The Leicestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership recently published a pixelated PSA with an important message for sexually active gamers: You have to use your speed burst after hitting the Condom block on World 1-3 in order to catch it before it falls in the bottomless pit. Or something.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:09AM mrmobius said
She definitely had a lot of STIs if I've read into this video correctly. Not worth it even with a condom...
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:11AM BlackedOut said
Man, check out those pixels. I'd hit dat.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:12AM asojax said
So according to this PSA, you can't have sex without a condom or you die, alcohol makes you naked automatically, and STI's stand for sexually transmitted Intelligence? I'm well aware of what an STD is and have avoided them but STI? oh and condoms apparently are as big as they were in the naked gun...Awesome
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:56AM FoxKit said
@asojax I agree with all of your points except for the one about STIs. STI stands for Sexually Transmitted Infection and it is the generally accepted term in the medical community for not only diseases but also viruses that can be transmitted though intercourse. (Like HIV or HPV.)
The more you know.~
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The more you know.~
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 6:12AM asojax said
@FoxKit
Must be a more recent term, I've honestly never heard of an STI, so to me it really came off as poor terminology, but now that i know what it stands for it makes a little more sense.
Although watching this video a second time i do wonder what the hell were they thinking all this video does is make me wanna go rob a store of it's enormous condoms that will cover my body. Whatever the creators where going for seems to be lost in translation with the giant condoms, getting naked from drinking and all those STI's.
Just remember kids you too can have sex with anyone as long as you use a condom... I think that might be the point.
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Must be a more recent term, I've honestly never heard of an STI, so to me it really came off as poor terminology, but now that i know what it stands for it makes a little more sense.
Although watching this video a second time i do wonder what the hell were they thinking all this video does is make me wanna go rob a store of it's enormous condoms that will cover my body. Whatever the creators where going for seems to be lost in translation with the giant condoms, getting naked from drinking and all those STI's.
Just remember kids you too can have sex with anyone as long as you use a condom... I think that might be the point.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 7:36AM 2late2die said
@asojax I really do wonder what's the deal with the "naked after drinking" thing. Besides, they said alcohol affects performance, so why the heck do they show the guy showing up drunk and naked and scoring... though on second thought, it does look like he finished pretty fast, maybe that's the "affects performance" part ;)
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Posted: Dec 9th 2010 2:24PM mrmobius said
@asojax
STI and STD are interchangeable in the medical community. I more often hear STI used now than STD from doctors, though haven't been to the GUM clinic (Genito-urinary) yet (medical student, not STI riddled gamer, just before we get lines crossed...)
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STI and STD are interchangeable in the medical community. I more often hear STI used now than STD from doctors, though haven't been to the GUM clinic (Genito-urinary) yet (medical student, not STI riddled gamer, just before we get lines crossed...)
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:15AM BananaBoat said
As a fellow gamer, I'd just like to point out the Alanis Morrisettian irony of a safe sex PSA directed at gamers.
I guess you never know what Rosy Palms might have contracted....you don't know where she's been.
I guess you never know what Rosy Palms might have contracted....you don't know where she's been.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:16AM BananaBoat said
As a fellow gamer, I'd just like to point out the Alanis Morrisettian irony of a safe-sex PSA directed at gamers.
I guess you never know what Rosy Palms might have contracted....you don't know where she's been.
I guess you never know what Rosy Palms might have contracted....you don't know where she's been.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:25AM Ospov said
Just like real life!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:27AM xXPKstarXx said
i would rock her 8-bits! oh right! giggty! :D
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:29AM ThatStuffsLethal said
So... Megaman mixed with Sonic mixed Mario mixed with Dr. Mario mixed with Custer's Revenge, apparently..
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:32AM peternography said
what's the point? most gamers don't even get laid
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 5:18AM BananaBoat said
@peternography - I think shared K-12 virginity is one of the foundations upon which our fandom rests.
Having said that, you should accompany this kind of news with a joke. I have no doubt that I will be downvoted (I'd downvote me. Accidental double posting bastard that I am) but at least I'll know that I provided a chuckle before I went down in flames.
(Just remember youngling gamers: It all gets better in college. Just stay off the drugs, stay reasonably fit, and wait it out)
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Having said that, you should accompany this kind of news with a joke. I have no doubt that I will be downvoted (I'd downvote me. Accidental double posting bastard that I am) but at least I'll know that I provided a chuckle before I went down in flames.
(Just remember youngling gamers: It all gets better in college. Just stay off the drugs, stay reasonably fit, and wait it out)
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 5:18AM soopahfly said
Come on, instead of that "coin" noise at the end, it was crying out for a 1UP!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 5:27AM Milkman4321 said
So how long until someone makes this PSA a flashgame? And ew it didn't even go over pregnancy he just wanted to be with a girl with alot of STD's.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 5:34AM BananaBoat said
@Milkman4321 - They should have gone over what happens when the condom breaks. It could be a Mass Effect style RPG.
"Your only condom has burst. What do you do?"
1: Immediately tell her and withdraw
2: Don't tell her and use the pull out method
3: Don't tell her and act like you had no idea.
