Dante's Inferno draws fire for baby murder Achievement
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Oct 23rd 2009 at 4:00AM } 
We here at Joystiq are thoroughly offended too, though mostly because we know that more than one person on staff will be once again be forced into a morally compromising position in the endless hunt for virtual grandeur.
Gallery: Dante's Inferno
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
brettjr @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:03AM
Without actually knowing the scenario or whether or not these are super big demon babies or whatever, I have to admit that achievement sounds pretty fucked up and kinda does offend me in a way that I have to turn my head away briefly, make a dirty look and quickly scroll away from the article.
tafuub @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:43AM
Ya I'm sure these are innocent chibi babies all crying and crawling around wondering why they are in hell.
Their in HELL you idiot. What's there to figure out.
Geist @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:51AM
They're not in hell, they're in purgatory. That's where unbaptized babies go.
Obie @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:54AM
In Dead Space you also killed mutant necromorph babies , they were smart enough not to call em "babies" so no one cared.
Space @ Oct 23rd 2009 9:05AM
how in the hell did this organization even find out about this achievement?!
"I was just going about my day, stomping babies, minding my own business when out of nowhere, to my horror...BAD NANNY, BABY KILLER...pops up on my screen!"
Whocares @ Oct 23rd 2009 10:02AM
yeah i know, how do a random nanny asociation know about the achievements before most hardcore gamers....another crazy PR stunt me thinks.
brettjr @ Oct 23rd 2009 11:29AM
You're the idiot tafuub, the babies are their because they died before getting baptized, meaning they didn't get to wash away their sins they're born with so they can't get into heaven. Yet I'm stupid because I get a little offended by being rewarded for murdering them?
ytilanigiroon @ Oct 23rd 2009 12:12PM
It's not like the achievement is called "You're a nanny and are associated with the INA!"
It reads "Bad Nanny", as in, one that probably isn't related to the INA... I didn't even know there was an INA... Huh, lookie there International Nanny Association, this "offensive" video game just got your name out!
brettjr @ Oct 23rd 2009 2:07PM
I'm not defending the Nanny group at all. I'm just saying it's a little fucked up to be killing babies and the game going, Good job! That's all.
anthonyjh @ Oct 23rd 2009 2:27PM
Hilarity combo. None of you actually know what baptism is for, and those of you who would have problems killing little demon babies in a video game are hypocrites.
ZEBRA NINER @ Oct 30th 2009 12:08AM
Cheevo! w00t.
HippoHero @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:25PM
Don't be offended! They're already in hell, see? They're already dead. So it's really not baby-killing at all.
It's double baby-killing.
JACK @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:27PM
@brettjr " didn't get to wash away their sins they're born with so they can't get into heaven"
that must be because you have a religion, see, some people don't have a religion. So just deal with it, like the deal with you. As far as I can tell this is another stunt from EA.
PS: babies born with sins ? -_-
Brysonial the Bison @ Oct 23rd 2009 8:08PM
wow i wonder if the nannies would be mad if they had called the achievment "it's not the nannies fault" instead of "bad nanny". Seriously though making an achievment about killing babies is asking for trouble i mean wasn't there a incident similar to this were there was something about little red riding hood killing 100 children achievement, but i guess that was a long time ago.
Fane [Grammar Police - Power Of Pedantry] @ Oct 24th 2009 6:18PM
@ Geist (it's way up near the top of this thread)
Actually, unbaptized babies go to Limbo (which in The Divine Comedy is the first level of the Inferno), not Purgatory.
What would they have to purge?
8-bit.artist @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:07AM
No it isnt!
kojo87 @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:12AM
well murdering babies would be some pretty bad nanny work. wouldn't this be more offensive if the achievement was called "Good Nanny"?
leetkeedy @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:56PM
We are the International (evil) Nanny association. We do far worse than killing babies, and will not put up with our presidential title (Bad Nanny) being given away for eating any less than 100 infants per day.
-Your local I(e)NA Rep.
Nadril @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:27AM
The Nanny's are just pissed that their secret underground baby murdering ring has been exposed.
aaronx_x @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:39AM
INA supports demon babies.
CaramelZappa @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:44AM
I wish people didn't get so easily offended.
Alex @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:56AM
I know. If this achievement is present in the final build, next time a kid under 4 is killed, this will be blamed.
The only people who kill because of what happens in a game/movie/song/book etc. are mentally unhinged. I think most of the time you can see who is going to go insane. Like that German kid who plays UT 03. If he was waiting in the queue in GAME, shouting about it, I wouldn't sell him the game. Simples.
Here's the German kid. For good time's sake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QxLpS3aIM
Mazrael @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:49AM
We killed 'babies' in Dead Space, they were creepy as hell.. What's the big deal here!?
NOOK @ Oct 23rd 2009 6:11AM
You do know that kid is an actor, right?
Geist @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:52AM
Your comment offends me.
