here's a quick look at the headlines on our t.v. leaks founder julian assange launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles threatening to sue the british newspaper the guardian the whistleblower accuses the daily of including what he calls militias libel against him in a book they helped publish. u.s. president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden while critics say it is simply a poor way to big business but with his appointment of high profile business leaders to government positions it has many questioning where his loyalties lie. two hundred people spend several stressful hours circling mid-air before their plane vanished to make an emergency landing in siberia

a passenger jet took off from the city of but was diverted to nearby novosibirsk technical failure. in the wake of a terror attack such as last month's a domodedovo airport that killed dozens the finger of blame is inevitably pointed at the media well in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the attack depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport r.t. spoke earlier with the man behind the grand theft auto series. about the line between violent video art and reality. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of a moslem students to not. be running one thousand seven hundred demonstrators in the american embassy there.

are teams sitting down with the man behind this video game one nine hundred seventy nine revolution as well as many more director producer and writer of documentaries and video games for over fifteen years as well as the mastermind of the groundbreaking grand theft auto franchise movie and the thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me the video games that you have created are hmong the most popular in the world and i want to ask you if you know any numbers in terms of how many break ups or divorces some of your games have cause for people who got so hooked they couldn't stop well actually when i was casting vice city one of the actors that came me and he said this and that was this for and we explained to them you know it's for grants out of my city and he just kind of took a step back and kind of apologize and so that he can partake in the casting and basically what happened was that he was playing grand theft auto three and he wind up locking himself up in his room while he was actually having

a pretty tough time in his marriage he came out two days later from nonstop playing the game to find his apartment pretty much and he and his wife gyn and so for that reason he didn't feel like he could you know be a part of the new cast for grand theft auto so it's definitely had an impact was the longest period of time you've heard about when someone would sit down and play your game continuously without i think this guy kind of broke the record he said he went fifty hours straight and he kind of see why his wife left him this new game that you're working on one nine hundred seventy nine is based off the history of iran and apart from the fact that you were born there why did you choose. this space the snow came off off this country and particularly i came to realize that there is a number of different sides to a story and that this aspect if introduced in a game could kind of revolutionize how we play games it's not a matter of bad guys going after good guys or good guys going after bad guys it's a matter of or a whole bunch of people with being in a number of different colors whether they're iranian american pro-democracy pro

theocracy whether they want to just make money on the side by sneaking in alcohol or whether they want to make sure that everyone follows the religious rules of islam these are all different stories and to be able to actually convey that and let people interact as those players would just open up this entire genre of gaming i've read there is rain and revolutionaries students u.s. hostages even how many roles are there and how is this game you know different from the other ones we're primarily looking at about eight to ten different roles initially you'll start the game off as iranian but american born u.s. state department translator who's coming in with the objective of try to free trying to free the u.s. hostages initially amusing truths that exist in history so the initial alliance of the us with saddam hussein is one thing that we look at maybe you come in through the border between iran and iraq or maybe you use the u.s.

alliance with the taliban at that time who were fighting the russians i think what's different about it is that right off the bat we're allowing the player to choose how they want to go about doing this most often when people are designing games they're thinking of the westernized player i mean obviously so they're buying most of the games but as things are changing and more and more people are getting access to be able to play these games i want to be able to have representation for the people that are in other countries but how much of a clue. ical context does this game have an especially if we talk about timing for example because of course you know the united states is building up this idea that iran is a very big threat to america and the fact that you're working on this game do you think you'll get some sort of reactions and feedback in terms of you know a political maybe message that you're trying to send out absolutely i mean i think right off the bat it's quite controversial because i am saying that there are no good guys kind of games or the real world in the real world in the real or in games

