Politician doesn't want game released

[Gamereviewgod]

And it's not GTA!

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/635/635582p1.html

:frustrated:

Who wants to e-mail him about JSR or Bart vs. the Space Mutants?

[GrandAmChandler]

This is just the beginning. Soon it will get stricter. Games like NARC where you can do drugs will be flagged. Or partial nudity. I am sure this GTA / Hot Coffee thing is the tip of the censory iceberg.

[Daniel Thomas]

That's okay. I don't want this politician elected. It's a fair trade. Let's see who gets their wish first.

[Daft Punk]

I think they should just let the esrb handle its biz and stick with thier own crap .

[evildead2099]

For God's sake... :roll:

If Darwin's Theory kicks into effect any time soon, American politicains will be some of the first to be falter.

[davepesc]

This is just the beginning. Soon it will get stricter. Games like NARC where you can do drugs will be flagged. Or partial nudity. I am sure this GTA / Hot Coffee thing is the tip of the censory iceberg.

I am as much against government involvement in personal issues as you can be, but what has been censored? No one told Rockstar that they can't do anything they want in their games.

That New York Pol asked ATARI not to release their game (in what was more likely a timely publicity stunt.) However, no one told ATARI that they cannot release their game.

All that really happened is that the ESRB changed GTA from age 17+ to age 18+

That's it. Companies can still make games. Those games still will be rated. Stores can still choose what games to carry/not carry.

Just like last week.

[Humanoid]

I say send THIS headline to the papers:
"Gamers tell politician to "suck our dicks""

[evildead2099]

This is just the beginning. Soon it will get stricter. Games like NARC where you can do drugs will be flagged. Or partial nudity. I am sure this GTA / Hot Coffee thing is the tip of the censory iceberg.

I am as much against government involvement in personal issues as you can be, but what has been censored? No one told Rockstar that they can't do anything they want in their games.

No one needed to; consider how quick most major retailers were to pull the game from their shelves as soon as news hit that the game's rating would shift from M to AO. Apparently, adult customers not allowed to make decisions as to which games they should play based on ratings.

[Famidrive-16]

Well, Mayor Willie DID have a problem with a Jet Grind contest Sega held...

[emumuumuucowgomoo]

This is just the beginning. Soon it will get stricter. Games like NARC where you can do drugs will be flagged. Or partial nudity. I am sure this GTA / Hot Coffee thing is the tip of the censory iceberg.

I am as much against government involvement in personal issues as you can be, but what has been censored? No one told Rockstar that they can't do anything they want in their games.

No one needed to; consider how quick most major retailers were to pull the game from their shelves as soon as news hit that the game's rating would shift from M to AO. Apparently, adult customers not allowed to make decisions as to which games they should play based on ratings.

DUDE CAREFUL YOU MIGHT SEE A SNAIL OR BLOOD OR PIXELS AND IF YOU GO TO BED DREAMING OF SNAILS AND BLOOD AND PIXELS HOW CAN I TELEPATHIZE WITH JESUS AND GOD WHO KNOW ALL AND NOT THINK ABOUT THESE LUSTY BESTIAL IMAGES HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW!??!?!?!?!?

REMEMBER JOHN 3:16 "HE LOVED THE WORLD SO INCREDIBLE MUCH THAT HE GAVE US FOUR GOTTEN SON" AND THAT TRANSLATES TO MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING: "IF GOD LOVES US THEN THEREFORE WHY DO WE PLAY VIDEOGAMES WITH TITTIES AND PIXELS WHEN WE COULD BE PESTERING OTHERS AND ANNOYING THEM INTO THE ARMS OF OUR LORD AND MASTER!?!?!?!"

DO YOU BELIEVE IN HEAVEN AND HELL MR. EVILDEAD2099 BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE I'LL BE GOING (AFTER GOING TO BED AND THE GROCERY AND THE PSYCHIATRIST DOCTOR OF JESUS FAITH AND PASSING THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST WHERE I DO NOT ATTEND BUT IT'S ALONG MY WAY TO THE DOCTOR) AND THAT PLACE IS A LOT HAPPIER FAITHFUL BEGOTTEN SHEEP SHEPARDS THAN THE PLACE YOU'LL BE GOING!!! I HOPE YOU SLEEP OKAY AT NIGHT!!!


HEHEHEHHEHE . o O (I'LL BET HE HAS FEAR OF JESUS IN HIS BRAIN RICOCHETING OFF THE WALLS AND HE'LL WAKE UP AND BE JUST LIKE ME WHEE YIPPIE YAY!!!)

[evildead2099]

"IF GOD LOVES US THEN THEREFORE WHY DO WE PLAY VIDEOGAMES WITH TITTIES AND PIXELS WHEN WE COULD BE PESTERING OTHERS AND ANNOYING THEM INTO THE ARMS OF OUR LORD AND MASTER!?!?!?!"

