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    Games Cause Rape

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    I think its important that we all pass around REAL data sets to either verify or discount her claim.

    Hmm, what is this now? FBI crime indices? HMM! They seem moderately credible! They're from hardworking law enforcement personnel from the good old US of A! Let's have a look-see, HM?

    Well, hey look! DATA!

    http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_01.html

    Well, well, well...

    Since 1990 everything has pretty much DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. Wow. All in hard numbers and in easy to read tables! Well, that's just silly. As games have become more graphically realistic SOMEHOW violence, rape, thefts, and robberies have all dropped. Egad! Since the creation of more realistic video games violence and rapes have dropped. Is there a correlation? Don't know, but its damn more statistics than she has. 20 years of it, no less.

    I would have LOVED if some news person showed her the hard data (see: facts) and then asked, "Well, how can you dispute 20 years of hard numbers?"

    *facepalm*

    For her to keep saying there are rising rape numbers... that's just plainly untrue. Please, pass around this data set and let everyone on the internet make her answer for her baseless claims. She's upset by visual, graphic depictions of violence. I can understand that. Don't watch stuff that makes you uncomfortable. If you have a theory, go get statistics, and evidence to prove it right... but puhhhleease don't sit on a soap box and try to lie to the lazy masses that believe your BS and are to lazy look up actual statistics.

    /end rant

    EDIT: Fact is, people that are inclined to cause violent crimes are also inclined to play and watch violent media. They'd commit crime regardless of media's presence or not because humanity has a history of rape and violence all throughout our existence. That doesn't mean the rest of the population are all murders and rapists though. I'm sure rapists and murders probably drive cars and brush their teeth too, maybe we should ban steering wheels and tooth paste while we're at it.

    How did you come up with your artist name?

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    Let me tell you a tale, when the Playstation 1 was still the bees knees! Probably around 1999. And a little button mashing dancing game called "Bust-A-Groove" was around.

    894796-strike_super.gif

    Character was named Strike, so I picked it. Along with the number "911" as in "call the Police" since the character was a criminal.

    And it stuck. And I kind of dislike it now but I don't want my email to change, or for the few people that know me to lose contact with me (or my website).

    >_<

    Still, I like how a lot of the names popping up in this thread are little time capsules from a decade ago.

    Celebrate the McRib

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    http://www.hulu.com/watch/63283/super-size-me

    I'm just going to leave this here. SuperSize Me. Free on Hulu. Really great movie/documentary for the minority of people that didn't see it.

    And yeah, I've poked a little fun at McDonalds (and fast food in general), but in moderation, I don't think having fast food can be too terrible for you.

    That said, I find my quality of living increases when I avoid the stuff, as obvious as that might sound. My energy levels, my moods don't swing, my ability to focus increases, sleeping is easier, get sick less often, I don't crave sugar or other fatty foods, and I just feel better in general. Fast food is just kind of a trap for me, because a lot of the time once I start eating the stuff, for me, I start wanting more of it later in the week. The stuff just wreaks havoc on me physically, mentally, and emotionally.

    Avatars, sigs, and personality

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    My sig?

    I'm a self glorifying whore that wants people to know what I'm working on.

    And my avatar is because Metal Gear is like omg my fave, omg, lolwut? foreelzy.

    What's probably more telling of my personality is what's going on below the sig (deep voice: oh my). I ALWAYS edit my posts because I'm an idea perfectionist that wants my points understood. Nary a post is made without some kind of modification... in some shape, form, or fashion. And the worst part is that I rarely include the EDIT: text, unless it's super obvious that I've edited something. Maybe that's even moooooore telling.

    /evil_and_maniacal_laughter

    EDIT:

    Naw but really, y'all oughta check out muh sig links.

    /self_glorfied_whoring

    SEGA Removing "Poor" and "Average" Sonic Titles From Retail

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    Geez, those are a lot of games. Even if they're awful, Sega acknowledging this is the first step in the right direction in what- 8 or 9 years? Ha.

    ... unless they think too many Sonic titles are just over saturating the market. Yeah, there are too many Sonic titles, but even worse there are too many bad Sonic titles.

    I fondly remember the time when Sonic was in his heyday. Maybe this will lead to better Sonic games, and a return to what made the series great.

    Not holding my breath though. Sega should just let the series air out a little; maybe that's what they're doing.

    Need some good DS games

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    I second Advance Wars Days of Ruin. It's a good game.

    I know it's not a strategy RPG, but really you should try BANGAI-O. It's a puzzle based shooter. I've seen it at multiple storefronts (including GameStop) for 12 bucks, sometimes even less! It's a tough little puzzle-shooter, but once you get over the learning curve, it's the most fun I've had on my DS in a loooooong time. Plus it's by Treasure. And I say this as a fellow lover of tactical RPGs.

    Patented Format Licensing WTF Extravaganza

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    Okay, I need your help. Particularly the help of people in the commercial world who are actually involved in selling music, promoting themselves or their products with multimedia formats that are patented(!) and/or dealing with that patent's royalties or avoiding them by using an open format. Case in point: MP3s, but this could also spill over into video formats, too. I've scoured the internet/google and I just cannot find a clear answer on many situations. The confusion stems from the fact that MP3's are patented, and to use them commercially you have to pay a fee/royalty.

