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 Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:29 pm
Sakyh GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK Drinky McIrish GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK and another thing, there are plenty of rape flash games online, but i see no one doing anything about them, and there is also way worse stuff than rape online, i mean, my friends 9 year old sister typed pokemon in google and it came up with a picture of mewtwo raping another pokemon, what about that, i think it is way easier for kids to see and be influenced by online, i don't think a 9 year old is going to "accidentally" order this game online, and the people who do order it's not like they are gonna say "oh, a game about raping people, i'm gonna go out and rape someone" as long as it isn't hurting anyone in real life then let the sick people play it, chances are, if they are into that kind of thing anyways they are socially awkward and they are just gonna find worse stuff online now i'm not completely against banning it or anything it's just that.....what's the point? more is just gonna be made, and i don't think you can stereotype a whole country over one game, and i think they are making a bigger deal than should be, look at GTA, there is prostitutes, killing the prostitutes, killing people over drugs, killing civilians, that seems worse, just because maybe it isn't as graphic doesn't mean it isn't as bad, granted there was controversy, but not coming close to banning it It's not just coming across this, this s**t is getting SOLD dude... Meaning of course that people are making money to make this filth... There is something fundamentally wrong about this, how is this any different than glorifying sex slaves? , but anyways people still go to the sites that have stuff like this, not on accident, but my opinions stand where they are, i have really nothing more to add and rape is uh...real life. If everyone has a What's the Point attitude nothing would get accomplished. People have been trying to get GTA banned since the first one! Manhunt was banned in Australia because a guy played it and then started killing people in a style similiar to it, and people tried to get both 1 & 2 banned in the U.S. The internet is a HELL of a lot harder to even attempt to censor and regulate. PLus, anyone who posts illegal sexual content and can be found is arrested, procescuted and gets jail time among other things. Rape is enough of a problem in this country without a rape sim making its way over here. The bottom line is the game needs to be banned. And as for all this "well we shouldn't punish the company" crap- 1st of all we can't because it's a Japanese company. Viking and I are just wishing we could. 2ndly, that's like saying Mamadons (women who own sex slave shops - usually under the alias of "massage parlors") shouldn't be prosecuted. -- & here's why that's the same thing. The victum's bodies are treated as products whose usage can be sold to Johns, much like the company producing this filth is producing a product that is sold off to various customers. And since they both involve rape, they're related. EDIT: But sadly the company's can't be prosecuted because apparently this type of filth is perfectly legal. Also, when the Japanese got the printing press...didn't they use to mass produce porn? but i just don't think that someone is going to see this and go "oh, i'm gonna go rape someone now" as for that comment about how the guy played manhunt and went out and killed people, i'm sure he was messed up to begin with and would have killed people anyways, i'm not at all saying this game should be made or it is right in any way, i just don't think it is making matters any worse than they are
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:53 pm
GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK Sakyh GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK Drinky McIrish GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK and another thing, there are plenty of rape flash games online, but i see no one doing anything about them, and there is also way worse stuff than rape online, i mean, my friends 9 year old sister typed pokemon in google and it came up with a picture of mewtwo raping another pokemon, what about that, i think it is way easier for kids to see and be influenced by online, i don't think a 9 year old is going to "accidentally" order this game online, and the people who do order it's not like they are gonna say "oh, a game about raping people, i'm gonna go out and rape someone" as long as it isn't hurting anyone in real life then let the sick people play it, chances are, if they are into that kind of thing anyways they are socially awkward and they are just gonna find worse stuff online now i'm not completely against banning it or anything it's just that.....what's the point? more is just gonna be made, and i don't think you can stereotype a whole country over one game, and i think they are making a bigger deal than should be, look at GTA, there is prostitutes, killing the prostitutes, killing people over drugs, killing civilians, that seems worse, just because maybe it isn't as graphic doesn't mean it isn't as bad, granted there was controversy, but not coming close to banning it It's not just coming across this, this s**t is getting SOLD dude... Meaning of course that people are making money to make this filth... There is something fundamentally wrong about this, how is this any different than glorifying sex slaves? , but anyways people still go to the sites that have stuff like this, not on accident, but my opinions stand where they are, i have really nothing more to add and rape is uh...real life. If everyone has a What's the Point attitude nothing would get accomplished. People have been trying to get GTA banned since the first one! Manhunt was banned in Australia because a guy played it and then started killing people in a style similiar to it, and people tried to get both 1 & 2 banned in the U.S. The internet is a HELL of a lot harder to even attempt to censor and regulate. PLus, anyone who posts illegal sexual content and can be found is arrested, procescuted and gets jail time among other things. Rape is enough of a problem in this country without a rape sim making its way over here. The bottom line is the game needs to be banned. And as for all this "well we shouldn't punish the company" crap- 1st of all we can't because it's a Japanese company. Viking and I are just wishing we could. 2ndly, that's like saying Mamadons (women who own sex slave shops - usually under the alias of "massage parlors") shouldn't be prosecuted. -- & here's why that's the same thing. The victum's bodies are treated as products whose usage can be sold to Johns, much like the company producing this filth is producing a product that is sold off to various customers. And since they both involve rape, they're related. EDIT: But sadly the company's can't be prosecuted because apparently this type of filth is perfectly legal. Also, when the Japanese got the printing press...didn't they use to mass produce porn? but i just don't think that someone is going to see this and go "oh, i'm gonna go rape someone now" as for that comment about how the guy played manhunt and went out and killed people, i'm sure he was messed up to begin with and would have killed people anyways, i'm not at all saying this game should be made or it is right in any way, i just don't think it is making matters any worse than they are Dude, it's not that we think that it'll encourage rape (it's possible), it's the fact that it glorifies it and make money off of it. Sex crimes are heinous at best, and lines NEED TO BE DRAWN in gaming. Glorifying death is one thing, for death is unavoidable, but rape and acts like it are not only avoidable, but preventable and represent the worst of humanity. It is making things worse, as if society didn't have enough things to hate video games for, Japan churns out games that glorify rape. I don't doubt that a single person here would love to see games reach the artistic standards that books, movies and music have reached, but if anything, letting these games be made is sending the industry in the wrong direction.