the games that might exist but games are really in a reflection of what we've seen in entertainment and what we've seen in politics it doesn't really make a difference what somebody says is good awards but it's a matter of perspective you know if you're in iran and you feel that the united states is about to tackle you and you work as a plumber and you have three kids and you just try to take care of your living you are going to view the united states as a bad guy because they're planning on attacking you i mean this is been pretty much what's been addressed in regards to the number of civilian deaths in afghanistan but on the other side you know you take a look at. some of the good documentaries that have come out of afghanistan you get to really understand what these u.s. soldiers are doing down there they believe in the cause of their doing and they believe that they're trying to do something good nobody is to say that this person is right this person is wrong it's just a matter of what the situation is dictated and the legions of people that are

making decisions that is kind of caused these conflicts but the people involved in them might now be detroit aggressors there's a number of different facets to it and that i'm not pointing to saying that americans are bad or iranians are bad i'm saying the situation is bad you know of course that debates about how much violence there is and video games has been really heated over the last couple of years especially what's your take on is there an impact on from these video games onto what happens in real life especially like you mention of gang. stan we've seen over the last year or so videos released of us soldiers when they're shooting and killing people use language that would be more relevant for a video game so what do you think about that if i'm in a situation i can't really talk to anyone from in a situation and i'm shooting and i'm and i'm feel like i'm getting attacked i'm going to use any language i want to do in order to kind of get myself out of that situation there's so much psychology kind of going on there in terms of it's you know it's kill or be killed if that is the situation that you are going to do

whatever it takes to physically mentally emotionally get yourself to that level to be able to survive but you don't think if you play video games where it's a situation of kill or be killed cannot you know impact the fact that in real life you start you start thinking like that as well not necessarily war i think definitely if you take it out of proportions then you are going to get affected but in terms of violence in video games the way i kind of look at it so different in violence in movies it doesn't make me want to go out and kind of kill someone it is it is a form of entertainment games are just as much a form of entertainment i think a big focus has been on young people playing these games and then the effect that it could have if you look at the rating system it's supposed to be for people over the age of eighteen if a person is a terrorist for many hours throughout the days in the game. or is he not more likely to go out and shoot people in the street i would say would be what would you consider to be more dangerous the video game or the gun that the person can

actually get their hands on the fact that these violent crimes into if we're talking about you know if they don't take place necessarily as much around the rest of the world in my opinion is a direct link to the number of weapons that exist in this country compared to abroad allowing people to get guns readily is far more damaging than letting people play video games that have these actual actions play out do you think it's the violence that attracts so many and this possibility to do everything you want that you're not going to get punished. for when you would get punished for these things in real life is that why these your games are so popular well i mean there's definitely the factor of escapism the fact that you can actually go on and be somebody else and you can do things without really having the consequences of real life saying that i think one of the greatest thing about the grand theft auto games as well as a number of the other games that i've worked on is that they've got a great sense of humor in it you know like you're kind of laughing as you're doing some of these things because it's you've got somebody next to you making continual

jokes and comments i mean it's meant to be entertaining it's not meant to actually appeal to a violent side of you returning to one nine hundred seventy nine and playing this game do you think it can affect american psyche when you know an american teenager for example or someone who's more grown up playing this game do you think they might start thinking differently about iran than for example what they're seeing in the media and papers and so on absolutely i mean the one of the main objective use was to start some kind of social dialogue. amongst people who are going to play it not just in the west but around the world things aren't so black and white when you are able to understand the side of the victim as well as the side of the aggressor in many situations what we see in the news is just one aspect of of the story but i think often we've seen when that story has actually been looked at and put under a microscope that there's a lot of other things going on there's been quite

a bit of controversy about this game call of duty modern warfare two there's episode in there where a terrorist attacks people at a russian airport obviously it's a game but we just saw terror acts take place in a moscow airport and now we're pretty similar absolutely what do you make of that it's funny because i played that game and i actually stopped playing that particular point it's definitely a sad situation what took place in russia that the airport and. videogame aspect of it happens i think coincidentally many games seem to on the contrary build up a certain terror act or certain events i know there's a game out there that's called september twelfth and so on which obviously gets people to join because of certain real events that took place in terms of what's happening with games where people are actually jumping on top of controversies i think it's foolish for us to not recognize that controversy when it comes to game

