Let me start off with this blog by showing you the original Kotaku article. http://kotaku.com/5817529/t...
Kotaku: Jon Stewart fumbles the ball on his take down of the Supreme Court's decision to rule that video games are protected speech this week, forgetting that he's living in the same glass house.
Ironically, Stewart uses the very graphic video game images he thinks should be criminalized, on a television show that is itself protected speech.
Get back to me when you think it should be illegal for a 17 to watch your show Jon. That pointed out the same thing Kotaku tried to point out( http://www.warpzoned.com/?p... The point is when
The video in question: http://www.thedailyshow.com...
Wait I didn't hear where he said "Violent video games should be banned."
You didn't either? Weird, how that works. Jon Stewart wasn't defending the law that recently got shot down(EMA Vs. Brown) Jon was saying it's ironic that Violent Content is allowed, but sexy
content isn't.
I agree that it's weird that violence is more acceptable than sexy content is. It's the complete opposite for other countries, where violence is frowned upon, and sexy content isn't.
I do think when purchasing something that has an "M" rating parents should do their research, and not let the games babysit their kids. If parents think their kids are old enough, and mature enough to play a game, then more power to them, because it's their kid, and the same goes for movies, and music.
It should be noted that yes, just like a butt, everyone has an opinion, and this one's mine.
The only thing that is weird about the bill is that Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the people behind it, because he's starred in such films as The Terminator, The Predator movies, and the Conan films.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Replaced is a staggering visual achievement, blending 2.5D retro-futurism with a captivatingly grim premise.
Pragmata has sold 1 million copies in two days, Capcom has announced.
I didn't know it came out last Friday, or I would have bought the game. I will try again for this upcoming weekend.
Im really digging it. It reminds me of games from the PS2 era, not visually or how it plays, but like the spirit of it. If you were around for that golden age of gaming, you’ll get what I mean when you play this.
Have you tried Kanitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (also Capcom)? That feels like a PS2-era Capcom game.
Agreed! The art style is amazing in that game. I bought it immediately after I played the demo but haven't started it lol
I want a physical copy of that game sooo bad. It seems like it won’t happen and I may have to use some of my Xmas PS gift cards I always get this winter but I’m still holding out with very little hope.
I know what you mean. I think it really feels like Vanquish, with some Dead Space and Binary Domain thrown in. So maybe more PS3 era but yes it is great.
The next thing I'm mine when I've had my fill of crimson desert. A nice linear action game to contrast the open ended 😗👌
Nice blog post!
One part of it got me thinking though.
"I agree that it's weird that violence is more acceptable than sexy content is. It's the complete opposite for other countries, where violence is frowned upon, and sexy content isn't."
I perceive it more that either the countries frown upon sexy content and accept violence, or they ban both.
Do you have an example of a country where sexy content is ok and violent is not? Germany or Australia perhaps? Not sure though.
Crescente is a boob. It's not the first time, won't be the last. Giving Kotaku more hits won't help that. That site walks a line between trolling and fear-mongering nowadays, better to just let them fade into obscurity.
Good read. These people protesting games should take a good look at the world in which we live & shut the fuck up. If I see another "study" about how gaming is "equvalant to snorting coke", Im going postal.
Games are just another entertainment media like movies, books and music, If you go far enough back each one of these has had similar issues. We had the same crap with Punk and Heavy metal music apparently melting the kids minds, Games are just the new punching bag of choice for these people who need to point the finger of blame at anything but themselves.
You might want to add some quotes around the actual kotaku quote, lol.
I think that gamers and media consumers need a reality check before they get defensive in way that makes them look delusional.
People's trepidation about violent videogames stems from the violence. Its a mistake to try to hide the violence and divert back to the "art" defense solely as talking point. Or even worse, attack the opponent in question without actually making any real points. It just makes them look ignorant and unaware of simple truths:
"Yes, I enjoy beating the crap out of my opponent and watching their blood spatter." is a truth that you wont hear very often.
If people can't find a way to admit to simple things like that, what insight could they possibly offer about anything, let alone an analysis of a show not meant to be analyzed.