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    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

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    Said by Danny Baranowski himself on twitter:

    "Danny Baranowsky ‏ @dannyBstyle

    the inimitable @JimSterling weighs in on Nintendo barring The Binding of Isaac from the 3DS eShop

    http://www.gamefront.com/questionable-religious-content/

    i support Nintendo's right to choose what content they wish to distribute, but I agree with Jim on virtually every point here"

    Totally agreed with DannyB and Jim Sterling.

    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

    in General Discussion

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    So, after a lot of debating inside Nintendo, they've decided to refuse to sell Binding of Isaac on the eShop, because of:

    "questionable religious content."

    The IGN article goes into a little more depth, and they have a trailer posted for the game, which is currently available on Steam.

    I had only heard about the game before this, but had never seen any footage or screenshots of it. After watching the trailer, all I can say is I'm glad Nintendo turned it down. As a christian, I do find the premise to be offensive, but even putting my beliefs aside it's a pretty sick premise for a game.

    Some people have asked "why can't we, as the consumer, be allowed to decide what we want to buy?"

    It's Nintendo's eShop, and therefore it's up to them to decide what to sell and what not to sell. I respect their decision to turn something down for having what they believe to be of questionable morality. Regardless of whether you agree with their decision or not, it's notable that they have the integrity in this day and age to reject a game based on content, when most publishers are money hungry pigs who will sell anything that could make a buck. My respect for Nintendo has gone up because of this.

    Others have asked: "Games like Resident evil, which are much more violent, are fine, and Zelda has religious influences!"

    Yes, but there's a difference between 'Zombies and mutants attacking you!', 'A goddess people worship to keep them safe from demons,' and 'A MOTHER TRYING TO KILL HER SON.' The game is messed, I have no desire to ever play it, and I'm relieved that Nintendo has some ounce of integrity left to turn it down.

    In the end, any arguments against Nintendo are pointless: if you're posting on the internet, you probably have a computer, and it isn't hard to get steam.

    lol, you are in the century 21st, man, wake up!

    Im a christian too and I dont feel offended by the game! actually I play it in a daily basis!

    Well from what I'm reading none of you guys have played binding of Issac (I mean no offense from this, it just sounds like I could help here.)

    I've beat Binding of Issac a few times, every time you start it you are suppose to beat it in one go (it takes about 30 min to an hour and will extend to another level after beating it the first time)

    Honestly, while I would like to have binding of issac on the 3ds, I can't fault Nintendo for not allowing it. Mainly due to the setting and how dark it can be (you can find guys being hanged from the ceiling). Especially the floor titled "The womb" (That is one messed up place). There are a ton of references to internet tropes,religious books , and video games (1-up, shoop da woop, dead sea scrolls, even My Little Pony)

    As for appearing to be like Zelda, I got the same feeling when I was looking at the videos and gameplay from steam. When I was playing, I noticed that some of the enemies draw heavily from zelda enemies, but the overall feel of it issac very different. Zelda has that gigantic feeling of exploration, to search every nook and cranny to improve yourself for upcoming challenges.

    Issac has just the opposite feel, in fact I would say that the gameplay of Issac is the anti thesis to Zelda gameplay. Every moment you are just trying to get out, trying to survive, yet you are forced to go deeper into the cave. Instead of looking for the next challenge, you fear what you could be facing. Everything is random in this game, everything. Layout, the bosses, the powerup's, and the items, some of which give negative effects, which you find out after you used it. Sometimes after a boss, you can make pacts with the devil to increase your powers at the cost of your max health. (Which sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't, it all depended on how much max health I had and previous powers I acquired) Just to add to the fear of losing there is perma-death makes it a very intense game.

    Hopefully you guys can get some sort of useful information out of my random jibberish.

    Agreed!

    OCR tune played at Funeral.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Wow, very touching, I hope he's playing with the angels now.

    It's always sad when a young person dies, I met a guy last year who, like me, liked motorcycles, we even drive together a couple times, he had a brain accident and passed away, he was very young too and that crushed me.

    But now I understand we all will disappear some day, it's all about doing what you like the most whenever possible, trying to live your life to the fullest, and Adam did exactly that.

    Thank you for sharing this story with us.

    Can OCR get money from Youtube?

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    I think it would be unethical both on the grounds of not owning the license to the source material and also profiting off of artists' remixes

    But remixers are giving their material to the site, and besides if OCR benefits, they'll be benefitting themselves too!

    =/

    Oh now, I understand your point.

    Well, too bad then, isnt it? :sad:

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