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POPSGore Galore but a Violent Game Can’t Hold a Gutbucket to the Movies The problem is that in addition to just hitting a bad guy a couple of times with a bat, there are other options, like slitting his throat, sticking a scythe in his nose and yanking his head back. Rather than stab him with a shard of glass, you can stab him, wrap a cord around his neck, stuff his head in a toilet and smash him on the back of the head. Pretty sick game. And I agree that it should get an AO rating.. but then again... If it is rated "M" for mature, shouldn't that mean that it is no suitable for kids? I mean why do parents buy these games that are CLEARLY rated "M" on the box (BIG LETTERS)? I mean do they think the titles of the games ("Grand Theft Auto", "Manhunt", "hitman: Bloodmoney") are just jokes? Come the fuck on now...
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POPSWarm Tea: The Bully boy-on-boy kiss goes mainstream Heheh.. this should be a fun one to watch. Personally I think it is great they put it in there.. it forces certain individuals to show their true colors.. and also forces other companies who have released games with similar content to come to Rockstar's defense...
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POPSThe Game of Art Really looking forward to trying this out.. At first i thought it just looked stupid, but as I've read more reviews and talked to friends, it looks like it may actually be a fresh idea.. and fun too! (Note: no killing cops, or beating women.. should be safe from Jack... and safe for your kids too!)
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POPSJudge clears Bully game release Jack thompson is an idiot... # for his flagrant use of the term "Colimbine simulator" in reference to bully, a game he has never played, nor even seen... FYI: Thre are no guns in Bully, no bombs, .. what ther is is the characters fists and the worst weapon you can get is a baseball bat. Now, I'm not sayin it is not violent.. most games have atleast a little violence in them.. but there is not way it can even be compared to columbine! F'ing stupid.
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POPS"Bully" must be handed over to a judge within 24 hours... Jack Thompson strikes again. Now, not that I necessarily disagree that a judge would need to view a game in it's entirety to be able to rule if it is a nuisance, but why video games? I mean, do courts order that 50 Cent's latest album must be reviewed by the court to make sure it is not a nuisance? Another thing that bothers me is that games ARE reviewed, just as movies, music, actually, more in depth than music is.. Music just gets an label, which does not stop it from being sold to kids in most cases. FYI: "Bully" is rated 'M', meaning it's not supposed to be played by kids...
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POPSRadical games... It is enough to make one question the right to free speech, freedom of expression, etc. Now, I love the ability in our civilization to be able to express one's self freely, but I have to stop and question what is going too far? A game, who's central plot is the killing of a real world person seems to me to be disgusting. Now I feel the same way if it is Bush or Saddam Hussein. I have no issue with them making games where the US Army, or the Israeli army are the enemy, that is no different then our games that paint them as the enemy (even if we feel it is justified in our case).. but a game where the point is to assassinate a world leader? too far. (And I know, I spoke out for "A Death of a President", but I feel that is different, that's a movie, who's central plot is the fallout of an assassination, rather than the glorified killing of the president at the user's hands...)
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POPSNYT: The Long Zoom (or: how Will Wright could change the world) The article is more or less about Will Wright's new game "Spore". For those of you not "in the know" this game diverges from the rest... there e is very little violence, and the small amount in it is cartoonish, and not glorified. The games' concept starts at the cellular level, allows you to build a create from a single celled organism, then a tribe, society, civilization, planet, galaxy, universe, all the while learning about diversity, and cause-effect actions. Making your creature a predator (literally, as in the Arnie sense), while allowing your creature to better survive in the wild or as a tribe can have harsh consequences when you meet other civilizations. Likewise, making them an herbivore can make it hard dot survive predators at all... Read the article.. It's quite interesting.. it just irks me that the damned game won't be out till mid-late next year at the soonest!!
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POPS'Grand Theft Auto' makers blamed for triple killing Give me a #%&ing break! Stop blaming video games because you neglect your kids!!!!! Video games don't breed homicidal maniacs, bad parent, bad schooling, bad society does! (With a healthy (or unhealthy) smattering of mental disorder...) These pricks are likely just wanting to blame someone for their own miserable failures, and are seeing big price tags at rockstar & co. It's pathetic.
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POPSThe Political Game: Who will save gamers?
I'm so sick and $%&@* tired of people blaming violence in the youth culture on video games. How friggin ignorant do you have t be to believe that a kid who plays "grand Theft Auto" will turn into a homicidal maniac? Kids have been killing each other far longer than video games have been in the main stream (long before they were even in existence). It's sad that a comedy-satire show has to show us how absurd many of these legal actions are. I've played video games all my life. I had a VERY, VERY #*%&'ed up childhood. Dealt with physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, was bullied in school (until I reached about grade 10), and though the though of teaching a bully a good object lesson crossed my mind, I like the VAST majority of my fellows believed it would solve nothing. "Cold Case" the other night did a great job of showing how people blame violent video games. "you played maniac massacre, you must have loved the thought of killing people!".. oh blow it out your igno
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POPSSchool Moves to Block Bully Game by Rockstar (of GTA fame) Ok, so I am usually all for the game makers and thier right to sell games. But in this case, I am on the fence, and even leaning towards supporting the schoolboard. This game is obviously targeted at teens. And the rating it will get will be M (for Mature, meaning you must be at least 17 to buy it). That being said, is Rockstar responsible if violence happens as a result of kids playing this game? Or are parents responsible here too? One can argue that GTA was always meant as an "Adult" game, that Rockstar never intended for it to fall into the hands of children. But this game, "Bully" takes place in a private school, and seems to be aimed at senior high school grade kids. (Most kids are about to enter university at 17, the legal age to buy an M rated game). Personally, I think this game is in just bad taste, and Rockstar is just asking for trouble. Why make this game? Again, I'm usually for the game industry and hate the idea of games being censored. Not here though
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POPSBlizzard CEO Responds to GLBT Issue Article about how Blizzard's CEO has finally made it clear-ish where they stand on sexuality in World of Warcraft. This is revolving around the stories in the past couple of months about a GLBTer being told she could not advertise a GLBT guild in game. This is an issue that really bothered me, I think that I you can have Christian groups, Republican groups, etc, you should be able to have a GLBT group. The whole idea of guilds in online games is to play with people you get along with. The remarks some people make of how sexuality has no place in games are in my opinion, ignorant, as sexuality (sexual orientation in this case) play a major role in our daily lives, online and off. It defines how we talk and relate to one another. Besides, I can completely agree with the reasoning for GLBT guild.. i can't even begin to count how many time I've heard "He's a fag" or "that's soo gay". Granted, "That's so gay" is rarely meant in a negative way (really..), but "Fag" is us
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