After the break we have a video from GayGamer.net where one of their readers created a gamertag of "Gay Boy," went into Halo 3 online, and recorded the effect. The video is not safe for work because unlike the FOX news piece, there isn't a censor. And just to be clear, Xbox Live is a great service, but boy are there a lot of people using the anonymity of the internet and children without parents on there. Don't be surprised when the Halo 3 "mute button" is named the invention of the year in our '07 wrap-up posts.
Update: Xbox's Major Nelson (Larry Hryb) made a statement on the GayGamer video.
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I know, it's just nice to be able to mute multiple people quickly. If you are in a game, you don't really want to waste time muting your entire game thru the XBL blade because they annoy the hell out of you.
I know, it's just nice to be able to mute multiple people quickly. If you are in a game, you don't really want to waste time muting your entire game thru the XBL blade because they annoy the hell out of you.
I actually just start muting people immediately before the match starts anymore.
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and I just put my headset on my computer speakers and turn music on :)
"Game Experience May Change During Online Play", is the type of notice that indicates this sort of thing.
Not the general rating.
If only it were ever as simple as that...
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Gimme a break.
So this is just the media coming up with a topic that isn't new and blowing it out of proportion.
Fox sucks anyways.
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"Even if they did know how to use the parental controls... first they have to learn how to use the controller!"
Maybe they should learn how to be parents and not buy their twelve-year olds Halo 3
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Hope he reported all of them.
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Really now, there has to be a better way. I closed my Live account because the negative experiences far outweighed the positive ones, as I'd much rather my online gaming be about building relationships and experiences within the gaming community than be told I'm gay a million times over.
I love the idea behind Live, and while it's arguably the best of the console-based online services out there, I really don't see it as being executed that well.
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Make no mistake, there's no "fairness" in denegrating others like a fuck-tard.
It's like a white kid going into the wrong part of town at night. Youre asking for it. Dont do it. Its not right what goes on, but dont tempt fate.
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"The best defense for a child is an active parent."
Wow. Too bad this actual nugget of wisdom got buried in the rest of this FUD report.
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"and guess who's listening?... Your children."
No asshole... you know who is saying that shit!?!
YOUR CHILDREN!
Seriously, its the under 18 demographic that makes those racist, homophonic and whatever else kind of slurs.
Research your work!
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Of all the games I've played, the older skewing the audience, the less obnoxious the online chatter is. I've also noticed (being on the west coast), the later you play, the older the gamers get...and on the whole, a whole lot less annoying.
That Fox report had to be the most hypocritical peice of garbage I've seen in a while. Instead of asking the kids how much they've HEARD that kind of language, they should've asked how many times they SAID it.
It's the KIDS that talk 90% of the trash. Shame on fox for painting them so innocent.
Oh, and seriously though, normal kids don't use bad words when they're at home due to respect for their parents. But they can trash talk all they want when they're outside with their friends, so they're not as "innocent" as Fox wants to make us believe.
Hence, your comment about them saying the damned shit.
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the only other game I own currently for the PS3 is RFoM. (and soon Uncharted!!).
"But when PSN becomes as big as live,"
haha
I mean, it's on thing to say nobody is using PSN. But you should at least have a PS3 to back this statement up. But then again, if you had a PS3, you wouldn't make such a statement regardless.
If you have kids, put the parental controls on. blah.
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