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29. Didn't Comedy Central have a game that people could download that was all about

Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:25 AM

Jan 2015

someone getting killed? This sounds like a rip off of that game....

FWIW, the CC game was played for laughs, too. It was very cartoon-y...

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Cat Killer Gaming App on Kickstarter Must be Shut Down [View all] KamaAina Jan 2015 OP

There are thousands of games where humans die constantly AngryAmish Jan 2015 #1

No, they are. KamaAina Jan 2015 #2

Their position is the dumbest thing I heard this week. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #5

Please..I'm don't like any of these "games" but human adults can whathehell Jan 2015 #11

Is that an argument? AngryAmish Jan 2015 #15

----- whathehell Jan 2015 #18

Although I kill many, many Orcs every day, I have never killed a real one or anyone else. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #31

I understand, & I'm glad you think that the app is tasteless and to be discouraged. whathehell Jan 2015 #36

I'n not talking about the app. I haven't seen it so I don't know. kcr Jan 2015 #38

I see this argument more and more, and it bothers me kcr Jan 2015 #24

What argument?..That torture and murder of the weak & defenseless is particularly despicable? whathehell Jan 2015 #37

Cat defenseless... deaniac21 Jan 2015 #58

I don't think it's the violence/gore itself so much as the way it's seemingly played for laughs. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #19

Beheading is bad, let's ban Great Expectations.... AngryAmish Jan 2015 #21

A video game app is the same as Great Expectations? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #40

This thread is about a petition to shut down a work of art AngryAmish Jan 2015 #46

I was explaining why they feel that way. Not agreeing with them, necessarily. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #55

Didn't Comedy Central have a game that people could download that was all about MADem Jan 2015 #29

You were in an office and had various means of killing yourself. I think that was the one. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #54

Yes, that was it--I never downloaded it, but I remember the advertisements for it! nt MADem Jan 2015 #59

When you say cat killer madokie Jan 2015 #3

Uh, don't let this guy see "Frogger" Coventina Jan 2015 #4

For the win. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #35

Yipeee! I've never won the internets before!! Coventina Jan 2015 #47

..... Inkfreak Jan 2015 #39

I hope he doesn't get the funding he needs Terra Alta Jan 2015 #6

Animal abuse is appalling and often a precurser to human abuse. whathehell Jan 2015 #14

Disgusting. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #7

Why "must" it be shudown? VScott Jan 2015 #8

That. Is. The. Title. Of. The. Page. KamaAina Jan 2015 #9

My aplogies then. VScott Jan 2015 #10

Thank you for posting this nt LiberalElite Jan 2015 #12

signed Beringia Jan 2015 #13

Dahmer 1.0 Blue Owl Jan 2015 #16

Is this significantly worse than games such as "Call of Duty"? (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #17

And how many people take up military-grade weaponry and try to "conquer" their neighbors? nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #20

Far more of the former than the latter. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #23

I didn't mean actual soldiers, I meant people with (violent) delusions of grandeur nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #56

"conquer" their neighbors wingzeroday Jan 2015 #60

I was being tongue-in-cheek. Like as if "Call of Duty" would actually inspire real-life "conquests." nomorenomore08 Feb 2015 #63

Thank You. n/t whathehell Feb 2015 #64

No, censorship must be opposed. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #22

I have no intention of signing, but kcr Jan 2015 #25

That line only works on things that don't affect other people. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #28

It would be great if we could all float in a bubble where no one else's actions ever affect us kcr Jan 2015 #30

What I can do is explain to people why I think they shouldn't. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #32

"they're allowed to have that opinion" kcr Jan 2015 #34

"If you don't like this game, feel free not to play it." I agree with that, actually. nomorenomore08 Feb 2015 #62

Guess they never heard of Frogger CBGLuthier Jan 2015 #26

I hate to break this to you... jberryhill Jan 2015 #48

And in this game melman Jan 2015 #52

Well geez, you expect me to read the WHOLE OP? jberryhill Jan 2015 #53

They need to realize it is just pixels, not real cats (nt) LostOne4Ever Jan 2015 #27

Although it sounds unappealing (we are cat people), I can distinguish between real and virtual. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #33

Please elaborate jberryhill Jan 2015 #44

I respectfully disagree. Shoulders of Giants Jan 2015 #41

Frist going into biz with the car roof dog strapper. lonestarnot Jan 2015 #42

Looking over the death scenes... Lancero Jan 2015 #43

. jberryhill Jan 2015 #45

Thirty seconds that this thread stole that I will never get back. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #49

They would be terrified of Goat Simulator Quackers Jan 2015 #50

Oh. I thought this was about Exploding Kittens LadyHawkAZ Jan 2015 #51

It's amazing how many people want to quell speech that they find objectionable. eom TransitJohn Jan 2015 #57

Hmm. davidthegnome Jan 2015 #61