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JoeBen81 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4582

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157912.html

I like this quote...
"Given his war record, TheFeed isn't sure how challenging Bush would actually be as a boss, but we still remember the robo-Hitler-machine-gun suit from Castle Wolfenstein 3D, so we're withholding judgement about W's combat skills for now." :lol:

SITE says the PC game, which was aimed at "terrorist children," is a modded version of Quest for Saddam, which was released after the US invaded Iraq in 2003.

Should this be banned in the U.S. or just ignored?

lilwolf · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13026 Location: idaho

Just ignore it...it's probably a bunch of crap anyway.

Anything that glorifies killing a political figure or dignitary or anyone is bad and is morally wrong, especially in a video game or a movie.. :-|

JoeBen81 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4582

lilwolf wrote: Just ignore it...it's probably a bunch of crap anyway.

Anything that glorifies killing a political figure or dignitary or anyone is bad and is morally wrong, especially in a video game or a movie.. :-|

Why though? Why should it be taboo because it's a political figure, afterall it's a mod of a game WE(U.S.) made ABOUT KILLING A POLITICAL FIGURE(Saddam)?

Rankor and Pissing · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 9968

JoeBen81 wrote: lilwolf wrote: Just ignore it...it's probably a bunch of crap anyway.

Anything that glorifies killing a political figure or dignitary or anyone is bad and is morally wrong, especially in a video game or a movie.. :-|

Why though? Why should it be taboo because it's a political figure, afterall it's a mod of a game WE(U.S.) made ABOUT KILLING A POLITICAL FIGURE(Saddam)?

Hey, as long as everyone's fair game and the squawking doesn't start when the "Kill Chomsky with a Chainsaw" or sodomize Tipper Gore (you get the idea)... doesn't offend anyone, I'm cool with it. This could certainly extend into Hollywood as well as CEO's and prominent local figures as well... Maybe Ray Nagin, surely Ted Kennedy, oh oh... what about Chelsea Clinton!?

See how stupid this is now?

lilwolf · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13026 Location: idaho

JoeBen81 wrote: lilwolf wrote: Just ignore it...it's probably a bunch of crap anyway.

Anything that glorifies killing a political figure or dignitary or anyone is bad and is morally wrong, especially in a video game or a movie.. :-|

Why though? Why should it be taboo because it's a political figure, afterall it's a mod of a game WE(U.S.) made ABOUT KILLING A POLITICAL FIGURE(Saddam)?

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned. Or put the age restrictions on it so no kids can have it.
Killing is bad enough but to make games and movies.... come on :roll:

fiction416 · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 620 Location: purgatory

lilwolf wrote:

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned.

So what is your opinion of people who use pictures such as this (below), as an answer to a solution in a certian part of the world?

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Just curious if you would agree that the above pic could imply glorification of mass killing & destruction

Di · Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 1270 Location: Northern Calif

I'm one of those who found the movie about assassinating President Bush to be insulting and in bad taste. It wasn't so much the fantasy about the assination that annoyed me; it was the rest of the plot, where Americans were shown as corrupt, stupid, paranoid, renecked bigots who leap to conclusions about a Syrian being responsible, then basically proceed to blow up half the planet only to learn in the end that it was (yep, you guessed it!) just another corrupt, paranoid, renecked bigot American who was responsible. (If my sources on that movie are reliable, that is).

That said, there are video games about hunting down Hitler, bin Laden, Saddam... nearly all of which sell about six copies and are totally lost in the immense video game market worldwide (I know, I've been a video game fanatic for over a decade!) So let them do what they want. Anyone with a bit of programming knowledge can put together a mediocre video game... and I'd be surprised if any of these silly "kill the politician de jour" games even rise to the quality of mediocre. :)

JoeBen81 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4582

Rankor and Pissing wrote: JoeBen81 wrote: lilwolf wrote: Just ignore it...it's probably a bunch of crap anyway.

Anything that glorifies killing a political figure or dignitary or anyone is bad and is morally wrong, especially in a video game or a movie.. :-|

Why though? Why should it be taboo because it's a political figure, afterall it's a mod of a game WE(U.S.) made ABOUT KILLING A POLITICAL FIGURE(Saddam)?

Hey, as long as everyone's fair game and the squawking doesn't start when the "Kill Chomsky with a Chainsaw" or sodomize Tipper Gore (you get the idea)... doesn't offend anyone, I'm cool with it. This could certainly extend into Hollywood as well as CEO's and prominent local figures as well... Maybe Ray Nagin, surely Ted Kennedy, oh oh... what about Chelsea Clinton!?