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:03 pm
GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK Sakyh GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK Drinky McIrish GOD_OF_DEATH_RYUK and another thing, there are plenty of rape flash games online, but i see no one doing anything about them, and there is also way worse stuff than rape online, i mean, my friends 9 year old sister typed pokemon in google and it came up with a picture of mewtwo raping another pokemon, what about that, i think it is way easier for kids to see and be influenced by online, i don't think a 9 year old is going to "accidentally" order this game online, and the people who do order it's not like they are gonna say "oh, a game about raping people, i'm gonna go out and rape someone" as long as it isn't hurting anyone in real life then let the sick people play it, chances are, if they are into that kind of thing anyways they are socially awkward and they are just gonna find worse stuff online now i'm not completely against banning it or anything it's just that.....what's the point? more is just gonna be made, and i don't think you can stereotype a whole country over one game, and i think they are making a bigger deal than should be, look at GTA, there is prostitutes, killing the prostitutes, killing people over drugs, killing civilians, that seems worse, just because maybe it isn't as graphic doesn't mean it isn't as bad, granted there was controversy, but not coming close to banning it It's not just coming across this, this s**t is getting SOLD dude... Meaning of course that people are making money to make this filth... There is something fundamentally wrong about this, how is this any different than glorifying sex slaves? , but anyways people still go to the sites that have stuff like this, not on accident, but my opinions stand where they are, i have really nothing more to add and rape is uh...real life. If everyone has a What's the Point attitude nothing would get accomplished. People have been trying to get GTA banned since the first one! Manhunt was banned in Australia because a guy played it and then started killing people in a style similiar to it, and people tried to get both 1 & 2 banned in the U.S. The internet is a HELL of a lot harder to even attempt to censor and regulate. PLus, anyone who posts illegal sexual content and can be found is arrested, procescuted and gets jail time among other things. Rape is enough of a problem in this country without a rape sim making its way over here. The bottom line is the game needs to be banned. And as for all this "well we shouldn't punish the company" crap- 1st of all we can't because it's a Japanese company. Viking and I are just wishing we could. 2ndly, that's like saying Mamadons (women who own sex slave shops - usually under the alias of "massage parlors") shouldn't be prosecuted. -- & here's why that's the same thing. The victum's bodies are treated as products whose usage can be sold to Johns, much like the company producing this filth is producing a product that is sold off to various customers. And since they both involve rape, they're related. EDIT: But sadly the company's can't be prosecuted because apparently this type of filth is perfectly legal. Also, when the Japanese got the printing press...didn't they use to mass produce porn? but i just don't think that someone is going to see this and go "oh, i'm gonna go rape someone now" as for that comment about how the guy played manhunt and went out and killed people, i'm sure he was messed up to begin with and would have killed people anyways, i'm not at all saying this game should be made or it is right in any way, i just don't think it is making matters any worse than they are I'm sure he was "messed up" to begin with, but the thing isw he COPIED that style of murder and used it in real life. Like minds have a way of finding each other, wanna bet an equally messed up person could get an idea from this? This concern isn't a large one, but it needs to be pointed out because the fact is our brains absorb more information than we are aware of and we in turn are persuaded in ways we aren't even conscious of. @ Viking: exactly!
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:21 pm
I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America.
If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game.
What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web.
When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this.
Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city!
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:34 pm
-The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! No, A rated games are sold in the US. Usually in "adult" stores. In other news: WELCOME BACK!!! WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN?!