selling when it comes to movies when it comes to anything when it comes to ticket sales is something that drives people to jump on such marketing campaigns want to ask you this technology is obviously moving very very quickly these days what is the most exciting thing in the world of video games we would you say can expect in the next decade in the next decade who are that i don't think i even i can just tell you that what's exciting me right now is the i pad basically all the tablets in general what can be played on that in terms of gaming is is amazing terms of game play it's just going to get more and more detail and hopefully provide people with greater experiences so we can sorry thank you very much for your time thanks for having me. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment

in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom six tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or it's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for planning purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in the war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that.

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leaks founder julian assange launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles threatening to sue the british newspaper the guardian the whistleblower accuses the daily of including what he calls malicious libel against him in a book game helped publish. block obama has labeled corporate tax a burden brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with this new wall street friendly stats he already has his eyes on the election. two hundred people spent a several stressful hour circling mid-air before their plane about had to make an emergency landing in siberia a passenger jet to call for the city of canada of all but was diverted to your body of a severe risk due to a technical failure. those are the headlines up next all the sports highlights of union.

thanks for joining us here on twenty four hour t.v. i mean you know neal these are our. special guests the russian squad who talk the table at the recent university games are received by president to be treatment yet . too early to tell the career of former one driver robert qubits remains open the year following a crash over the weekend but doctors say he is improving. celebration time super bowl m.v.p. dodgers on the victorious green bay packers are welcomed home after securing their first n.f.l. cross team. let's start off on a presidential note dimitri medvedev today receiving members of the russian student games team which topped the charts at the twenty fifth winter world university

games in turkey the russian athlete started off on the right for the looks on a never stop dominating arizona total of fourteen goals fourteen silvers ten bronze medal seeing the country topped the table more than twice as many trophies us rush up side to korea the koreans themselves not fifteen gongs ukraine were tied for the open mind but that did win one less gold so they are third but impressive run of results setting things up nicely for russia for the twenty thirteen summer you need for a cia had which will be hosted. just enough so that i'm up and you all watched closely as you followed with great determination the way i see it when a russian athlete performs well we're proud of it and thus proud of our country fans then project a part of that athlete success upon their own lives we've been starved of big victories lately particularly last year's olympics but team russia dominated in turkey setting the tone for the upcoming twenty thirteen summer event because.

she's. russia's footballers play for the first time this year on wed and taking on iran in a friendly the abu dhabi clash will serve as a litmus test ahead of six upcoming grew twenty twelve qualifiers monitor dick advocaat stressing the players should be focused on their own form more on the iranian threat. not so much involving the opponent it is a portable we do technically and if it is wise old you know things are now not so important because del in the beginning of the preparations we can also expect a little. more and so i told him that as well so but. does think you so budget fitness about central doesn't cool. things seem to be looking up for. formula one driver was involved in a crush over the weekend in italy with initial reports to the pole may never race again but doctors now say he's steadily improving head of the intensive care unit

at some to corona hospital and the girl told reporters twenty six will keep it safe and showing positive signs but will remain in intensive care of commits and he finished it last season in the driver standings underwent surgery on sunday to try and restore the use of his right arm for arm the rally car crash occurred exactly five weeks before the start of the f one season in bericht. ok let's stay with the f. one theme work force india's website has been racking up internet hits softer the manufacturer chose to unveil their twenty hour levon challenger online the mercedes powered car propelled the team to heavy heights last year force india finished seventh in the constructor standings with adrian sutil ending up one spot away from the top ten in the driver's standings the german he returns will be joined by scottish newcomer paul di resta who is the reigning d.t. a touring car champion the increasingly popular kinetic energy recovery system

