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Retailers Won't Sell New Acclaim Game
DrEnter writes "According to this Yahoo article, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, and Kay-Bee Toys are refusing to carry Acclaim's new video game 'BMX XXX'. Best Buy has stated it will sell a censored version of the game. Acclaim is billing it as the first major release game to feature full-action nudity, with prostitutes and pimps and main characters. A Wal-Mart spokesman stated "We're not going to carry any software with any vulgarity or nudity -- we're just not going to do it." I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart sells rated-R movies (including those arguably targeted at the same age group as this game is), so make your own judgement..."
Acclaim has announced that the refusal of some retailers to carry the game would have no impact on sales, as no one has planned to buy the worthless piece of crap anyway.
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!
Prostitutes and pimps - sure, but main characters? Won't somebody please think of the children?
-- Free speech is only free if your time is worth nothing.
good, my little 6 year old billy is way too young to see such vulgarity! the makers of this game should be thrown in jail for exposing our children to this filth!
now, if you'll excuse me. i need to take billy to the movies, he wants to see the transporter.
Gentlemen...BEHOLD!
-Dr. Weird
Dear Walmart,
Thank you for insuring that our new game "BMX XXX" becomes the most sought after title to ever hit the market. You see, in our business there is no such thing as bad publicity, which you have provided us in spades. We are now the "Sopranos" of the gaming world. There is nothing like controversy to insure we have an audience.
Again, Thank You.
P.S. We're sorry you are going to miss the sales revenue generated by this sleeper cult classic... On second thought, we could care less about your puritanical revenue model destroyed by a week's loss in imports.
If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.
On another note, this game might be just what it takes to get me into gaming. Final Fantasy didn't do it, but if Aki had been naked....
Cmon, they made me look REAL great in the pimp outfit, you guys gotta check out this game!
Little Johnny on the Redline, performs endos and bunny hops for my ladies....
... until Kazaa users turn ethical.
Actually it's worse that you think.
Think about it for a moment; there are only two words you need to mention, to show the bias in the media: "fucking" and "farting".
You can have a fuck-specialist on the news, who's just written a book about how to fuck, who to fuck, how to feel after you fucked and who you should fuck next. You just don't call it fucking. Hell, look at day-time TV. You know that in that soap-opera you enjoy, all it really revolves around, is did he fuck her, has he fucked her, who else did he fuck, did she fuck someone else and what the fuck is going on.
But - when was the last time you saw ANYONE even talk about farting? You've never had anyone on the Late Show who's just written a book about how to fart, who to fart at, how to feel after you farted and who you should fart at next.
Farting is WORSE than fucking! Think about that for a while.
(With apologies to George Carlin).
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
now THAT's more like it. I haven't seen this good of a game since Leisure Suit Larry!
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oh baby! - Jenni-cam move aside.
HURD - Hurd's Under Research & Development
When Acclaim was asked to comment on the current situation, the CEO had this to say:
"I am outraged that consumers are even THINKING that we are targeting children. Every CD bought comes with a EULA that requires them to return the merchandise if they are not at least 21 years old."
When asked why Acclaim gives 5 packs of Pokemon Trading Cards with each purchase, he had no comment.
Thank goodness Wal-Mart still sells shotguns and rifles in the sporting goods section. (Milage in your state my vary..)
"Farting is WORSE than fucking!"
I'm going to have to agree with you there. I'd much rather fuck than fart.
Of course, I only played it because the game play was good.
Right...and I only read Playboy for the articles.
Wait...I'm 19, and I've never seen a Playboy. What's wrong with me?!
(scrambles out the door)
What's this Submit thingy do?
of course, the real question is, what are you doing with all those paper towels?
hmmm?
nevermind. i don't want to know.
m-
You catch enchiladas by picking them up behind the head and holding them underwater until they don't kick anymore -VeGas
Well, I haven't seen the author on Letterman yet, but at least Amazon isn't afraid to carry it. The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts And a childrens book at that! Somebody please think of the children!!! :-)
and the puritans did approve of killing people (remember, they burned witches for entertainment value)... just not of sex.
PUH-LEASE!