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:44 pm
Sakyh -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! No, A rated games are sold in the US. Usually in "adult" stores. In other news: WELCOME BACK!!! WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN?! Ah, I see. And I've been on the machinima.com forums and the Voice Acting Club, I've gotten heavy into the production of machinima and am looking at a contract with the site that will earn me some monies. Not insane amounts, but enough to make my fifteen-year-old face grin nonstop. Also, I came back hoping the VGD would give me a definite answer on whether or not there's a language filter in Killzone 2.
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:26 pm
-The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:40 am
Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:33 pm
-The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD. Adults are also legally held accountable for everything they do, where in many cases, children cannot be.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:43 pm
Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD. Adults are also legally held accountable for everything they do, where in many cases, children cannot be. That doesn't make it any less necessary to keep the game out of adult hands, considering most rapes are brought about by adults, not children. Unfortunately the line between what's morally sensible and what's politically correct is very well established, and that's something that will forever keep any successful society from being perfect. But that's a WHOLE nother debate. Final point on my part: BAN THE GAME. PUNISH THE COMPANY. SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT TO ALL AUDIENCES.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:18 pm
-The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD. Adults are also legally held accountable for everything they do, where in many cases, children cannot be. That doesn't make it any less necessary to keep the game out of adult hands, considering most rapes are brought about by adults, not children. Unfortunately the line between what's morally sensible and what's politically correct is very well established, and that's something that will forever keep any successful society from being perfect. But that's a WHOLE nother debate. Final point on my part: BAN THE GAME. PUNISH THE COMPANY. SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT TO ALL AUDIENCES.Sounds like you know what I'm sayin'.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:52 pm
That depends; what are you saying?
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:54 pm
-The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD. Adults are also legally held accountable for everything they do, where in many cases, children cannot be. That doesn't make it any less necessary to keep the game out of adult hands, considering most rapes are brought about by adults, not children. Unfortunately the line between what's morally sensible and what's politically correct is very well established, and that's something that will forever keep any successful society from being perfect. But that's a WHOLE nother debate. Final point on my part: BAN THE GAME. PUNISH THE COMPANY. SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT TO ALL AUDIENCES.That has been pretty much what Sakyh and I have been saying this whole time.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:15 pm
Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- Drinky McIrish -The Gray Legend- I have actually no problem with banning the sale of the game in America, but think about it - this kind of game would be rated Adults Only, which, as far as I know, would not be allowed to be sold in America. If it were, however, a child would, by law, not be allowed to get his hands on this game. What gets me about this is that politicians, who are supposed to be intelligent, knowledgable figures in our society, still associate video games with children, simply because video games came after their time and they themselves do not play games. I have NO DOUBT that this woman has never played this game, nor watched a gameplay video, and knows what she knows about this game only from hearsay and what someone typed up on the web. When video games become a concern of politicians', there's always something that pisses me off in the whole matter. Even a little thing like this. Plus, this is from my home city. Damn my city! It's not that they think that games are to be immediately associated with children, they know that games have widespread appeal to many ages, and the younger ones may not be capable of understanding what some games are about. Many politicians set out aiming to protect that youngest demographic under the idea that the older ones will understand. Which I do understand, I've seen my cousins kids get raised by Halo because their d**k-head dad doesn't know how to raise a child... I have done a better job raising those kids than he has, and granted, my cousin hasn't been a huge help either (far too busy dealing with the legal side of their divorce). Fact is, games can be harmful to kids. Perhaps not as harmful as people try to make it out to be, and some games are certainly better than others, but their is no doubt in my mind that the eldest child of the two would be better adjusted if his baby sitter wasn't Halo 2. The younger seems to be doing well, but he also is obsessed with LotR... Six years old and yells "FOR ROHAN!" when playing basketball. I agree, but from what I saw in this article, she failed to mention that adults are also very easily affected by being exposed to content questionable in nature. I mean, everyone knows about the aforementioned case of the guy killing people Manhunt 2-style. There are adults who love games, and have mental deficiencies, or were raised poorly, or are just sponge-absorbent. If adults are not seen as a priority when it comes to cracking down on these games, we're going to see a hell of a lot more rape cases. We should forget stopping children from being exposed to these kinds of games and start focusing on making sure this kind of game is never even concieved, never put into production, and never distributed. PERIOD. Adults are also legally held accountable for everything they do, where in many cases, children cannot be. That doesn't make it any less necessary to keep the game out of adult hands, considering most rapes are brought about by adults, not children. Unfortunately the line between what's morally sensible and what's politically correct is very well established, and that's something that will forever keep any successful society from being perfect. But that's a WHOLE nother debate. Final point on my part: BAN THE GAME. PUNISH THE COMPANY. SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT TO ALL AUDIENCES.That has been pretty much what Sakyh and I have been saying this whole time. And I entirely agree. G'nite, y'all.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:26 pm
-The Gray Legend- That depends; what are you saying? That what's politically feasible, what's intelligent and sensible, and what is best for society are completely different things.
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