good to have you with us this is our team coverage live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day top stories now the u.k.'s guardian newspaper editing secret documents provided by wiki to suit his own political agenda the whistleblower web site is also free to sue the paper of its new book about treating the song. as egyptian protesters gather for their biggest rally yet against president mubarak and some of the blame for his enormous wealth and abuse of power is pinned on western companies and reportedly a multibillion swiss banks property in the u.s. . and russian security services make their first arrests in connection with last month's moscow airport attack the name of the head of a suicide bomber has been revealed and seven of the suspected accomplices already

in custody. one of the chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide bombing at domodedovo depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport when i spoke to the brains behind some of the world's most famous video games including grand theft auto about the line between violent video and reality that interview is next. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of students to not. be run one thousand seven hundred demonstrators of the american embassy there were .

parties 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 of 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 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 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 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. based off off this country in particular i came to realize that there's 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 i thought would just open up this entire genre of gaming i've read there's 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. 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 trying to 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 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 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 has kind of caused these conflicts but the people involved in

him might now 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 really talk when you are from in a situation and i'm shooting 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 we're talking about

the united states 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 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 is

a episode in there where a terrorist attacks people at a russian airport obviously it's a game but we just saw terror 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 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 in 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 to 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 and 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 gameplay it's just going to get more and more detail and hopefully provide people with greater experience is that 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 coming from the city whether it's on a sonic boom sea tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in 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 they are shall be taken in the war to protect one vote 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 cause a report on our. top stories this hour on our t.v. u.k.'s guardian newspaper is accused of editing secret documents provided by wiki leaks to suit its own political agenda whistleblowing website is also threatening to sue the paper over its new book about the song. russian security services make their first arrests in connection with last month's moscow airport attack the name of the don't have a suicide bomber has been revealed and seven of the suspected the compass is already in custody. protested the biggest rally yet against president mubarak some of the blame for his enormous wealth and abuse of power is western companies reportedly a multi-billionaire with assets in swiss banks and property in the u.s. and the u.k. . brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with more news when that's in fifty minutes from now. with all the sports news you know it's next.

thanks bill indeed this is sports today i'm reading on the line these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. amrit singh gage me and russia are currently taking on iran in their first match of the year and we've got the latest from not seeing just the. tee off task ahead all the by desert classic tiger woods stresses he's got what it takes to start winning tournaments again something in boston done since two thousand and nine. lending support qubits is a lucas rental team and to tell you the trough visits the formula one stone hospital the poll was fiercely injured in a rally crushed. the first test of the year for russia's footballers is well underway dick charge is seeking victory number one of twenty eleven against

a run it is going to play in a stubborn iranian i fit keeping russia well at bay with the score at nil nil after eighty six minutes of the celts main surprise being the live among public. pool grabbed from the dutchman instead pumping for alex hunter shot off all the petersburg so no score as yet in the emirates with just minutes left to go. but there is indeed plenty more action on the night including a cracker in dortmund it's the battle of europe as germany host italy joachim loew the sides haven't got the best of records against the italians and clashes between the two nations italy have won fourteen games which is twice as many as the germans it's also been almost sixteen years since the jury last tasted defeat to germany the hosts will be without a top scorer mario gomez who's missing with a knee injury but they do have fellow striker model close say he will make his one

hundred six international appearance. peter 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 and italy became world champions and it is correct for germany it's been always very very difficult to play against italy big . germany will take on the italians up the signal i do nest stadium in portland their pitch where the last match between the two sides took place in the two thousand and six world cup the eventual winners beating the host to nil in the semifinals goalkeeper jael luigi before and done the other off see are the only players who are immune from not winning team italy coach says our prandelli believes that the latest fixture should give a clear indication of how good his men are. those who are committed we're playing against a team that had a very good world cup a few months ago was an excellent style of football and for us it will be an important indicator to find out just where we are at the moment to go elsewhere