See how stupid this is now?

*whispers* I agree, I'm just being devil's advocate..

JoeBen81 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4582

fiction416 wrote: lilwolf wrote:

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned.

So what is your opinion of people who use pictures such as this (below), as an answer to a solution in a certian part of the world?

[/img]

Just curious if you would agree that the above pic could imply glorification of mass killing & destruction

Sometimes I agree with wolf, but fiction asks a good question.

Kt · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 3806

I'm so getting this!

ALi* · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 439 Location: Beirut

what about video-games who arent encouraging kids to kill political leaders.... but encourage him to have sex and rape girls and buy drugs??? what abt those who encourage children to steal cars/homes/others property????

JoeBen81 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4582

ALi* wrote: what about video-games who arent encouraging kids to kill political leaders.... but encourage him to have sex and rape girls and buy drugs??? what abt those who encourage children to steal cars/homes/others property????

I think you're talking about the fun ones.

micfranklin · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

It's just a video game, so no one should be worried, and it's not gonna kill anybody...honestly.

And any second now, Jack Thompson will try to "protect" us from this so-called evil.

Kt · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 3806

micfranklin wrote: It's just a video game, so no one should be worried, and it's not gonna kill anybody...honestly.

And any second now, Jack Thompson will try to "protect" us from this so-called evil.

Let's make a videogame about killing Jack Thompson and violating his corpse.

lilwolf · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13026 Location: idaho

fiction416 wrote: lilwolf wrote:

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned.

So what is your opinion of people who use pictures such as this (below), as an answer to a solution in a certian part of the world?

[/img]

Just curious if you would agree that the above pic could imply glorification of mass killing & destruction

That photo does not to me glorify killing it says an end to the BS and lunatics that will cross the line and when they do ....well, it's lights out.
That in itself is bad enough but in the time of war you do not enjoy killing ... you just end the power of your enemy. If Iran as that photo is rferring to offends....sorry but that is what is going to happen when they get stupid and cross the line. Like it or not that is reality. But one can hope that the very people of the nation in question with that photo will remove their lunatic leader and take back their nation, and hopefully without bloodshed.

Kamchak · Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 7

lilwolf wrote: fiction416 wrote: lilwolf wrote:

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned.

So what is your opinion of people who use pictures such as this (below), as an answer to a solution in a certian part of the world?

[/img]

Just curious if you would agree that the above pic could imply glorification of mass killing & destruction

That photo does not to me glorify killing it says an end to the BS and lunatics that will cross the line and when they do ....well, it's lights out.
That in itself is bad enough but in the time of war you do not enjoy killing ... you just end the power of your enemy.
What a lame cop-out that is.

lilwolf · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 13026 Location: idaho

Kamchak wrote: lilwolf wrote: fiction416 wrote: lilwolf wrote:

To me to glorify the killing of anyone is morally wrong and should either be ignored or banned.

So what is your opinion of people who use pictures such as this (below), as an answer to a solution in a certian part of the world?

[/img]

Just curious if you would agree that the above pic could imply glorification of mass killing & destruction

That photo does not to me glorify killing it says an end to the BS and lunatics that will cross the line and when they do ....well, it's lights out.
That in itself is bad enough but in the time of war you do not enjoy killing ... you just end the power of your enemy.
What a lame cop-out that is.

Nothing lame about it . It is an honest answer.. Wow!!! you have been labeld and after only 7 posts.... that has to be a record here. You have nothing else to say that is even worth considering. Have a nice day.

micfranklin · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

Seriously, playing a game like this doesn't make me want to kill Bush or any other official at all. Besides, I have SOCOM and Rainbow Six for that.

therosename · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 9

The video game should, of course, be rated M or at least OT/T+, although I fail to see how a game or movie influences someone's mind. There was, after all, only a 0.13% greater likelihood that children who played violent video games would develop aggressive tendancies.

micfranklin · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:12 am Post subject:

therosename wrote: The video game should, of course, be rated M or at least OT/T+, although I fail to see how a game or movie influences someone's mind. There was, after all, only a 0.13% greater likelihood that children who played violent video games would develop aggressive tendancies.

If you ask me, playing video games, violent or not, let me blow off steam easier when I'm mad. I've never gotten the urge to go out and shoot up a school full of people.