some guy named rob

Heres a comment from this gamer... "PLAY SOME GOD DAMN MUSIC"

Anyone that thinks racism isn't a major issue anymore needs to play an online game.

I can't play games online without being bombarded with N-bombs and other terms not acceptable since 1961 and used with the intentions of a Hitler speech. Its not just slang either... hateful statements not relating to gameplay are all too frequent.

Even if you are to dismiss this sociological phenomenon as sheltered 13 year old white boys, they will grow up. These "kids" are already embracing these beliefs at an alarmingly young age and are imprinting these nature into their persona.

I personally think this is a very real sampling of our population that goes beyond racial, socio-economic, sex, or regional boundaries. The medium of a anonymous forum only allows people to show their nature without consequences.

As free speech advocates say when it comes to TV, "If you're offended, there are 2 buttons for you to use: the channel or the power." I've tried switching games and got the same results, so I've quit playing online games. But videogames aren't the problem, the problem is the people playing them.

Lets be honest here, Half-Life 2 was a mediocre sequel to the original masterpiece. Remember how we all collectively waited years for the sequel, only to find an average game with a cool physics engine and facial models.

Now we won't have to wait years, as we already know another mediocre 6 hours of game play is half a year away. We were never going to get another gaming masterpiece from this franchise anyways, at least now we won't need to oversell it for 4 years imagining HL3 will change the way we experience video games.

Will I buy Aftermath? yeah. Will I buy an episode or 2, yeah. But will I ever be anxiously awaiting another "episode"? No... and if I don't buy an episode sometime, I'm not going to play storyline catch-up later.... I will have given up.