How do you think they made little baby Puritans?
Where the hell are the SCREENSHOTS?! What the hell is wrong with you people?! Show some fucking screenshots!
So, that's why there are no more Puritans!
VGs with violence always integrate it into the gameplay but VGs with nudity or sexual content make it some side bonus that isn't really part of the game.
What if there was a video game that did integrate sex into the gameplay? In Japan they've had point-and-click dating games, but what if nudity/love/sex were part of other genres?
For example, the Japanese have a comic book about a sex sport where a man and woman try to make the other person come first. What if there was a video game about that, styled after 1 on 1 fighting games? There'd be the usual selection of characters and backdrops, but instead of a damage bar there'd be a horniness bar. There'd be plenty of flashy special moves, but instead of doing damage they'd be foreplay moves that raise the other person's horniness bar. Horniness would also be represented visually by clothes falling off, blushing, trembling and heavy breathing. Instead of Mortal Kombat's "Fatalities" or Street Fighter's "Super Finishers" there'd be orgasm moves. I'd want an anime-style game company doing this because the Japanese put sex in their entertainment way better than Americans do.
I also wonder if abstract or "cartoonized" sex is better than realistic sex. Think of the arguments about realistic violence vs cartoon violence. Some say that kids will be less harmed by seeing fake, cartoon violence because perhaps if kids don't see the real thing, they won't do the real thing. Others say that kids will be less harmed by seeing realistic violence because they'll see the real consequences and fear them. I don't know the answer to that argument, but I do ask: Is fake looking sex or realistic looking sex better for kids? If that 1-on-1 sex game kept the moves but hid the crotches, would it be OK for kids of all ages?
Its only a matter of time until Namco announces Cocksucker Pacman
Well, during unprotected anal sex, if she farts, when he comes, that might just produce a mess you don't even want to think about ...
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
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I'm not exactly sure that oogling a naked girl on a bike equates to making love. Nor do I ever recall any pimps being equated to eros for helping desperate men find their star-crossed lovers.
While I'm all for gratuitous nudity, I don't see why this is such an issue, As big as Wal-Mart is it has the same right as any mom-and-pop location;
to refuse to sell whatever it wants, whenever it wants to.
What if a store wanted to sell me a shotgun, a Nirvana album and an R-rated movie, but no nudity-containing video game? Well I'd settle for a few porn magazines. Point is, I need a one-stop-shop, and WalMart ain't got it.
Please, Walmart, for the decent people out there, give us a place to buy recordings of violent acts, endorsements of violence, instruments of violence and porno. Think of the children.
How do you think they made little baby Puritans?
Spores, IIRC.
± 29 dB
...but it's not like 99.6% of all 15-year old guys haven't already seen a naked woman on video, in a magazine, or (hopefully ;-D) in person.
.4% have seen it in national geographic and emphatically deny that it counts
and the other
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
My guess would be, clothed except for the important bits, and with averted eyes and lots of guilt and penance afterwards...
* And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla."
...about how "In America, kids watching sex on TV == bad but kids watching violence is OK" really need to learn something about American kids.
We'd rather have them kill each other than reproduce. It's all part of a master plan.
"Kill your family, kill the band, then kill yourself. Please make sure you get your WHOLE HEAD in front of the shotgun."
he got sucked in by that vulgar computer game, and next thing we know he's running around his school like a madman.. flashing everyone!
Moo
Acclaim has amended their previous announcement, stating that because of all the free publicity they got from the furor over their game, they were able to market it enough for it to sell well. Plans for a sequel are to be announced shortly.
May we never see th
twajs....
>PUH-LEASE!
>How do you think they made little baby Puritans?
This I'd like to know as well. It might be the answer to all of our geek problems.
Alex
Heisenberg may have been here
It's like trying to get people to switch to Linux by lacing nekkid girlie pictures into the kernel. A shallow attempt to spice something up.
Link?
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So Wal-Mart will glady sell me a pump shotgun, ammo, and a bandoleer strap, everything needed for a killing spree, but they won't sell me a video game with titties in it?
Christian America has some very, very fucked up priorities.