ftninja Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 i have had more fun playing kickle cubicle than i ever have playing call of duty YES. A classic, criminally underrated game. I approve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 As a platformer guy, I can't say I've ever really been into FPS overall. The only FPS series I've ever liked is Metroid Prime, and I'm not sure that counts as a real FPS - more like a First Person Platshooter. I played MAG for a while, but that was for the community aspect. Yes, that's right, FPS all have their share of idiots and jerks playing online, but they all have some great people who play them as well. I made a lot of friends playing MAG. More to the point, concerning the violence thing: I generally prefer my games without insane amounts of blood and gore. Completely turning off blood in a game is pretty jarring, though, and things like that aren't less likely to "desensitize audiences to violence" (a phenomenon which I don't necessarily believe exists, or at least not to the same extent and degree others believe), since it ignores a real-world consequence of shooting or harming someone (kind of like how more censor-happy dubs of Dragon Ball Z cheapened death more rather than less by having it simply referred to as being "sent to another dimension"). While I personally don't care for ultra-messy-blood-and-guts action, I don't think the law has any place restricting the sale of games that contain such things, and even if a law were warranted, it wouldn't help; it's already been mentioned that banning something like this only creates or strengthens a black market for it. Kids would easily find methods of obtaining the games with or without heavy restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowBlade Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Shadowblade is also kind of an idiot, and 9 out of 10 doctors would probably agree to removing him from your daily diet.Nope, nothing to really contribute to the thread. Just reading more classic Shadowblade posts. Just where the hell have you been? I was waiting for you to show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes, game developers have and will continue to do so in years to come. You just need to look for it or ask for suggestions. Oh believe me, I keep my eyes peeled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damashii!! Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 As a platformer guy, I can't say I've ever really been into FPS overall. The only FPS series I've ever liked is Metroid Prime, and I'm not sure that counts as a real FPS - more like a First Person Platshooter. I played MAG for a while, but that was for the community aspect. Longtime Sonic tool here (yes, I referred to my own self as a tool, but that's because if I didn't like a new game that I was trying I would immediately go race through a level in Sonic for comparison). My cousin bought a gamecube and several games for me when I was in middleschool (I believe about 7-8 years ago. I lost count). I haven't beaten Jedi Outcast until last Winter; man, the light has never been brighter. Hallo and CoD and all those FPS were boring but after Jedi Outcast I've come to be more interested in them instead of solely just platforms. but that's just moi. --------------------------------- hey on topic with the judges decisions. Did anyone go over to the link to read the pdf Transcript of the Hearing? http://xbox360movies.ign.com/xbox360/document/article/113/1131578/supremecourt.pdf It's very interesting (I'm wrapping up page 31 right now) but I thought I'd share a nice quote from one of the judges: "JUSTICE ALITO: Well, I think what Justice Scalia wants to know is what James Madison thought about video games." there was laughter after, it doesn't tell how much. I feel sorry for Morrazzini (I don't know if he's the defendant or the plaintiff or whatever) because it seems like each of the Judges are avid fans of CoD. Read the transcript. There are several times when they each take turns verbally humiliating him; but I can understand why... I guess. Anyways, I do agree that there is a big difference in cheering The Terminator on screen and actually controlling him yourself in a video-game, but this seems more like a parenting issue rather than a legal epidemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghetto Lee Lewis Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 When I was 21, I was buying a Doom 3 expansion pack (you need the original game in order to play it). I paid cash for it, and they asked for my ID. I was like "why do you want my ID? I'm paying cash?" They said "because it's rated M". This was at a Game Stop. I was also carded to get into a rated R movie. This was when I was 20 or 21, also. I don't understand why they're trying to mess with laws that are just fine as they are. Let people run their business without the government getting overly involved. oh, and I live in Vegas. You can grab a bottle of bacardi or tequila or whatever off the shelf of the local super market and put it in your shopping cart. You can even take it to self checkout. I've seen very few stores that actually have a separate liquor section, and it's really annoying. I've even been in stores that carry porno mags and videos on the shelves (you don't have to ask behind the counter to get them). Cigarettes are basically the only thing that's usually hidden behind the counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowBlade Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 This was at a Game Stop. There's the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overflow Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 hey on topic with the judges decisions. Did anyone go over to the link to read the pdf Transcript of the Hearing? http://xbox360movies.ign.com/xbox360/document/article/113/1131578/supremecourt.pdf Huh? I remember reading this exact same thing a few months ago... this is old. Is there a newer one for this specific court case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Center screen on thing you want to make dead, push button. That's it. ... isn't that how a gun pretty much works in real life? Haha. If anything First Person Shooters just need innovation, game developers are too locked on to gritty games at the moment, but I guess this is no different from the sidescrolling era when almost everything coming out inspired to be like Mario. And this law is ridiculous and riddled with issues that just make it silly from a legal standpoint. No concrete definitions of what violence is not to mention its just a bunch of whining about things these people don't fully understand or comprehend. There's a simple fix to this problem. Parents need to do their job and quit expecting other people to do it for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonamer Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Here's another sad thought: who's going to kill Call of Duty first? The government (by banning violent video games to minors) or Activision (by overwhelming us with multiple titles every year, like guitar hero)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaid Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 ... isn't that how a gun pretty much works in real life? Haha. If anything First Person Shooters just need innovation, game developers are too locked on to gritty games at the moment, but I guess this is no different from the sidescrolling era when almost everything coming out inspired to be like Mario. And this law is ridiculous and riddled with issues that just make it silly from a legal standpoint. No concrete definitions of what violence is not to mention its just a bunch of whining about things these people don't fully understand or comprehend. There's a simple fix to this problem. Parents need to do their job and quit expecting other people to do it for them. Check out Borderlands. Its a FPS that does a great amount of innovating on a classic formula. Anyway laws like this won't get through, its just people scapegoating their children's behaviors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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