Options 1 provides a lot of Paragon points. 2 provides neither Paragon nor Renegade points. Option 3 provides Renegade points, with a dice roll determining whether or not impregnation has occurred. Options 2 and 3 have a chance of the relationship ending, while option 1 comes with a high probability of blue balls.
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"Your only condom has burst. What do you do?"
1: Immediately tell her and withdraw
2: Don't tell her and use the pull out method
3: Don't tell her and act like you had no idea.
Options 1 provides a lot of Paragon points. 2 provides neither Paragon nor Renegade points. Option 3 provides Renegade points, with a dice roll determining whether or not impregnation has occurred. Options 2 and 3 have a chance of the relationship ending, while option 1 comes with a high probability of blue balls.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 4:15PM Drakkenfyre said
There was a hentai game called 3 Sister's Story, and the goal was to sleep with the three sisters. There were also several other girls to have sex with. Each time you had sex, you had the option to put on a condom. Each time you used one, you had to go back to the nurse to get another one. If you didn't use a condom with each sister, they ended up pregnant at the end of the game, and you lost. If you didn't use one with any ot the other girls, you could wind up wish an STD, or them pregnant.
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Posted: Dec 9th 2010 5:34AM Snappyguy said
At first I thought it was Conan Obrien. All those web polls back in January had to mean something.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 6:36AM FearTheMuffin said
I was thinking it was going to turn into 16-bit, if you know what I mean...
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 6:41AM soniccar said
This is a much better style than their first choice. They were originally going to use Genji: Days of the Blade.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 7:16AM AntiVillian said
1. He's a gamer
2. He has red hair
2. He has red hair
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 7:28AM BustahWolfenstein said
JOURNALISM!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 7:59AM SmokemeaKipper said
GAME ON! is always better than GAME OVER!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 8:07AM HydrophobicFish PSN ID Hydrophob said
I like the ending... he throws on the condom, and just goes straight through all the STIs with that condom on... then without changing it, goes and does his thing with her.
Wouldn't it stand to reason that he's pretty much guaranteeing her to get one, simply from that contact?
Wouldn't it stand to reason that he's pretty much guaranteeing her to get one, simply from that contact?
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 8:34AM Calatia said
You should be able to play as the girl, only she has to get "the pill" as her power-up.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 8:39AM MasterYogurt said
@Calatia
And the damn thing lasts for a month, too!
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And the damn thing lasts for a month, too!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 9:51AM TheManEl said
Are those STIs a bunch of whores? Why is it so dangerous to go buy some condoms?
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 11:43AM Bill OReilly said
This is just more evidence to the fact that the United Kingdom (where The Leicestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership is based) is more quickly becoming the a nation and people divided.
Over the past two decades, attendance of religions services among England's Anglo-Saxon (i.e. White) population has dropped to the lowest they have ever been in its history.
The same, however, cannot be said of the U.K.'s Jewish and Muslim population (who promote monogamous relationships and oppose so-called "birth control,) and are two largest growing denominations in the U.K. today; much like the Black and Hispanic populations of The United States.
It's no wonder, then, that Muslim and Jewish voting blocks are quickly outnumbering White voters in the U.K.; the same as African- and Latin-Americans do in the U.S. today.
So, fine. Go ahead. Keep using your condoms and pills. But when you wake-up one morning and find your vote doesn't matter becuase it's outnumbered by a new ethnic or religious majority, just think of the "good times" those condoms and pills allowed you to enjoy.
That's the Talking Points memo for this morning. Be sure to tune in to 'The O'Reilly Factor' on Fox News weekdays @ 8:00 EST/ 5:00 PST.
Over the past two decades, attendance of religions services among England's Anglo-Saxon (i.e. White) population has dropped to the lowest they have ever been in its history.
The same, however, cannot be said of the U.K.'s Jewish and Muslim population (who promote monogamous relationships and oppose so-called "birth control,) and are two largest growing denominations in the U.K. today; much like the Black and Hispanic populations of The United States.
It's no wonder, then, that Muslim and Jewish voting blocks are quickly outnumbering White voters in the U.K.; the same as African- and Latin-Americans do in the U.S. today.
So, fine. Go ahead. Keep using your condoms and pills. But when you wake-up one morning and find your vote doesn't matter becuase it's outnumbered by a new ethnic or religious majority, just think of the "good times" those condoms and pills allowed you to enjoy.
That's the Talking Points memo for this morning. Be sure to tune in to 'The O'Reilly Factor' on Fox News weekdays @ 8:00 EST/ 5:00 PST.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 11:48AM Red O Magnus said
I can't believe what I just saw... O_o That may have been the dumbest pandering I have ever witnessed
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 12:33PM Basevi said
Anyone else thought the music was catchy?
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 1:47PM MasterBrief said
lol wow
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 2:12PM Frozen Pizza said
I don't see any condom power ups around :(
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 6:06PM Smash Genesis said
Um... what did I just see...?
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 7:15PM pluupy said
So us female gamers have to use...? Birth control?