LOL Oh, okay. I guess I should start being appreciative of the efforts which politicians and lobbyists make to treat me like a child and deny me the opportunity to play game which I, by virtue of my ADULT age, am entitled to purchase and play if I feel so inclined. God bless this great Land of The Free - This land of freedom and choice and options (as long as those freedoms have passed the scrutiny of fringe groups and politicians who have no knowledge about the things whose distribution they attempt to control)

[davepesc]

This is just the beginning. Soon it will get stricter. Games like NARC where you can do drugs will be flagged. Or partial nudity. I am sure this GTA / Hot Coffee thing is the tip of the censory iceberg.

I am as much against government involvement in personal issues as you can be, but what has been censored? No one told Rockstar that they can't do anything they want in their games.

No one needed to; consider how quick most major retailers were to pull the game from their shelves as soon as news hit that the game's rating would shift from M to AO. Apparently, adult customers not allowed to make decisions as to which games they should play based on ratings.

Exactly my point: Rockstar is free to make games and retailers are free to sell or not sell them.

God Bless America.

[slip81]

Hey Emu:

The "caps lock" key is located between the "tab" and "shift" keys LOL

I wonder what's going to happen when Graffiti Kingdom is released later this month?

[emumuumuucowgomoo]

"IF GOD LOVES US THEN THEREFORE WHY DO WE PLAY VIDEOGAMES WITH TITTIES AND PIXELS WHEN WE COULD BE PESTERING OTHERS AND ANNOYING THEM INTO THE ARMS OF OUR LORD AND MASTER!?!?!?!"

LOL Oh, okay. I guess I should start being appreciative of the efforts which politicians and lobbyists make to treat me like a child and deny me the opportunity to play game which I, by virtue of my ADULT age, am entitled to purchase and play if I feel so inclined. God bless this great Land of The Free - This land of freedom and choice and options (as long as those freedoms have passed the scrutiny of fringe groups and politicians who have no knowledge about the things whose distribution they attempt to control)

THEY ARE PROTECTING YOU!!! AND THE CHILDREN!!! REMEMBER WE ALL MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN ARE KEPT FREE FROM ANY NAUGHTY NO-NO'S!!! LOOK AT GARY COLEMAN (RAISED IN A CAVE WHERE THERE WAS ONLY JESUS AND RAYS OF SUNLIGHT AND BLOSSOMS) AND MCCAULY CAULKIN (RAISED BY SCIENTOLOGISTS IN A PORNOGRAPHY CAMP SATURATED WITH MUSLIMS AND SEVERED HEADS)!!!

I DID MY PART I WENT INTO THE MIRROR SHOP AND CAST ASIDE EACH MIRROR (LIKE JESUS CAST ASIDE THE SINS OF THE ELDERLY) SO THAT CHILDREN WOULDN'T ACCIDENTLY SEE THEIR OWN NIPPLES, VAGINAS, CONGER EELS, PENIS-GENITALIAS, ETC!!!

[emumuumuucowgomoo]

Hey Emu:

The "caps lock" key is located between the "tab" and "shift" keys LOL

I wonder what's going to happen when Graffiti Kingdom is released later this month?

PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THIS ALL THE TIME AND I THANK YOU IF YOU ARE A MESSENGER OF THE LORD BUT IF NOT THEN CURSE YOU!! ONTO FIRE AND THE BRIMSTONE!!!

ALSO ALAS IT IS NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL AS HERE ARE PICTURES OF MY KEYBOARDS

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/parts/swyft-card/Image128.jpg
http://apple2history.org/images/a2enhlgt.gif

OR MAYBE YOU MEAN THE OTHER SHIFT KEY ON THE RIGHT AND YOU ARE MAKING AN EXCELLENT METAPHOR TO THE WHOLE KEYBOARD!!! YES!!! THE WHOLE KEYBOARD IS MY CAPSLOCK KEY!!! ONE GIANT CAPSLOCK KEY SWEEPING THE COSMOS OF FINGER AND THUMB ALIKE!!! IT GIVES MY POSTS STARTLINGLY BOLD EMPHASIS AND ASTOUNDING MEANING.

[dougman999]

you're funny LOL

[Griking]

No one needed to; consider how quick most major retailers were to pull the game from their shelves as soon as news hit that the game's rating would shift from M to AO. Apparently, adult customers not allowed to make decisions as to which games they should play based on ratings.

This is a decision that the retailers made completely on their own. The governement never told Walmart or Gamestop that they had to remove all copies of the game from their shelves. If you have a problem with this decision then you should complain to your retailer's customer service dept.

[Saabmeister]

I'm sick of the politicians trying to censor things. And I hope this guy doesn't get his way because I really want to play Getting Up.

Also, tonight the local news here is doing a story about the new game Bully and school violence.

[allsport11]

Best quote I have read in awhile. "Data is not yet available on how many New York City plumbers have been seen bouncing across the city, stomping mushrooms, or jumping directly into drainage pipes. We'll keep you posted."

Now that is funny. LOL

[AFGiant]

I've always wondered...what if the politicians are not as dumb as they seem on the surface? Hear me out here.

