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Humanist_Activist

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

Reply to mwrguy (Reply #78)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 03:17 PM

Mar 2014

labels on music. It can't be enforced by the state, you run into first amendment issues there, and open up movies, books and music to the same type of regulation.

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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

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