Spencer Halpin's 'Moral Kombat' documentary now on Hulu
by Griffin McElroy 
on Aug 10th 2010 2:15PM
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Reader Comments (23)
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:28PM flyingcolors said
so is it any good?
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:35PM Saladfork said
Well, this ought to be good for a laugh.
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:52PM NineteenEightyNine said
@Saladfork Cause both the Music Labels & Movie Studios are stupid. Then they wonder why piracy?
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Posted: Aug 10th 2010 4:27PM NineteenEightyNine said
@Acosta02 Agreed, but I (like to) still blame the licensers for not making the effort.
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Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:40PM Faerie Tael said
I can't watch a film that interviewed someone who has the gaul to make a comparison between flight simulators used to train the 9/11 hijackers and violent games affect on the game playing population as a whole.
How much more brilliant insight do we need on this topic anyways? Who hasn't made up their mind one way or the other?
How much more brilliant insight do we need on this topic anyways? Who hasn't made up their mind one way or the other?
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:44PM MLC said
W/ the money I'm paying Hulu for Hulu+, I should be able to add this to my queue and watch this own my iPhone or PS3.
Dumb!!!
Dumb!!!
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:53PM SamBeThyName said
How can I get to watch this in the UK?
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 3:01PM NineteenEightyNine said
@SamBeThyName It's on iTunes don't know if it's available in the UK (iTunes) If you're desperate, You could make a fake US account and rent it. Thats what I'm thinking of doing.
Question (for those who have seen it ): Is it worth 4 bucks?
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Question (for those who have seen it ): Is it worth 4 bucks?
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 3:04PM Iron Man said
Clever title
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 5:47PM Iron Man said
@Acosta02
Nah it's just another useless attack on video games being linked to violence, and while it's already been proved that this isn't true, moronic parents will watch it and deprive their kids of something that actually RELIEVES stress, not creates it (with the exception of MW2 :P)
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Nah it's just another useless attack on video games being linked to violence, and while it's already been proved that this isn't true, moronic parents will watch it and deprive their kids of something that actually RELIEVES stress, not creates it (with the exception of MW2 :P)
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 5:32PM Mortegro said
Some day these sortsof things will be less sensationalistic and more substance. If your goal is for sound bites for knee jerk politicians and news media, bravo. If your goal is to add something to the academic discussion, fail.
Extra Lives: Why video games matter.
By Tom Bissell
You'll get something out of that this documentary could only dream of achieving.
Extra Lives: Why video games matter.
By Tom Bissell
You'll get something out of that this documentary could only dream of achieving.
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 7:46PM incredibilistic said
Excellent! Very well produced and executed with really inventive imagery.
The only points I found really asinine was the analogy to a boxing game being violent (I guess the sport it's trying to portray doesn't exist in real life) and the fact that Liberman advocated violence against those that make violent videogames by dropping them into an ocean with a stone around their neck.
Otherwise I loved it and I would consider buying it and showing it to family and friends.
The only points I found really asinine was the analogy to a boxing game being violent (I guess the sport it's trying to portray doesn't exist in real life) and the fact that Liberman advocated violence against those that make violent videogames by dropping them into an ocean with a stone around their neck.
Otherwise I loved it and I would consider buying it and showing it to family and friends.
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 8:58PM Altairio said
Interesting factoid: Spencer Halpin is the brother of Hal Halpin, who runs the shady-billing-practices ECA organization and holds the distinguished Most Memorable CAG Villain 2009 award.
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 11:12PM Lordstrom said
I'm watching it right now and it's overproduced garbage. Every pundit is speaking with a constant swirl of random images flying around them. It's giving me a headache.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 3:41AM KentuckyFrydCow28 said
Jack Thompson is one of the experts commenting in the movie.
It is claimed that one kid learned how to fire a weapon from playing violent games.
Doom is referred to as a training exercise countless times.
I guess theirs really no point in watching after 20 minutes if its just going to be more of this.
It is claimed that one kid learned how to fire a weapon from playing violent games.
Doom is referred to as a training exercise countless times.
I guess theirs really no point in watching after 20 minutes if its just going to be more of this.
Posted: Aug 11th 2010 9:42AM Erluti said
Can't watch it anymore after 24 minutes.
Just imagine a video game montage with Jack Thompson and Game Informer instead of Linkin Park.
Just imagine a video game montage with Jack Thompson and Game Informer instead of Linkin Park.
