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Agreed. That gets my vote.

That's Dueling Analogs for you.

So it's the artist's fault that Jesus fell in love with a whore?

On topic, VGCats. Finally, one that's actually funny.

Get a life and learn to take a joke

"Who are you joystiq to post such a an offensive joke?"

They're a tongue-in-cheek video game news website. Thusly, they should attempt to make people laugh, and if people are offended, well, those people should probably go into the real world and experience the worst kinds of bigots, then come back and see whether a joke was worth getting offended over.

I don't see why religeous people get so wound up about jokes about their religeon. To many people the idea of a god is ludicrous and obviously I'd expect people to make fun of what I believed in if I believed in Xanu or a tea kettle of almighty power. You should ignore these jokes if you care that much about them. I ignore all the idiots who believe I'm immoral because I'm an Athiest, I think that's a little more hurting than someone animating Jesus making a save from a penalty :P

Allow me to start by saying:
Jesus is F'ing Metal.
That being said, this is a mockery of art. Also known as parody. People often confuse the two. Separate for a moment, if you will, the works of Michelangelo, (Leonardo) da Vinci, Donatello, and Raphael (artists not turtles) from the church. What they created were tools designed to inspire and increase interest in the faith not be worshiped as the faith itself. Pietà is not the Virgin Mary holding Jesus, it's Michelangelo's interpretation of emotion and story. So don't get your knickers in a knot. Be the better person, accept this for what it is even if you don't like it. If you decide not to visit Joystiq anymore that's fine, a few less hits and less revenue. That's YOUR choice, but don't yell at them for double the standards that are being perpetuated by a conflict of cultures, histories, and religions. The west has a long tradition of liberties, Joystiq is primarily catering to a western audience. It stands to reason that they would post something that can be protected by freedom of speech/expression. But please do not confuse art and religion. The Sistine Chapel is a holy location that wouldn't mean art in it is holy. The same can be said for the Last Supper Mural. It was commissioned by a family it is an artists interpretation of the last supper and was created for profit, by itself it is not holy. It may represent that to you but it's just a representation and besides the comic is more a satire of the times clearly it's poking more fun at the Da Vinci Code's popularity than anything else.

So angryguy isn't just a clever name, eh?

I think you should be more offended over the fact that it was a terrible fucking joke in the first place, and the only way that DA could justify putting it on the site was tacking Mario in somewhere in the comic.

Yeah, i thought you were going somewhere semi-agreeable with that rant, the whole "we should make fun of things equally" stance. However, it turns out that you just suck and want us to not parody things at all. Religion is sertious business.

alright.
well, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Every week needs it. Except that this week i actually laughed at one, so ignore my last statement for this week. Thanks.

NEDM!

SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS.

Cya, Mr Johnson...

You sir are WRONG! The Zero Punctuation reviews are holy to Joystiq, LONG LIVE YAHTZEE!
for a serious reply read my separation of art and divinity on the previous outcry.

Yahtzee and Jesus should both be in Smash Brothers Brawl.

Clack wins.

Interesting that a Christian would say something as crass and against their own set of morals as 'Go to hell'...

The only thing sacred to me is Miyamoto. People attack him every day, and I don't flip out about how sacred he is or how I have several shrines to him or how I sacrifice virgins to his immaculate level design or tell them to respect my religion or ask them how they'd like it if I insulted whatever they love. I just say "Hey man fuck you, he's pretty dope" and everything works out.

Yes, religion is "serious fucking business".

But I also recognize this as a joke in bad taste, but its mostly parodying the Da Vinci Code, which was sac religious.

Have you played Portal? Else there is nothing to "get"

alas, no, i can do no more but admire that game from afar

no 360 or PS3, and my PC just isn't cut out for games (even games where it meets the recommended requirements, they just wind up being buggy, slow, and inexplicably freezing at random intervals)

I'd rather that they didn't apologize and that you didn't come back. One right that people forget that they don't have, is the right not to be offended. I'm offended every day by things, but the only person who's problem it is is MINE. Hell, I'm offended at your insulting posts to Joystiq, and unless you apologize, I won't be reading your posts. Hmmmpff!

You know what? I can't think of anything to say that would make sense to you...

Hell, I'll go ahead and try. Once upon a time Carlos Mencia did a show in front of a bunch of handicapped people and didn't want to tell any jokes about that demographic. However, they called for the jokes during the show themselves. What he ended up saying is, "If you can't tell a joke about a kind of people to their face, it's obviously not funny." Now here I am, a Roman Catholic, reading your absurd reasoning and saying, "Hey, that's a pretty funny comic panel."

I'll have to assume you never read/saw the Da Vinci Code or you'd at least have some sense of humor in this vein. But hell, I have never understood people that get offended by jokes so whatever. Have fun if you're not coming back, if you do come back, practice the old teaching "Turn the other cheek."

We're from the generation (or at least i am) that's not supposed to be offended by anything

Personally, i don't like the joke, but that's more because it just isn't funny to me

But, in this world, you have to be prepared to have your beliefs ridiculed, whether it be faith, politics, whatever. I can understand that you are offended, certainly, but assuming Joystiq to be under some kind of moral responsibility to please everyone certainly isn't true (otherwise the recent posts about the PS3 would've been a lot more neutral in tone)

Cry moar retard, I wish people would stop being so goddamn sensitive. Bye bye, one less whiner on Joystiq.

Also, I would like to add that Allah and God are the same person.

I'm a Sunni muslim and I wouldn't have been offended by either of those examples.

Wouldn't stop me from viewing it as a lame joke, but in all honesty someone else's political or religious ignorance means nothing to me unless it directly effects me.

Even though Joystiq is responsible for its writers, I don't think you should leave just because Ross Miller has a different taste in humor than you. So just let it go, come back and read what the other writers have to say if you can't stand him.

Seriously, do you typically ignore someone for making or acknowlegding several a few bad jokes here and there? I still think his content has value even though I may not agree with him or other writers on some things.

-several(I was hoping the strike tags would work on it)

i hate to do this but after looking at your profile

"Rumorong: Resident Evil 5 and Devil May Cry 4 demos on RE: Extinction Blu-ray disc
Joystiq

Nov 16th 2007 4:24PM Call Al Sharpton and Rev. Jackson....PC fighting force form and detroy free speech!!!!!!"

you appear to have taken the hypocritic oath

so just because you're offended joystiq should post an apology? i guess mel brooks should apologize for every jew joke he's ever told and all of his movies should be banned