"Games are neither art nor media." - Censorship push

[BOZ]

*cries*

 

[mojo1701]

*cries*

There, there.

There, there.

 

[Greatwyrm]

"I'm going to vote for this bill, but I'm voting for it for one reason — because this is a political bill," said Sen. Mike Jacobs. "If I vote against it, it will show up in a campaign mail piece."

And I think that pretty much says it all right there.

You know, just a few days ago, another politician was getting indicted for corruption here. I actually heard the director of the local FBI field office remark that while they had to go looking for corruption in other places, they were always busy in Illinois. Not to accuse Sen. Jacobs of anything, but I think there are plenty of politicians in Illinois who just want to be mentioned in the press without the word "allegations" appearing somewhere in the same story.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Thanks boz!

 

[BOZ]

corruption in illinois politics? oh, never!

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

My problem with this is it will do nothing to change the view of most parents who are, in my experience, the biggest source of violent video games for kids.

When I was playing on XBox Live I FREQUENTLY encounter little kids that should in no way be playing online -- especially with live voice chat. The parents are completely responsible for the kids being on there. A Ghost Recon game packed with adults is no place for kids.

The problem is the parents. They still look at a game as a game and are too stupid to look beyond and see that these days some games are not for kids.

I used to manage a video store which rented videogames along with movies. Because the chain had no age guidelines for renting movies to kids, children as young as 8 would rent "M" rated games. The parents had to sign for the rentals if the child was a minor (that went for movies and games of any rating), but it was obvious they NEVER paid attention to the game content or genre. A woman once stormed into my store, actually screaming and cursing me for renting a game to her son which she found "deplorable and evil". As calmly as I could, I looked her in the eye and said, "Ma'am, if you'll just look here, you signed the rental agreement form, which means you were present when you son chose this game. It's not my job to raise your child. It's yours." On top of it, she owed a late fee. BURN!

 

[Arnwyn]

A woman once stormed into my store, actually screaming and cursing me for renting a game to her son which she found "deplorable and evil". As calmly as I could, I looked her in the eye and said, "Ma'am, if you'll just look here, you signed the rental agreement form, which means you were present when you son chose this game. It's not my job to raise your child. It's yours." On top of it, she owed a late fee. BURN!

Ahhh... it's so satisfying to read something like this!

 

[howandwhy99]

Ahhh... it's so satisfying to read something like this!

Here's a site for you then:

http://www.actsofgord.com/

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Here's a site for you then:

http://www.actsofgord.com/

Crap...I'm at work and can't spare the time! Those are great!

 

[D-rock]

Maybe, but I really don't know. I do find realistic video game violence to be distasteful, which is what I meant by the "too realistic" comment. To each his own.

In a way I find cartoon like violence worse, in some ways it trivializes it more.