you're watching our t. here's a recap of the main stories we're covering for you today regular leaks founder julian assange launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles threatening to sue the british newspaper the guardian although whistleblower accuses the daily of including what he calls malicious libel against him in the book they helped publish . the rock obama has labeled corporate tax a burden and brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on reelection. and a shocking statistics reveal that every fourteen minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners but with

a lack of adequate protection hundreds of thousands of victims end up suffering the abuse in silence. now in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide bombing a double dead of a depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport well r.t. spoke earlier with the man behind the grand theft auto series now because sorry about the line between violent video art and reality that's up next on our. believe 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 considering 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 caused 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 him and we explained to him you know it's for grants out of my city and he just kind of took a step back and kind of apologized and said that he can partake in the casting and basically what happened was that he was playing grand theft auto three and he wound 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 guide 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 heard about when someone would sit down and play your game continuously with 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's a ring of 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. nicol 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

in games they 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 attacking 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 and 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

him might not be detroit aggressors there's a number of different facets to it and that they're 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 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. 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 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 part it's it's definitely it's 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 and 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 i 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 a game play it's just going to get more and more detail and hopefully provide people with greater experiences that we can sorry thank you very much for your thanks for having. one one deals with war for us 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 earl bombs by napalm boy coming from the city whether it's on a sonic boom city tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria and iraq or even steroid use in the pacific for purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in war to protect. against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that.

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economy. these are leaks founder julian assange launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles threatening to sue the british newspaper the guardian or the whistleblower accuses the daily of including what he calls malicious libel against him in a book published. as labeled corporate tax of berta many top business leaders into his political circle predicts a with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on. shocking statistics reveal that every forty minutes of russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners with a lot. hundreds of thousands of victims suffering in silence all those were your. headlines now demitra is here with all the latest in sports.

hello there welcome to the sports update thanks for joining us trace our and our top story a. special guest a russian squad who talked the table at a recent university games get a special reception by president dmitry medvedev. to tell the career of formula one driver robert kubica is still up in the air following a crash over the weekend but doctors say he's improving. and celebration time super bowl m.v.p. aaron rodgers and the victorious green bay packers are welcomed after securing their first super so down in fourteen years. so admitted it has hosted a reception for the members of the russian student games team which tops the tables at their twenty fifth winter world university in turkey the russian athlete started

off on the right foot and never gave up dominating out of a total of fourteen golds fourteen silver and ten bronze medals so in your country top of the table runs up south korea grabbed fifteen gongs ukraine but tied for the total count but won one less gold that impressive run of results setting things up nicely for the twenty thirteenth is on the last eight which will take place to win . is that an arch that one up on the station we all watched closely as you for the green of terminations the way i see it when a russian athlete performs well we're proud of the well and the us proud of our country and then project the part of that athlete successor on their own lives we've been starved of a big victories literacy particularly last year's olympics well team russia dominated in turkey setting the tone for the odd combination of the routine summer of. russia's football is played for the first time this year on wednesday taking on iran in a friendly the clash will serve as

a litmus test of six upcoming euro twenty twelve qualifies manage addictive a card stressing that players should be focused on their own for more than the iranian threat for you mirjam not so much involved just the opponent it is a portable we do technically and if it is wise old you will things are now not so important because they all are in the beginning of the preparation we cannot expect a lot of people also. told him that as well so but there's a sort of poured there think you solve the budget figures about short does it doesn't. in the meantime germany prepare for their thirst international of time to eleven year side take on italy tonight against whom they have a bleak record in matches between the two nations pay to the claim fourteen wins while germany only seventy eight games didn't find the winner germany players are determined to be for the first time in nearly sixteen years when the sligo top scorer is missing due to end the injury but fellow striker merced of closer will be

on from the kick off making his one hundred and six international pounds. each i you know we have a negative history against italy the last time we played against each other was in two thousand and six when i was assistant coach and unfortunately we missed a chance to reach the world cup final in italy became world champions and yes it is correct for germany it's been always very very difficult to play against italy the big. two in germany will play the telephones at the signal iduna stadium in dortmund the pitch where the last match between the two sides took place during the two thousand and six world cup the eventual winners had beaten the host to nail in the semifinal. before and. the players remained from that winning team it to the coaches are open tell it believes that the game with germany should give a clear indication of how good his men are. working as if we're playing against