XBL: xGeneral DEATHx PSN: Deeth82 [Planeteer | Power of General Hostility and Angst] @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:54AM
I just don't get what this really changes for the "INA" (if such a thing really exists). If they changed the name, then wow, congratulations...now try changing something in the REAL world, like feeding truly horrible parents that purposely abuse their children into a woodchipper...now THAT'S change.
bamb0o-stick @ Oct 23rd 2009 10:24AM
General Death: Agreed. They should be out there dealing with parents that pretend their kids are lost in UFO balloons.
This article still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Why would a nanny organization care about a game that's way too inappropriate for children anyway? Not only is there intense violence, but seriously twisted sexual themes as well. Assuming their main focus are babies, how the heck did they wander into a subject as a Dante's Inferno game? Are they saying its bad to be considered a good nanny if you kill demon babies in purgatory?
Dark Emerald @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:12AM
Hahaha "Game Politics". What a joke!
Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Oct 23rd 2009 1:16PM
There *is* a joke here, but you haven't found it yet.
Paul @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:48AM
Wouldn't a more general 'Bad Human Being' name be more appropriate? Or just make it 'By getting this achievement I admit there is a moral defect with my soul'?
I kid on that last one. I'm sure the killing of heathen babies is totally justified in context ;D
(( What kind of dev would make slaughtering infants a serious part of their artistic expression? ))
Paul @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:50AM
Sorry, I think my comment came off too critical of the game. I really don't think it's anything more than a media freakout about something that's truly trivial.
And it's especially ridiculous to think that a nanny association is taking offense that their occupation is being used in that way. I mean hitch-hiking groups don't freak out about every other horror movie that's made right??
Derick @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:52AM
If hitch-hikers organized you'd think they'd be able to pool their money and get a fuckin car.
D0V3Y @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:13AM
Derick +1 for epic wins :D
MowDownJoe @ Oct 23rd 2009 2:31PM
Nah, Derick... they'd just buy a bunch of towels.
Derick @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:51AM
I'm torn. I want to think these Nanny bitches are being stupid because they are. But I also don't like baby killing. shooot. I'm just gonna walk away...
Avatar @ Oct 23rd 2009 8:53AM
Hey Derick, what's red, white, black, and screams?
Skinned babies in a garbage bag.
Timdogg @ Oct 23rd 2009 10:41AM
What is blue and orange and at the bottom of a pool....a dead baby with slashed floaties.
What is red and orange and at the top of the poo...a slashed baby with floaties.
Ok, I am done offending.
dobbybabee @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:54PM
What's gross?
A pile of dead babies.
What's grosser than that?
A live baby under the pile.
What's worse than that?
The baby has to eat it's way out.
What's more horrific than that?
The baby comes back for seconds.
Rhamsey @ Oct 23rd 2009 4:51AM
They are trying to hard.
shibathedog @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:04AM
So your telling me I can simulate a mass murder of babies in this game? I changed my mind, I'm getting this game.
dmd @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:08AM
This is juts silly. Almost stupid, really. In order to avoid any problems all they have to do is to change an achievements’ name. I'd say why not just do it and be done with it? This way the nannies will be able to enjoy the game as much as the rest of the world.
Batzarro @ Oct 23rd 2009 9:46AM
I would let it stew a bit, let more externnal media pick it up. Then, when there controversy is almost over wham! Change the achievement to "Bad Sitter"
dmd @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:11AM
"We are the International (evil) Nanny association. We do far worse than killing babies, and will not put up with our presidential title (Bad Nanny) being given away for eating any less than 100 infants per day.
-Your local I(e)NA Rep."
It's 06:10am in here and this post already made my day! haha
x)
mwrench @ Oct 23rd 2009 6:44AM
What I fail to understand is, no human rights league or other similar group gets pissed at video games for killing humans, ghosts, aliens, demons, etc. I wonder someone is going to accuse this game of being racist. People are so f'ing stupid...Why bother even making babies anymore? We are all defective models.
Mika101 @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:46AM
This reminds me of a joke.
How do you get a 1000 babies into a phone booth?................ with a blender.
How do you get them out?.................. with a straw.
Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Oct 23rd 2009 9:59AM
How do you make a baby float?
Take your foot off of it.
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:15AM
Waitwaitwait. If the babies are in hell, doesn't that mean they're already dead? How can you kill them? So are you saying that these are live babies that have somehow ended up in hell? In that case, wouldn't killing them put them out of their misery?
Yea. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Xero @ Oct 23rd 2009 5:38AM
Logic +1
thain @ Oct 23rd 2009 8:55AM
So what happens to stuff in hell that you kill?
I guess thats why they have the 9 levels of hell, maybe you just fall to the next one, then get recycled to the top when you hit bottom.
Come Get Me!!! @ Oct 23rd 2009 9:48AM
@WiredKnight.
i have to say i have never thought about it like that. and it makes a ton of sense.
bad things will come of this..i can see that bitch nancy grace making a big deal outta this....i hate that woman like the klan hates obama.