ECA rally before the Supreme Court violent game hearing captured on video
by Griffin McElroy 
on Nov 30th 2010 5:00AM
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Posted: Nov 30th 2010 5:30AM Unvrfd said
This somehow reminds me of the fake anti-Dante's Inferno rally.
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 5:35AM Revengez said
Someone should hold a sign that says "DONT CENSOR MY ABADAH!"
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 5:35AM Revengez said
Someone should hold a sign that says "DONT CENSOR MY ABADAH!"
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 5:43AM Mr Period said
you tell'em mario
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 8:15AM commonperson said
Did Greenburg call Vampire: The Masqurade RPG a "Paper Videogame"? Audio is crapp on my laptop so can't tell.
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 11:03AM commonperson said
@Anticrawl Ugh. I thought so, man. As a video gamer AND a pen and paper RPG player this really makes me feel like some of the people behind my hobbies are spazzes. That being said I remember a story a friend told me back "in the day" he worked in the game industry and had to deal with the founders of White Wolf.
These guys became very rich very fast (not as rich as the WotC folks but still pretty rich.) They blew a lot of it on blow and women burning through millions. I'm guessing this may have something to do with crazy talk like paper video games.
Mind then there's Reinhagen who quit WW to explore "creating online virtual communities" and basically went weird dropping off the grid and becoming involved in Georgian (European Georgia) politics. These WW people are weird to begin with throw politics in the mix it gets super wacky.
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These guys became very rich very fast (not as rich as the WotC folks but still pretty rich.) They blew a lot of it on blow and women burning through millions. I'm guessing this may have something to do with crazy talk like paper video games.
Mind then there's Reinhagen who quit WW to explore "creating online virtual communities" and basically went weird dropping off the grid and becoming involved in Georgian (European Georgia) politics. These WW people are weird to begin with throw politics in the mix it gets super wacky.
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 11:04AM commonperson said
@Anticrawl ugh that was me. Having commenting weirdness. Mind first weirdness to the move to the new layout given the crazies I used to have on a daily basis not going to complain. :-P
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Posted: Nov 30th 2010 10:31AM benheck said
Ever notice most laws passed "for the children" basically protect them from their own crappy parents, at the expense of everyone's elses taxes or freedoms?
How about a crappy parent tax?
How about a crappy parent tax?
Posted: Nov 30th 2010 12:32PM knetworx said
The mother with the 10-year-old son (early in the video) is what this is all about. She is a parent who takes an interest in what her son is doing, and doesn't leave it up to the government to raise her children for her. Parents need to take responsibility for their own children, and pay attention to what they spend their time on. We don't need more laws on violent video games, we need more laws on bad parents.
As a parent and a developer of violent video games, I am strongly against this legislation. We make mature games for mature players, and it's up to us as parents to determine what is appropriate for our children. My child will not play any of the games that I make until I determine that he is mature enough to separate games from reality. That is my job. That is what I signed up for when I decided to procreate. In the meantime, I have every right to play mature games while my son is out of the house or in bed, and there is no reason that my publisher, my studio, or myself, should be hindered in our expression of art and free speech for fear of government penalties.
As a parent and a developer of violent video games, I am strongly against this legislation. We make mature games for mature players, and it's up to us as parents to determine what is appropriate for our children. My child will not play any of the games that I make until I determine that he is mature enough to separate games from reality. That is my job. That is what I signed up for when I decided to procreate. In the meantime, I have every right to play mature games while my son is out of the house or in bed, and there is no reason that my publisher, my studio, or myself, should be hindered in our expression of art and free speech for fear of government penalties.