Lets say, hypothetically, that a politician learns about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before it comes out (we're in the past here, childrens. Use your imagiNAAAtion). This politician says that he doesn't want the game to be released because it will teach children to shoot and hijack and be violent and be pedophiles, or whatever he 'thinks' the game will do. Now, of course, the game gets released anyway. A couple of kids shoot cop cars and then blame GTA: SA. Wouldn't the soccer moms and the general non-gaming-sub-intelligent public and this guys political buddies all say "See? This guy said the game would be bad, and look! It is! Lets all vote for him again!"

Now, I know this is a conspiracy here, but it could be possible that some politicans are making such a big stink about these games for their own personal gain. Just a thought.

[slip81]

Sorry Emu, I stupidly assumed that you were using a keyboard made within the last decade :)

[slip81]

double post

[Half Japanese]

I've always wondered...what if the politicians are not as dumb as they seem on the surface? Hear me out here.

Lets say, hypothetically, that a politician learns about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before it comes out (we're in the past here, childrens. Use your imagiNAAAtion). This politician says that he doesn't want the game to be released because it will teach children to shoot and hijack and be violent and be pedophiles, or whatever he 'thinks' the game will do. Now, of course, the game gets released anyway. A couple of kids shoot cop cars and then blame GTA: SA. Wouldn't the soccer moms and the general non-gaming-sub-intelligent public and this guys political buddies all say "See? This guy said the game would be bad, and look! It is! Lets all vote for him again!"

Now, I know this is a conspiracy here, but it could be possible that some politicans are making such a big stink about these games for their own personal gain. Just a thought.


Your argument is missing a very key component to make it work: children aren't supposed to be allowed to buy these games, and in most stores, they aren't. That pretty much sums up my swift, effective rebuttal.

[Kuros]

I've always wondered...what if the politicians are not as dumb as they seem on the surface? Hear me out here.

Lets say, hypothetically, that a politician learns about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before it comes out (we're in the past here, childrens. Use your imagiNAAAtion). This politician says that he doesn't want the game to be released because it will teach children to shoot and hijack and be violent and be pedophiles, or whatever he 'thinks' the game will do. Now, of course, the game gets released anyway. A couple of kids shoot cop cars and then blame GTA: SA. Wouldn't the soccer moms and the general non-gaming-sub-intelligent public and this guys political buddies all say "See? This guy said the game would be bad, and look! It is! Lets all vote for him again!"

Now, I know this is a conspiracy here, but it could be possible that some politicans are making such a big stink about these games for their own personal gain. Just a thought.


Your argument is missing a very key component to make it work: children aren't supposed to be allowed to buy these games, and in most stores, they aren't. That pretty much sums up my swift, effective rebuttal.

The problem is that some parents just don't care.

Kids come in by themselves and ask for a M rated game - Don't get it

Kids with Parents - They get the game

Many a time I've gone through the routine explaining why a game is M and many a time I've been interuppted with "Yea I know just let me buy it."

[Half Japanese]

I've always wondered...what if the politicians are not as dumb as they seem on the surface? Hear me out here.

Lets say, hypothetically, that a politician learns about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas before it comes out (we're in the past here, childrens. Use your imagiNAAAtion). This politician says that he doesn't want the game to be released because it will teach children to shoot and hijack and be violent and be pedophiles, or whatever he 'thinks' the game will do. Now, of course, the game gets released anyway. A couple of kids shoot cop cars and then blame GTA: SA. Wouldn't the soccer moms and the general non-gaming-sub-intelligent public and this guys political buddies all say "See? This guy said the game would be bad, and look! It is! Lets all vote for him again!"

Now, I know this is a conspiracy here, but it could be possible that some politicans are making such a big stink about these games for their own personal gain. Just a thought.


Your argument is missing a very key component to make it work: children aren't supposed to be allowed to buy these games, and in most stores, they aren't. That pretty much sums up my swift, effective rebuttal.

The problem is that some parents just don't care.

Kids come in by themselves and ask for a M rated game - Don't get it

Kids with Parents - They get the game

Many a time I've gone through the routine explaining why a game is M and many a time I've been interuppted with "Yea I know just let me buy it."

Your point only proves that it's ultimately the parents responsibility. The ESRB has given the game a proper rating, most major retailers enforce the ratings, meaning it's up to the parents to buy these games and know what their kids are playing. Same as any parent can take their 3 year old to an R-rated movie if they so desire, but to have them complain about violence/nudity/language afterwards is simply absurd and shows a lack of common sense, among other things. It is not your televisions or your Playstation's duty to raise your children, it's yours. You fucked to get them here, you bear the responsibility for raising them not to be a mouth-breathing little cretin. Next.

[rbudrick]

But what if the Graffiti was just water colors? Hell, let's just give 'em some chalk.

-Rob

[bargora]

The other day I saw a parent in a liquor store. With one teeny child and a grade schooler, even! Did the liquor agent warn the parent of the dangers Black Velvet Blended Canadian Whiskey poses to young children? Nope. He just sold it to the parent.

Who, I might add, obviously needed something to slip in the squalling brat's bottle. And the 12-year-old sure was looking covetously at the shiny plastic bottle.

We need prohibition back.

[Dart]

*sigh*

Why do politicians care so much about video games? We're in a war that we really need to get out of us as soon as possible and government spending is disgustingly high. They need to get their priorities straight.