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- mrfreeziexp, on 10/10/2007, -5/+290Movie violence = fine
video game violence = CORRUPTING OUR YOUTH!! - lpmiller, on 10/10/2007, -1/+198if it wasn't for violent videogames, I'd be killing people on a fairly regular basis.
- 1jaxstate1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+190I've killed millions of people in video games, and I've yet to have the urge to kill in real life. These types of "it will make people more violent" arguments are just dumb.
Come on Manhunt 2! - MrMuffMeat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+147You can bet the little bitches deserve to die after I kill the Big Daddy....... She shouldn't have been taliking so much ***** while I was fighting that big bastard!
- Dhalsim007, on 10/10/2007, -3/+132Jack Thompson, where are you??? *echo .... echo .....*
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+93TV violence = wholesome family entertainment
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+85If my game won't install more than twice, I'll have to actually resort to killing children.
- CaptMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -4/+83I've been saving them instead of killing them, myself. It's not because I'm a nice guy though, I just want the achievement points for saving them all. If it wasn't for that, I'd be cracking open some little sisters and ripping some slugs out.
- TyCage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+66You have to face the mirror and say his name three times.
- hollismb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+60*MINOR SPOILER*
Not only (in the 360 version) do you get 100 achievement points at the end of the game for saving them all instead of harvesting, but you end up getting more Adam and rewards for saving them too. Harvesting them gives you 40 more Adam than saving them, but after every 3 Little Sisters you save, one of them leaves a teddy bear as a gift that contains 200 more Adam, some better ammunition (anti-personnel, armor, heat seeking rockets, etc.) and a Plasmid you can only get from the Little Sister (Hypnotize Big Daddy).
So, just like in real life, just because you can harvest a ten year old girl for genetic currency material, it doesn't necessarily mean you should. ;) - kidsix, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47from doom to half-life to gears of war to bioshock, i've "killed" thousands. tens of thousands, maybe. but in real life i am a total pacifist. i am the guy who catches the moths and lets them go outside. the point that is lost on many is that those who "get it", like me and like many of you, do not correlate what happens in a game to real life.
how come it is only the killing that the nutjobs emulate? how come those who say GTA pushed them to kill don't also think that they can fall off a ten story building and then just magically appear at outside the hospital all fine and dandy? that is the part that escapes me. if you are picking and choosing which parts of the violent games you confuse with reality, then you are just a liar looking for an excuse so you don't have to own up to your crimes. - Salgat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+45Bring it on, more publicity to the game.
- thoughtudied999, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34Oh my god...
After playing the game through once and harvesting all of the little sisters I can tell you, the game is most certainly NOT solely about that. Plus, the cut scene where you kill them for their adam is all suggestive. It does not actually show them being killed... - meatmcguffin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31If you say his name backwards into a mirror, he appears behind the CEO of your favourite games company with his lawyers.
edit: dammit, TyCage beat me by two minutes :P - Pxtl, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32Killing little kids and monsters that look like little kids are old hat in sci-fi/horror films. Think about Screamers, or Children of the Corn, etc. Bioshock just uses the same theme, and suddenly it's teh evil 'cause it's a game.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30Hehe. Maybe I should play more violent video games. Not a day goes by that I don't want to kill some idiot, be it a cow-irker or an idiot driver.
- p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -6/+35Alcohol = Ok
Little Weed = Jail Time - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+31First off it gives you a choice. Secondly they need to get it through their skulls that it's a fictional world in which the little girls are evil little snots.
- CZzyzx41, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28If you want more Adam, he says he's down. You can get ahold of him at (619) 426-1708.
- keyboardduder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26/sarcasm?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Biggie Smalls. Biggie Smalls. Biggi-No, wait.
- Kurisuku, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Well most these people writing their anti-game-violence articles used to also sit down and watch Sapranos with their 10 year olds back when it was on the air.
They don't want THEIR entertainment removed. They just want to get rid of the entertainment they don't understand. - daridave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Oh, come the ***** on. Me and my friends used to decapitate our sister's Barbies all the time to just piss them off, but we never and will never hurt a lady in our life. Again, if someone is to be psychologically affected by this game, then he shouldn't be playing ANYTHING in the first place. I can't stand these stupid attacks in video games anymore... it's just ridiculous!!!
