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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:03PM Lone Starr said

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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:09PM WiiFTW said

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FEED THE TRAITOR TO THE RANCOR/LOLcats.

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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:09PM Sora said

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GOOD IDEAS?!?! OHNOES!!!!!!
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Posted: May 9th 2008 2:02AM Demaar said

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Exactly. I'm failing to see how making good points makes him a traitor.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 2:58AM Haggard said

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Yeah, they all sound like very reasonable and fair ideas - all of which would give ammo to arguments against 'GTA IV IS CORRUPTING THE CHILDREN' types.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 11:02AM jumpshot said

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I think they're more just pissed at losing so many Bothans. They were keeping them for another post.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:43PM mcarage said

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Protecting the children may help politicians when it comes near election time but the movie industry has some deep pockets and they already use them to protect the game industry just in case what do you think will happen if you go after them directly.

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Posted: May 9th 2008 9:49AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said

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Punctuation, plz.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:54PM (Unverified) said

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I want a kitten.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 9:55PM MisterSmith said

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Those kitties are making me hungry.

nomnomnom
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:05PM Ethan said

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I thought it said "nomination" which, as domination through nom, felt quite appropriate.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:15PM MarkMethenitis said

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I also apparently can't count. There are only nine points, despite my original count of ten.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:25PM (Unverified) said

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He's a witch! Burn him!
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:29PM zkey14 said

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The Joystiq crew sure are bustin' out their vintage internet memes with alarming frequency nowadays.

Save a few of those images and let them age at least until your next weekly reminder that Portal is GOTD (Game Of The Decade(The caeK is a lie ;)))
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:41PM (Unverified) said

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This article is filled with intelligent things. I like it.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 1:21AM imadogg said

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Well said.

Great points. This guy is good.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:44PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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No! Not the battle cats!


Seriously, I think he makes some good points that could even shut up most politicials about 'dem ebil vidya gaems.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 10:46PM (Unverified) said

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See what you get when you try to reasonable? A giant octopus-shaped/dragon-shaped/man-shaped non-euclidian thing out to eat you after it has driven you and your love ones to madness. When will people learn?
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Posted: May 8th 2008 11:25PM Cameage said

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Betrayal, like the Mystik Spiral song.
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Posted: May 8th 2008 11:41PM rTwelve said

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"many Bothans died to bring us this information"

is it one of those days we should be looking for Star Wars references again?
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Posted: May 8th 2008 11:59PM (Unverified) said

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We just got a kitten thats a dead ringer for that little scrapper on the left ... The old lady named her Tigre (Tee-Gray)
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Posted: May 9th 2008 3:02AM Keithustus said

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Don't call him a traitor. He's carefully and logically laying out what all these reactionary fear-mongers need to hear. And it makes sense. Not that I want there to be any laws about games, obviously, but I would be quite entertained for someone to put forward the "Media Child Protection Act" and for libraries to go berserk.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 4:33AM (Unverified) said

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"Unless the game is some sort of sexual simulation, it shouldn't garner an 'AO' rating."


Haha, oh america, your sexual puritanism still amuses even today. while i agree with the AOing of something like super hentai bondage raper 7, whose entire purpose is to tittilate, the fact extreme violence isnt mentioned alongside simulated sex is a lulz.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 4:57AM Xohdus said

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Not all of us are sexual purists. For the most part all this crap is coming from the Christian Fundamentalists that believe that everything that isn't in accordance with the bible must be Satan. I mean if someone created a game where Jesus kicked the shit out of Nazis or something and there was tons of blood they'd probably buy it for their children. Or a game where Jesus made babies and stopped the mother's from having abortions. This is all about people trying to have power over things that they shouldn't. Seriously stop F'ing with my video games and buy you kid a nice toy...I heard legos doesn't portray grisly murders and sex.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 6:47AM EdZ said

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I've always been curious about the 'AO rating = death-knell' problem. Here in the UK at least, 18-rated games regularly make the bestseller list, despite our laws making it illegal to sell them to those under 18 (liability falls on the store clerk who sold the game).
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Posted: May 9th 2008 7:32AM Rususeruru said

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He mentioned books... umm books have been the one sacred medium in American culture since it's inception. Judicial decisions and legislations have set up special provisions to protect books from censorship and keep the government from snooping into what you've been reading. Because of this games have been protected, but as a matter of tradition I doubt that anything curtailing the availability of a book to well anyone really would fly.

*note pornographic periodicals/magazines are not considered books though they have been protected under freedom of speech stuff generally.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 7:33AM Rususeruru said

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*legislation -- CURSE MY INABILITY TO TYPE AT EARLY HOURS!
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Posted: May 9th 2008 9:06AM Mr Khan said

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cultural thing, probably. In America, "Adult" is a byword for pornography, and no one, not the console makers nor the stores, wants to be associated with an "Adult" labeled product, which makes it a de facto banning. Only on PC would this be allowed, because no one has control over licensing and they can be easily distrubted online
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Posted: May 9th 2008 9:15AM LaughingTarget said

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He is a traitor, not just to games but to what America stands for. He is suggesting legislation where none is necessary. The only reasonable intervention already exists in the form of false advertising. If a game/movie/book/etc is sold on the premise it is safe for a 10 year old then proceeds to toss out beheadings and full-frontal nudity, they can step in and slap the publisher for misrepresenting the product.

It is not the Government's place to tell us what we can and can't consume. A store should be able to sell GTA4 to a 16 year old without being fined. That "kid" may have a job, we can't dictate how that "kid" can spend legitimately earned money. If a store choses to sell based on rating recommendations (emphasis on recommendations) to build a public image of responsibility, that's their choice as well.

Legislation on this subject goes beyond the scope of what Congress can do. Industry ratings are not legal requirements and they should not be treated as such via fines.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 9:56AM (Unverified) said

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Good points are suprisingly good.
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