france entertain brazil in another big clash along blank's team will be a new look one with former captain patrice evra on midfielder germy to alarm both left of the squad samir nasri. will also be absent through injury the one thousand nine hundred world cup champions to be present in the final remember do have history on their side the summer boys feeling to beat france in the last seven meetings this robot can do because you. 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 we remember the ninety ninety eight world cup final what we have in common with the game is the location the stunt difference. there brazilians will have to make do with. interest defensive judo maicon. severe striker luis fabiano will also miss the game brazil new head coach. named several players in the squad and seems likely to give the

likes of manchester united's rafael hope of porto a new chelsea mondavi to do it's a chance to shine. alone as a coach and a coach two coaches do not gamble on games they were called who wilkinson 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 work hard to play well and that is the only way we can get a positive result and this is what we're going to do. not a football ahead on a lot will also be discovered on the golfing greens this weekend when the world's top three players go for broke out to dubai desert classic plenty of ice and we're number three tiger woods as he looks to get his bike back after a forty fourth place finish in the season opener two weeks ago woods has recently revamped his swing but that didn't bring the desired result in his worst ever start to the euro torrey pines the fourteen time major winner ultimately looking to get

back his number one ranking which he lost in a tolbert to the westwood thirty five year woods has to buy titles in his collection winning it all in two thousand and six and again two years after that. all right let's move to basketball in the n.b.a. the orlando magic remain well on track for the playoffs after easing to a one hundred one eighty five win over the los angeles clippers on tuesday dwight howard leading the way for the hosts twenty two points he having three this impressive dunk in the opening quarter making it twenty three nineteen howard also pulled on twenty the much of however still find themselves four points dawn of the big break but the florida men recovered in the third period taking the lead in the final four it was all a scoring their points by fifteen points to put the game well out of reach one hundred one eighty five as i say the final score there. and she sees other games philadelphia on the road one hundred seventeen to eighty three and tony will paid

a successful visit to detroit's beating the pistons by eleven points miami and milwaukee same home wins against indiana on trying to respectively memphis soft oklahoma way one hundred five one along the score there minnesota defeated the rockets in houston by four points. staying with the n.b.a. where the cleveland cavaliers are hoping to reverse their fortunes against detroit and wednesday no team in history has fallen from grace fast as the cubs who lost a record twenty five straight games after having the league's best record last year byron scott says remain positive though. and one thing about. other cultures a player. remaining

in a stable condition following his rally at the weekend the four zero one up and comer visited by randall stablemate to tell you petroff on tuesday the russian turning up at the santa cruz a hospital in the curia to see. twenty four year old coots i was holding up after undergoing surgery a few days earlier. being told he might never race again but the diagnosis has improved in recent days the twenty eleven season though remains very much a diet for the pole the season beginning in a month's time in bahrain will give some jokes. but this is smile something it's good to give the full one the yielded we know each other. style is quite similar and this is important rule is quite good and we choose the same for example break materials something for us it was easy to order. no rest for cricketers as they prepare to depart for the twenty eleven world cup at the weekend the team recently completed a three one triumph over st louis but also suffered

a one day international loss to the same guys in perth on sunday captain under stars who oversaw his team spent a full one hundred days on tour focused on the big one the nature of international communities you always move on to the next thing you know when you're old and gray will sit down and you know look over the footage of the ashes series and be very proud of what we've achieved and you know it will go down as one of the highlights it's not about career but. now is not the time to look back on the times and influence of world cup. there's been plenty of smiles in green bay wisconsin with the cheese head phones commemorating the n.f.l.'s newly crowned super bowl champions the packers have overcome adversity all year and were finally able to gain back the vince lombardi trophy named after their legendary coach after fourteen years freezing temperatures not an obstacle here with fifty six thousand people in attendance of lambeau field coach mike mccarthy literally letting the fans get a feel of the n.f.l. had

a trophy donald driver among those greeted by the crowd at the thirty six rolls receiver and considering retirement as a quarterback tell us man are in rodgers was razor sharp in the big game winning super bowl m.v.p. the puck taking the trophy home for the first time since one nine hundred ninety six. and i can update you just before i go on the game between russia and iran it hasn't been a great start for dick advocaat charges to twenty eleven one nil the score to iran . but. i'm not as old as sports now i'll see you in just under two hours time with more. pictures but so much difficulty for you to be sitting on the market dilemma democracy versus stability can egypt how old are the u.s.

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