the code of conduct. Would codes like this have an impact on the future of video game design? We can only speculate for now.