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Warren DeMontague

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66. Minecraft.

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:48 PM

Mar 2014

Seriously, I've seen some amazing stuff built in minecraft. Plus there's a creative mode so you don't need to fight at all.

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Video Games Promote Racist Thoughts & Behavior, Study Of White Gamers Suggests [View all] The Straight Story Mar 2014 OP

The video game industry needs a lot more oversight mwrguy Mar 2014 #1

Well, I'm not into banning but I am into shaming supposed liberals who buy that crap KittyWampus Mar 2014 #2

How dare we enjoy something you don't like! n/t Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #23

adjust your ideological glasses and get back to us Supersedeas Mar 2014 #46

Always disappointing when the sacred cows being dished up are... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #49

Just wait until someone proposes outlawing echolalia Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #55

Hey, I was going to say that. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #82

how we green & brown 'lib''toons' scare the crap out of the real world with our sex & violence Sunlei Mar 2014 #32

What's the specific game in question that's being discussed, here? Does it have a name? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #57

don't you know that video games, like comedians, are immune to criticism here? nt TheFrenchRazor Mar 2014 #87

I am into shaming supposed liberals that want everyone to be devoid of entertainment. GiveMeMorePIE Mar 2014 #94

What ever happened to the first admendment? Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #8

"Games where you can murder children and pimp out your wife" Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #10

With or without mods? Lancero Mar 2014 #17

Well, we couldn't hold the game's developer responsible for mods. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #26

Ah, so it's mods that are the problem. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #56

Fallout 2 mwrguy Mar 2014 #63

LOLOLOLOL a game from 1998???? LOLOLOLOL nt Javaman Mar 2014 #74

How? DetlefK Mar 2014 #76

Yes, the Europeans have a better handle on it than the Americans. mwrguy Mar 2014 #77

You kinda just removed yourself from any reasonable discussion with your first post... Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #15

"The movie industry needs a lot more oversight" Kurska Mar 2014 #34

I'm a pretty heavy gamer, and I'm not aware of the kid murdering or wife pimping. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #37

Fallout 2 mwrguy Mar 2014 #64

True, Fallout does have that problem. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #67

A game from 1998? please give.,.. Javaman Mar 2014 #75

1) Nothing released by a professional developer that I'm aware of. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #81

and again, that is from 1998. since then in Fallout 3 Javaman Mar 2014 #89

Usually LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #41

You see those things in movies joeglow3 Mar 2014 #43

What kind of oversight did you have in mind? (nt) TacoD Mar 2014 #51

The rating system that so many here are touting is not enforced mwrguy Mar 2014 #78

How would it be enforced? Its voluntary like the MPAA or "Explicit Lyrics"... Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #83

It actually is enforced Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #90

cool story bro Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #54

games like that keroro gunsou Mar 2014 #68

Hell no. GiveMeMorePIE Mar 2014 #93

Pure horseshit. Archae Mar 2014 #3

are there already existing societal stereotypes regarding purple dragons? KittyWampus Mar 2014 #5

Well, purple dragons are considered superior... Archae Mar 2014 #7

^^winner^^ Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #13

Just googled Skylanders�. I LOVE The artwork. Wish I had a proper gaming system. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #22

Do you want any of the newer games? Archae Mar 2014 #44

Thanks Archae! There's a gaming store about an hour from here, I'll stop in. My games so far KittyWampus Mar 2014 #45

Gonna second the Xbox 360 recommendation. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #58

thanks, it would depend on the other games available for it. I have so many already downloaded. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #61

I'm not sure what yr. into. Skylanders is fun, especially for the kids because it comes with this Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #62

I like marble popping, if you know what that is� but not shooting bad guys. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #65

Minecraft. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #66

Thank You for your input. I've heard wonderful things about Minecraft. My family might also enjoy it KittyWampus Mar 2014 #71

Oh yeah, its all minecraft all the time, around here. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #72

blending in is the new agenda Supersedeas Mar 2014 #48

There's a clear difference between news media, which is presenting itself as factual... Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #16

Our subconscious mind does not distinguish between fact and fiction. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #18

Yes it does, do you know anything about the human brain? Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #21

apples and oranges Supersedeas Mar 2014 #88

Meh, first games promote violence, now racism LittleBlue Mar 2014 #4

Here's a completely different viewpoint: 1000words Mar 2014 #6

thanks for the link and alternative perspective Supersedeas Mar 2014 #50

Oh yeah I really look forward to an exciting game of "Black Doctor Heals Everyone." CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #9

ugh, here we go again. Javaman Mar 2014 #11

Yet got that right Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #12

these guys are playing the wrong games Baclava Mar 2014 #14

The media go fucking apeshit over shit like that, talking about Mass Effect as a porn simulator... Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #19

I've seen more graphic sex scenes on cable than I've seen in ME. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #40

Fable must be teaching kids to fart in public Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #52

I, for one, approve of the alien-human hybrid experiments going on Baclava Mar 2014 #60

And comic books are destroying our youth too. And Dungeons & Dragons. Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #20

Step One: Download World of Warcraft steve2470 Mar 2014 #24

So basically its just like any unmoderated message board or chatroom on the internet? n/t Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #27

yep steve2470 Mar 2014 #28

You know, that's one of the reasons I almost never talk in general chat on WoW Xyzse Mar 2014 #35

general chat is usually stupid, ignorant and vile, and full of trolls steve2470 Mar 2014 #36

I can understand. Xyzse Mar 2014 #38

There is your problem! LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #33

Good old Goldshire Betty88 Mar 2014 #73

amen uponit7771 Mar 2014 #47

In other news: some studies have crap methodology. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #25

Do you think this is one of them? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2014 #53

Great, now all we need is this asshole.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #29

my blue gnome hates those green trolls & I'll kill every one of those MOFOs I see!! it's so real Sunlei Mar 2014 #30

If the way people talk on X-box live are any indication Union Scribe Mar 2014 #31

No video game can force you to do anything you don't want to do LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #39

Not true. I played Titanfall and now I'm stomping around the neighborhood in a giant metal man Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #59

There's a ratings system for a reason. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #42

It isn't enforced in any meaningful way mwrguy Mar 2014 #79

It's enforced as best as it can be. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #80

What games glorify "rape culture" and no, obscure or independent games such as "Rapelay" don't... Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #84

GTA mwrguy Mar 2014 #85

No it doesn't, have you every played a GTA game? n/t Humanist_Activist Mar 2014 #86

There has never been a rape scene in a GTA game Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #91

Fucking then killing hookers is totally non-rapey mwrguy Mar 2014 #92

Have you ever played the games? Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #95

I'm sorry, but as a gamer.....I gotta call some B.S. on this. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #69

Wake me when it's over deaniac21 Mar 2014 #70

Waste of money. You can't regulate fiction. nt rrneck Mar 2014 #96