a team that had a very good world cup a few months ago was an excellent style of football and it will be an important indicator to find out just where we are at the moment. now so i france prepared to entertain brazil in an international friend in paris there implants team is likely to have a new look to it as former captain patrice evra and fields in germany to the world both left out of the sport while some in the street franco brit and matthew have again now will all be absent for injuries to nineteen ninety eight world cup holders who have placed three in their side this summer boyce failing to beat france been. the last seven meetings. it's run but. many times france have beaten brazil including in the final stages so this brings back many memories it's an emotional time because of the location because if you remember the ninety ninety eight world cup final what we have in common with the game is the location the stark difference is the brazilian side will play without real madrid and inter milan defensive pair of michael. striker luis fabiano will

also miss the game brazil new head coach bottom line as us has named several and kept players in his squad and seems likely to give the likes of manchester united's rafael poulter and new chelsea signing the chance to shine according to the manager and football there's often no substitute for all fresh and hard work. nor could you do you start your lawn as a coach i'm a coach two coaches do not gamble on games they work hard or daughter out there working to reach your goals and if we didn't succeed in the past it was because we didn't play as well as the other team so we're going to was going to play well and that is the only way we can get a positive result and this is what we're going to use me over to basketball now where in the n.b.a. the orlando magic beat the los angeles clippers on home court one hundred and one to eighty five to wide how would lead the hosts with twenty two points including

this impressive down opening for to make it nineteen trained two three i would also call down trying to rebalance the magic found themselves four points down by the break that they were covered in the third period to take the lead there and in the final quarter alone the alcs called opponent by fifteen points to put the game out of reach one hundred one to eighty five the final score there. and tuesday's games philadelphia take advantage on the road one hundred seventeen to eighty three and san antonio paid us. cesspool visited for between the pistons by eleven points in milwaukee claim ten wins against indiana and toronto respectively while manifests all of the home i weighed one hundred five to one hundred one and finally minnesota defeated the rockets enthused by four points. things seem to be getting better for robot cubits the renner formula one driver was involved in a crash over the weekend in italy with

a nation report stating that pole may never race again but doctors now say he's steadily improving out of the intensive care unit at santa claus a horse but don't agree or told reporters that twenty six year old is showing posed of signs that will remain intensive care who finished eighth last season in the driver's standings underwent surgery on sunday to try and restore the use of his divides and and. the rally car crash occurred exactly five weeks before the start of the f one season in bahrain. staying with formula one where force india side has been wrecking up internet hits after the manufacturer chose turn veil the twenty eleven challenger online the mr is powered car propelled the team to head it hides last year forcing definitions seventh in the constructor standings with sutil ending up one sport away from the top ten in the driver's standings the german will

return and we'll be joined by a scottish to come appalled the rest who is the reigning d.t. a touring car champ an increasingly popular kinetic energy recovery system implemented in this race as well the engineers will put their creation to the test at a pre-season brun own state. and finally aaron rodgers is finding out that being an n.f.l. champ and leaves one with little time for anything else the green but packers quarterback getting around boston the glory of his teams and phatic thirty one twenty five victory over the pittsburgh steelers on sunday the twenty seven year old was greeted by the league's commission at will to god's will and force presented with the super bowl and v.p. trophy for his efforts in texas to packing his bags with plenty of silverware. to the super bowl bonus costume a destination those attending business world actually claimed. by the late show there rodgers then joined the rest of the team back in green bay and while the

weather wasn't quite as good for perception was surely much warmer and despite being fresh off the tonic a way to vent rodgers is already looking back. i'm always looking for challenges i think the challenge now goes through repeating. scrutinising this season find a way to get better i was there's been a perfectionist and having a quarterback coach is well. there's going to be plenty of time to work on things and plenty things work out so i'm excited about enjoying this but also looking forward to improving. well that's all from the finale sports news from around the globe in two hours time helen out to you that by. cultures that so much do you consider my remarks to limit democracy

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