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Technology Lifestyle Halo 3 controversy: Maddie, where are you?
Technology Lifestyle Halo 3 controversy: Maddie, where are you? | Halo 3 controversy: Maddie, where are you? |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Sunday, 28 September 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 This was immediately seized upon by British gamers as being a reference
to the abduction of Madeleine McCann last year, a story which has
refused to go away mainly thanks to the untiring publicity her parents
have created to keep the public aware of their missing child.Featured Whitepaper
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He adds "This is both an unfortunate and unintended coincidence." I believe him, not least because while the Maddie story has been a huge one in Europe (she was abducted in Portugal) the same cannot be said of the USA where most people would be hard pressed to make the connection. If Bungie wanted to generate sicko publicity, which it really does not need to do given the popularity of Halo, it could have chosen many more US-centric abductions to feature. I doubt that this will be the angle taken by the British tabloid press once they get hold of the story on Monday. The official Find Madeleine site continues to appeal to the public for help in finding the missing child, despite the closing of the official investigation into the case. |
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