implemented in this research as well the engineers will put their creation to the test of the preseason on interest on thursday. ok let's move on to the greens were the in for mark wilson he's knobbed his second p.g.a. title of the golfing year frosty conditions causing a delay but wilson's game warmed up proceedings nicely the thirty six year old did suffer a starter on the final hole missing the chance to put away closest challenger jason dufner a playoff between the two ensued where dufner came up way short on a birdie putt on the second extra hole wilson having problems on the tenth sinking a birdie for the win over a million dollars in prize money on the second title of twenty eleven secured the restaurant scene. but stay with goal for a sizzling contest awaits next weekend with the world's three highest ranked players preparing to face off at the device a desert classic tiger woods well he'll discover just how far his game

a slipped or not when he clears up for the challenge that it world number one lee westwood and martin kaymer will bring to the u.a.e. greens woods was overtaken by briton westwood at the end of last season following a year when personal scandal totally overshadowed the american sub par golfing exploits german kaymer is the in-form player though having won the heat just b.c. golf championship in abu dhabi for the third time in four years last month the victory also propelling the twenty six year old to second in the global rankings one place in front of woods. fantastic field this week you know as a big is a big week for for european goal or actually for world you know the top three in the world of playing year lee westwood i would say to me so it's an exciting week for everybody and great for the for the term to do with as opposed to have all three here big world ranking points and it will be exciting in cricket's mohammad amir mohammad asif but havasu to appeal their bonds for spot fixing and

a test with the anti corruption tribunals verdict was also this week by the pakistani cricket board mohammad. mir's career had gotten off to a cracking starts but the eighteen year old will now have to serve a five year ban left handed fastball returning back to pakistan a few weeks the file his appeal to the work of arbitration for sport amir is waiting on the official release of the i.c.c. verdict after which he'll have twenty one days to present his case and listen. or i thought brings us to cycling where overall leader tom boonen is hung on to his yellow jersey by a thread after the second stage of the tour of qatar henrik hausler cutting the gap to just a second after i sprinting the opposition two in states to the polls i was on boonen the belgian aim to extend his gap from the peloton russian mikail. putting pedal to the metal early on time and telling champion viscounty that are

a lapse in concentration though this fall dropping him from contention on the day another russian denise gollum zein off me and his move leave her rather than sooner settling for third behind hofstra i'm done will they not see couldn't finish top in six to maintain a one point over all the. all right winter sports now where the forty first alpine world ski championship have gotten underway in garmisch spartan kirk in germany visitors from across the globe flocking to the city resort to watch the opening ceremony on the evening a total of eleven call made to be up for grabs slalom giants like john mills super g. super combined football and women a team of fans to be. live sharing garmisch for about fifteen years working for the american government and i love the local community i love the u.s. ski team of the joint ski team i love them all and we're here to support them i know that the u.s. ski team doesn't get a lot of fans at a lot of these races and my god there's been so much work we're so proud finally

are and rodgers is finding i thought being an n.f.l. champion leaves one with little time for anything else the green bay packers quarterback getting a raw and us. the boss than the glory of a seems emphatic thirty one twenty five win over the pittsburgh steelers on sunday the twenty seven year old greeted by the league's commissioner roger goodell presented with the super bowl m.v.p. trophy for his exploits in texas after packing his bags with plenty of silverware in tow it was off to the super bowl winners just three destination those attending disney world cups in all the champion quite a parade sure there would be on the rest rodgers enjoying the rest of the team back in green bay the weather wasn't quite as good the popular fifty four reception was surely much warmer on the spike being fresh off a stunning career achievement rodgers is a ready to head. i'm always looking for challenges i think the challenge now goes to repeating. scrutinising this season find

a way to get better i was there's been a perfectionist and having a quarterback coach as well. there's going to be plenty of time to work on things and plenty things work so i'm excited about enjoying this but also looking forward to improving. quite a week he's had all your support from all i'll see you soon the weather's next. culture is that so much different and there's a huge percentage share of the person trying to hide from the marquesas dilemma democracy versus stability can egypt powerful are the u.s. and its allies. me if he. comes. to the.

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