Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Curse that Kinect of yours in Dead Space 3]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/29/curse-that-kinect-of-yours-in-dead-space-3/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/29/curse-that-kinect-of-yours-in-dead-space-3/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/29/curse-that-kinect-of-yours-in-dead-space-3/#comments Curse that Kinect of yours in Dead Space 3We grew up in a household where swearing wasn't exactly commonplace, which made playing the particularly terrifying games of our collective youths somewhat of a challenge: Sometimes you just need to bust out some language, especially when the going gets tough and your courage gets going.

Kids these days though, with their newfangled Kinect devices, will get more from cursing out their horror games than just a talking to from Dad, at least as far as Dead Space 3 is concerned: "There are commands where you might be in a certain situation and you might yell a specific expletive and it might behave in a way that you want it to," Dead Space 3 executive producer Steve Papoutsis told CVG, regarding the game's "Better With Kinect" functionality on the 360. "We definitely have done some things there."

As we discovered earlier this month, Kinect voice commands are primarily used to trade items between players and accomplish other communal goals during co-op play. Of course, all that intended functionality will take place after the solid 30 minute swearing session scheduled to commence as soon as the game is first turned on.

JoystiqCurse that Kinect of yours in Dead Space 3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cursingdead-space-3EAElectronic-Artskinectmicrosoftswearingvisceral-gamesvoice-commandswash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-young-manxboxSat, 29 Dec 2012 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[House of the Dead: Overkill stirs up trouble down under]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/19/house-of-the-dead-overkill-stirs-up-trouble-down-under/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/19/house-of-the-dead-overkill-stirs-up-trouble-down-under/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/19/house-of-the-dead-overkill-stirs-up-trouble-down-under/#comments
We all know how much swearing there is in House of the Dead: Overkill. There's a world record-setting amount. For some reason, though, the game has no warning about said language in its Australian classification of "MA15+ Strong Horror Violence" -- and some people are understandably upset. Do the people responsible for classifying games down under even play them?

Pro Family Perspective director, Angela Conway, is leading the charge against Sega's game, calling for research into the impact of violent video games on players. She says players will be affected by the amount of "sexually aggressive violence and aggressively violent language" found in the game. Wait, what? We think she got her adjectives mixed up. Shouldn't it be sexually aggressive language and aggressively violent violence? That doesn't sound right either ...

Source - House of the Dead: Overkill lacks language warning
Source - Australian watchdog group protests House of the Dead: Overkill rating

JoystiqHouse of the Dead: Overkill stirs up trouble down under originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>australiacursingcussingfoul-languageheadstrong-gameshouse-of-the-dead-overkillNintendoozsegashooterWiiThu, 19 Mar 2009 17:10:00 EST<![CDATA[There's no FU in UNO]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/26/theres-no-fu-in-uno/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/26/theres-no-fu-in-uno/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/26/theres-no-fu-in-uno/#commentsFiled under: ,

UNO for XBLA may be a relaxed take on a classic family game, but more than one innocent tyke has discovered that kids on Live say the darndest things, especially if your gradeschool opponents are losing, or worse, winning. Mike from K1lla's Xbox Domain reports being called a "momma licker," "goat sh-t," "dog humper" and several other salty pejoratives that rhyme with woodchuck. Has Uno become as bad as Halo 2 when it comes to juvenile playground obscenities? What's the darndest thing you've ever yelled at an 11-year-old? Seen any obscene sign language on the Vision cam?

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JoystiqThere's no FU in UNO originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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