    I'm working on an indie game that we want to sell at some point. We're doing everything legally, but when dealing with online promotion, most of the mainstream ways to get multimedia out (commercially) have fees and royalties associated with them. I want to post audio/video on our development website through an embedded player but I want to make sure we're doing everything legally. Are there any people with experience in doing this? What are the rates? Is there a limit on downloads or usage before you have to start paying? I think I found the website that handles the licensing stuff, but it information is scarce at best. I'm seriously considering using an open format like OGG or FLAC, but for now, I'm putting those on the back burner because I'm assuming the average internet surfer doesn't have the codecs necessary to listen to those types of files. The fact remains that the easiest way to get people to hear your stuff is if you have them available as MP3s or some other patented format.

    But this complicated by other issues. For instance, I can use SoundCloud's service, upload a .OGG to their server, but they stream 128-kbps MP3 files for streaming in their embedded player. Do I have to pay royalties if I'm using a service like SoundCloud, or does SoundCloud cover these costs?

    Another solution I've pondered is uploading a video to YouTube with the audio in it and then just make the video available on the site, but I fear this might also spill over to the world of video formats (although I'm unaware of what exactly they convert things to). I hear DailyMotion uses open video so that might be an option.

    My question is this: is anyone familiar with dealing with MP3 royalties, or any other file format royalties? If I use a service like Youtube or SoundCloud, do they cover these commercial use royalties in the event that they convert my original file to a patented format?

    I would love to hear any information or experience you've had in this regard.

    I'm really leaning towards just using an open format but I just need a little more information from people more in the know than I am. And while on the issue of open formats, are there any known and documented cases of open formats being too much of a hassle for the mainstream to use them? I mean, I know open formats are struggling in most situations, but if I were to choose to go with using OGG or FLAC, would I be shooting myself in the foot? Again, it's not like we're trying to sell music; I just want to use it as part of our development blog to let any viewers we might have see what we're cooking.

    Nintendo 3DS

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    Very cool little device.

    And while I love the Virtual Console stuff they've announced for GBA and GB games, I really want them to announce NES and SNES Virtual Console functionality as well (or hell, any VC title that the system can run), which reeeally isn't that far of a stretch to ask for.

    Cool stuff. I'm pretty excited!

    Kudo says no one plays FPS on PC anymore, countered with cold hard numbers.

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    Not real news.

    My real concern is not in the statement nor the man that made it, but rather the people so absolutely angry over it.

    This honestly isn't a big issue.

    It would be a big issue if Bungie, Valve, what's left of Infinity Ward, or some other huge FPS developer made this claim.

    But the Kinect guy? Really? All these people are going to get angry over the Kinect guy promoting Xbox products while dissing rival platforms? Seriously?

    For shame internet. For shame. Yeah his arrogance is annoying, but not enough to inspire such livid responses on all these news sites. If he wants to make dumb claims, then let dumb be dumb. No one will take him seriously. Now people are just posting one giant Kinect advertisement interview all over the internet, further promoting his product. Most hardcore gamers aren't going to buy Kinect in the first place, and casual people don't know nor care about whether there are more people playing console or PC First Person Shooter titles.

    Just ignore him for saying something dumb. It's really not a big deal.

    DMC-Reboot

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    I enjoyed Bayonetta far more than DMC by a multiple of-- LIMIT EXCEEDED! INFINITONS! SUN PUNCH!

    I'm not saying the character's look is my cup of tea, but don't judge a whole game based on one character shot. What if the gameplay blows away the other DMCs'? Anyway, Capcom has to do SOMETHING drastic after the way Bayonetta stormed the scene and this (according to how people are reacting) is pretty drastic. Combine that with Capcom attempting to market games at western audiences more and this is the result. THAT and there's no way in determining if this Dante kid gets everyone's favorite young guy white hair or not; hell, if the kid get's white hair eventually I firmly believe most people will shut up about the look.

    ... geez, so much whining though. Reminds me of when WindWaker's trailer came out.

    Phantasy Star Online 2

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    http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/15/phantasy-star-online-2-spotted-on-sega-tgs-video-stream/

    Announced at TGS along with a trailer for release in 2011 on PC. I'm desperately searching online for the trailer.

    A kick back in the right direction might be a dream come true. Pretty exciting.

    *continues scouring the internet for more news*

    Other than that, I am super excited if they go back to the good old PSO roots. I miss that game so badly!

    EDIT:

    I found the trailer. Nothing really in it outside of info on a sequel to PS portable and the PSO2 announcement graphic. That's it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yUJiLyMWjc&feature=player_embedded

    No gameplay yet. Still, I'm psyched to know a real sequel to PSO is coming out soon.

    Man, that music really brings back good memories. PSO was one of the few games that really had a wonderful online community... up to a point... but still. I remember meeting up with some of you guys YEARS ago and playing it late into the night back in the day.

    What's in a name?

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    If you've got the skills to back up your claim, you could just drop your pseudonym and include a portfolio of your work when dealing with people on a professional level. Or make a separate website portfolio and just include your works online sans the nickname. That's what I've always done, because people think I'm a terrorist if they see my name. I separate my online identity from real life me, but the work I've done for free as side projects is just the same.

    I really need to change my nick one of these days. I started using it in 7th grade back in 1997-98. The work required to transition without losing my online identity is a little troublesome though.

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