austin

oh the irony. "protect the children!"

HAHAHAHAHA-- THE PROBLEM IS THE CHILDREN.

I bet those kids being interviewed were sweating bullets, hoping the reporter wouldn't ask how many of them use the F bomb or scream obscenities into the mic.

*gasp* what's a parent to do?!

No Riddick or Advent Rising :(

Obviously our blogger is from the school of thought where "different is bad." If it doesn't look super expensive/obvious CGI like spiderman, transformers, or a final fantasy cutscene, it's no good.

This and most of Neil's directorial efforts (which I doubt this blogger has even seen) have a simple and realistic feel to them that most "produced" and cliched hollywood efforts all miss.

You can disagree with his directorial and stylistic choices, but please do not mistake his understated, subtle, and intelligent style for incompetence.

I bet the Halo movie was moving in this direction, and was axed because some hot shot exec could not grasp what was going on (much like this blogger).

I'd be interested to see poll feedback on this "short"

Shiny like DOOM3, yuck. Am I the only one to think it looks... well, ugly?

so what are they trying to suggest? (worst case implications)

is this the crux of what seems to be suggested--
1) that violent video games CAUSE similarly violent behavior?
2) video games CAUSE terrorism?

well...
1) people enjoy the violence in video games precisely because we DO NOT want to perform similar acts of violence in real life.
2) terrorists USE video games (flight sim *rolls eyes*) as a tool.

QED.