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  • Posts: 12,504
    brianlux wrote:
    I know I'm gonna catch a lot of sh*t for saying this, but I think action video games in general cause a lot of brain-death in the first place so.... OUCH!!..PIFFF! THHHWWOP! OOOF, UGHHH, OOOOH... groan...groan... ok, OK.. I DIDN"T MEAN IT!. UNCLE! GODFATHER- GET 'EM OFF ME...PLEASE!
    :lol::lol: don't worry bro I got yer back. :lol::lol:

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  • Posts: 16,830
    Cosmo wrote:
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    Actually... I was asking if Aerial was offended.
    (But, you did think Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn getting eaten by 'Panthers' in 'Team America' was funny, right? That and the puppet sex and puking in the alley scenes were hilarious)


    I think it is a bit different to put the control into the users hands and have them shooting at people that are alive in a game then just watching a puppet movie on tv.

    But in reality I don't care one way or the other about either. I thought Team America was funny. When I first saw the screen shot of this game I thought it was pretty funny. Just doesn't seem like a smart thing to do.
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    Godfather. wrote:
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    :lol::lol: don't worry bro I got yer back. :lol::lol:

    Godfather.

    Thanks man! :D

    I remember about a year or so ago reading about a guy who was so addicted to video games it actually killed him. He literally died from not eating or taking enough time away from playing games on a computer. That is, of course an acception to norm, but video game addiction is not at all uncommon. Equally disturbing is the violence in most of these games.
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    cincybearcat wrote:
    I think it is a bit different to put the control into the users hands and have them shooting at people that are alive in a game then just watching a puppet movie on tv.

    But in reality I don't care one way or the other about either. I thought Team America was funny. When I first saw the screen shot of this game I thought it was pretty funny. Just doesn't seem like a smart thing to do.
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    You're a smart and reasonable guy... I know you understand the difference between a PS3 controller and an M60... and the difference between the real Sarah Palin and an animated zombie Sarah Palin in a video screen.
    My point is... if someone is offended or appalled at this video game... were they equally offended by Sean Penn's puppet getting his bloody guts ripped out by a giant black kitty cat? Both are fictional depictions of real, living people... that is the similarity.
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    Similar case... what is the difference if, for example, there was an Afghani version of 'Call Of Duty' where you shot up U.S. Army Rangers from sniper positions or lit up I.E.Ds. on HMWWVs patrolling open roads. Are people's reactions going to be different a version where you are the Ranger, lighting up a hillside with the turret mounted .50 cal.?
    I'm just wondering if people are offended by the violence (in both instances) or just offended when the people depicted are on their side.
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  • Posts: 14,158
    I think alot of the people who are offended didn't grow up playing these video games and fear what they are not familur with.
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    BinauralJam wrote:
    I think alot of the people who are offended didn't grow up playing these video games and fear what they are not familur with.

    I saw my son playing the dang thing for hours at a time (2to 6 hrs) and it just irked me to see him waste his time on a game with no real productive value.

    Godfather.
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    Godfather. wrote:
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    I saw my son playing the dang thing for hours at a time (2to 6 hrs) and it just irked me to see him waste his time on a game with no real productive value.

    Godfather.


    Hand, Eye Coordination, Problem Solving and most important, a healthy way for a young man to let out some aggression, without actaully hurting any real thing or any real person. Video Games have become the World's biggest hobby.
  • Posts: 662
    BinauralJam wrote:
    I think alot of the people who are offended didn't grow up playing these video games and fear what they are not familur with.

    Or perhaps being offended is simply a licence to launch a generalized attack against anybody who you disagree with. In this situation a couple of clowns made a sub-standard game that mocks the Tea Party. Of course, no offensive act would be complete without a few sweeping generalizations about liberals. Why take offense at anything if you can't throw in a few cheap shots afterwards? It's this low-brow partisan BS that utterly kills intelligent debate on almost any subject.
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    Cosmo wrote:
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    Similar case... what is the difference if, for example, there was an Afghani version of 'Call Of Duty' where you shot up U.S. Army Rangers from sniper positions or lit up I.E.Ds. on HMWWVs patrolling open roads. Are people's reactions going to be different a version where you are the Ranger, lighting up a hillside with the turret mounted .50 cal.?
    I'm just wondering if people are offended by the violence (in both instances) or just offended when the people depicted are on their side.
    It's the side that's depicted. Medal of Honor, a shooter from last year, took flak in the press because you could play as the Taliban in multiplayer. EA took the word "Taliban" out during the final release but their sales were hurt by it (U.S. military banned the sale of the game on bases). Having played the game, the Army should have been promoting this game instead of banning it, as I took out about 700 Taliban over the course of 6 hours.

    It's a thin line to straddle. Nobody has problems with Nazis, Soviets, V.C., etc because the conflicts are in the past. The closer you get to depicting violence in the present tense, the better chance you have of offending people.
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    blueandwhite wrote:
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    Or perhaps being offended is simply a licence to launch a generalized attack against anybody who you disagree with. In this situation a couple of clowns made a sub-standard game that mocks the Tea Party. Of course, no offensive act would be complete without a few sweeping generalizations about liberals. Why take offense at anything if you can't throw in a few cheap shots afterwards? It's this low-brow partisan BS that utterly kills intelligent debate on almost any subject.


    Ah, i was defending more the exstince of voilent video games rather than the particuler content of this game, i take your point.
  • Posts: 2,319
    I agree with it is the violence that I hate. The blood splattering, Yanking out hearts, chopping off heads ….waste of time like Godfather said. There are many people that will not let there kids have play guns, yet they let them play these Violent games.
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    Godfather. wrote:
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    and Cosmo and Cate;will do ..is it on you tube ?
    Godfather.

    dunno.. maybe.. seems it would be.. everything is these days. i had a hardcopy.
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  • Posts: 3,763
    Calling for the assassination of any political figure... wether they are asshats or not... is never a good idea.


    however... it will be interesting to see how the people who put crosshairs over Gabriel Gifford's picture fell about it.
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  • Posts: 16,830
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    Calling for the assassination of any political figure... wether they are asshats or not... is never a good idea.


    however... it will be interesting to see how the people who put crosshairs over Gabriel Gifford's picture fell about it.


    Yeah that was a really stupid decision.
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