- seneyr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24Honestly can't say that I'm surprised. What's more surprising is that being a Boston paper, they didn't try to get Dr. Jenkins to comment. What's further surprising is the conspicuous lack of Jack Thompson here.
- fotbr, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23Take 2 != 2K Games
- HBNDonut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Atlas says its ok...
- p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18It's not rocket science. A lot of people, when they are angry, listen to rap or rock music, or play video games. Playing GTA and shooting some ***** up can relieve the stress you may be feeling towards people in real life. I think it's quite the opposite that a lot of people would have you think. Video Games and music curb violence, not the other way around. Same for what Urusai was talking about.
- ahhell, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19What the ***** is wrong with you?
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21Actually, the drastic decrease in rapes over the past three decades has been attributed to the increased prevalence of pornography, so maybe you're on to something. I believe the ancient Greeks called it "catharsis".
- seneyr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16He's off watching WWE and making sure BioShock isn't advertised to the 17-25 crowd during that time slot.
- jeffiscool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16But Take Two Owns 2K Games
- adam84a, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15sounds like you might want to find a new job and start using mass transit :)
- potterboy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Next F.E.A.R. will be getting flack for portraying little girls in a negative and demonic fashion.
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16You let moths go? I mean the freaky things deserve nothing less than death. I've had many a night, grabbing my pump action shotgun and manically chasing moths around town. On the way I inevitably eat things off the floor, to restore my health you see.
- 3lijah, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Stop being such a slow-poke Mr. Bubbles.
- Pimpalicious316, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15*****, you mean there's an achievement for saving them all? i've been harvesting all game so i could get more ADAM. oh well, looks like another play-through for me.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+14I / just / finished the game.
I'm surprised to say, it's incredible.. all the way through. Surprised though after the final sequence, a credit scene doesn't roll. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15don't call him you jackass. tho, i guess he has lost practically all of his credibility.
- LilJimmyNordin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Shotgun? Pussy. Real men use the wrench on a moth.
- jedikv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I was bioshocked myself
- Optimaximal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12But guns don't kill people, rappers do!
- MokeyAUS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14I think gaming is only ever going to affect the people who have a problem anyway. For me it's stress relief, I've been playing violent games since I was little, and I'm a fairly non-violent person.
This is biggest fault of the media/Jack Thompson, they refuse to see the positives of violent gaming. The media lives on negativity, so the gaming world suffers. - Optimaximal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Only 3? You missed the rush!
- Inverno, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12like Nicoderm for murder?
- DeathBorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I've played tons of FPSs, and, strangely, the only person I have the urge to kill is the guy that wrote this article. Strange, huh?
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -7/+18Thompsont can't touch this one legally.:
In the settlement, filed with Federal District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga, Thompson has agreed that he:
1.) will not sue or threaten to sue to block sale or distribution of any game published by Take Two or its subsidiaries (i.e., Rockstar).
2.) will not communicate to Take Two or anyone doing business with T2 (like, say Wal-Mart) any accusation that the company committed any wrongdoing by selling its games. Thompson is not restricted from criticizing the content of T2 games, nor is he prevented from acting as counsel in lawsuits brought against Take Two by other parties
3.) will make any future contacts with T2 through its attorneys
For its part Take Two has agreed to dismiss the federal lawsuit and Thompson will drop his counterclaim. T2 has also agreed to drop the Bully contempt of court matter. There was to have been a hearing on the case tomorrow morning, and Thompson could potentially have been jailed if he were found to be in contempt by a Miami-Dade County judge.
http://gamepolitics.com/2007/04/19/breaking-grand-theft-auto-publisher-settles-lawsuit-against-jack-thompson/ - ohsoserial, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11They wouldn't make such a big deal about it if they bothered to know about the achievement for saving the Little Sisters. No self respecting XBox gamer would pass that up.
I haven't killed one yet. .... oh, but I want to. - thugok, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Great logic, lets get rid of religions, buildings, spoons and anything else that could be a detriment to anyone.
- KragTheDigger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10along these lines, I'm waiting for some protest against Spore, once it hits the shelves... since it is all based on the concept of evolution and.. well, we all know how that topic is treated in our advanced society, right ? /sigh
- MWeather, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Maybe he meant it in a fight club way, like "You are not your khakis"
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