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I agree 100%. It's sad what society has become, religion has had a big part in this because of it's views on sex and sexually explicit things. It's created this view in society of doing anything possible to shield children from anything remotely sexual to keep them "pure". It's ridiculous. It's people forcing their views on everyone else.
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its annoy how they jump on games and blame a murder on game when movies like Hostile gets free pass.
WTF
... and it's really time the videogames-industry grows up and gets mature about it. I've been saying this same thing for many MANY years now.
I remember a discussion at my old place of work (videogame-magazine), where I got into a discussion with someone who loved shooters. I said if they wanted to make those vietnam-shooters a bit 'cooler', more realistic and 'original', they should include young vietnamese kids with guns in that game as your opponents as well. Make them quicker, difficult to hit, maybe give you moral choices, etc etc.
Boy... pretty much the whole office was on my back, that stuff like that shouldn't be in games, that killing kids ain't 'cool', etc etc.
Apparantly, they feel killing adults in games is fine, but kids, disabled people, elderly, pets, whatever... well... that's just 'not done!'(!)
I also vividly remember the discussions on here when I mentioned that it's a shame that there were no children in GTA4, or on other messageboards where I felt sad that Fable didnt give you the freedom it promised to be a baby-murdering bastard.
Now... I'm not saying I hate children or would ever harm them. In fact, I LOVE (most) kids of all ages. However, in games where 'freedom' is kinda promised, you don't want to be 'limited' by that kind of hypocritical censorship. I don't want others to decide what is morally wrong for me to do in a videogame.
I always mention the Chick'nKick'n in Fable. You kick a defenseless chicken around FOR FUN!!! And in the game, it IS actually kinda fun. Not even so much the actual action, but moreso the freedom to do that if and when you like.
Now, does that make me harm animals in real life? Has it changed my view on animals and how much fun it is to harm them!? Hell no. In fact, I can't even bring myself to squash a spider (I usually put them outside). I feed the ducks in my backyard on pretty much a daily basis. I pet every cat that comes near. I LOVE animals. But I also love being able to do some Chick'nKick'n in Fable.
I guess people that don't play games can't understand and thus can't accept the difference between what you do in a game, and how that relates to what you do and how you are in real life. That's a shame, but it will change over time. More and more people grow up with games and see it for what it is: interactive ENTERTAINMENT that allows you opportunities and freedom you don't have in your real life.
The videogame-industry needs to straighten up, and act mature. If a game benefits from sex and violence, it should be included. Developers should stop censoring themselfs, and they should stop accepting that others are trying to censor them!
In my mind, it's pretty simple : People who are "offended" and complain about stuff are cancers.
They reach the very limits of irresponsibility and selfishness. They are filthy beings that make you feel bad even though you're on the good side. They think they can decide what others should be able to see and what they shouldn't. With all this over-protection, they cause kids to become violent and then they blame video games so they can prove their points. As soon as you try to tell them that people should be allowed to see whatever they wanna see, they come down on you with their hordes of over-protective parents and brainwashed conservative people.
Censorship makes people become retarded and irresponsible. It makes them think they're in a beautiful world and they just have to follow everything the State tells them to do. It's MY moral responsibility to avoid certain things if I think they're unacceptable. Not the State's, not our parents'. Even playing unacceptably violent games isn't immoral. It depends on WHY you play the game.
Games aren't videogames anymore. They're interactive movies. They should be on the exact same level as movies.
-srsly.