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Bully Trailer Hits the Web
GGLucas writes "Contrary to the rumours that have spread about the Rockstar game, Bully, and it's storyline, the game's trailer as released by IGN today spins in a completely different direction, anti-game critics will not be happy. From the article: 'Bully puts players in control of 15 year-old Jimmy Hopkins — a boy who has just begun his first year in the New England-based Bullworth Academy, and a guy who's charged with the mission of ridding the school of a number of its undesirable elements.'"
I'm not sure about what changed but the first time i read the "article" on this game many months ago it said you wereon't going to be the bully. I thought you were gonna be the guy being picked on or something, in any case it was never about being the bully.
Hmmm... Pie...
Come on, Slashdot, you're supposed to be better than the regular news spin!
Non-pornographic movie ratings are not government mandated; they are enforced privately. That same logic is used for games, as long as they are not pornographic.
Pornography falls under a set of laws that are similar to the laws for buying tobacco products and alcohol.
Their target demographic is nerds, so why do they create a game about our oldest enemy?
Mod parent up. please. He didn't know better, and still, I applaud his immediate courage to stand up and defend our ranks.
In the meantime, I can answer your question: because they're working on a crossover sequel, Bully 2/Postal 3: Siege over Columbine.
Uh... right
Anyway, from the website's overview:
"The Rockstar tradition of groundbreaking, original gameplay and humorous tongue-in-cheek storytelling invades an entirely new setting: the schoolyard.
As a mischievous schoolboy, you'll stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the worst school around, Bullworth Academy - a corrupt and crumbling prep school with an uptight facade.
The story follows Jimmy Hopkins, a teenager who's been expelled from every school he's ever attended. Left to fend for himself after his mother abandons him at Bullworth to go on her fifth honeymoon, Jimmy has a whole year at Bullworth ahead of him, working his way up the social ladder of this demented institution of supposed learning, standing up for what he thinks is right and taking on the liars, cheats and snobs who are the most popular members of the student body and faculty. If Jimmy can survive the school year and outsmart his rivals, he could rule the school.
Ready yourself for a hilarious return to campus living with Bully, the outrageously funny debut title from Rockstar Vancouver, available exclusively for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system this October."
This actually looks like a fun game. I'd play it.
Mr. Trolley,
Trolls, Inc
A mirror of the 61.7mb 480x270.mov http://www.gamearena.com.au/ps2/games/title/bully/ index.php
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
It doesn't? Try rereading it. Lot gave his daughters to be raped by a mob, and is called a just man. The hebrews are glorified for slaughtering philistines, among several other ethnic groups. THe bible does nothing *but* glorify rape and violence.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
If you notice, that game is not about bullying anyone, its about standing up to bullies. Rockstar is known for making controversial games because they know people will buy them and Rockstar gets free advertisement (there's no such thing as bad press). Therefore, they name the game Bully and hope that people at first glance think that the game is about bullying people.
Klingon Software is not released, it escapes, inflicting terrible damage onto the enemy as it does
The MPAA has de facto control over most movie theatres in the US (Cinemark, etc.) through contracts (i.e. a movie theatre which shows first-run MPAA films may not show non-MPAA-certified films, or something to that effect). Thus, films must (if they want strong revenues) pretty much have to get MPAA certification (including receiving a rating) to appear in most movie theatres in the US. Additionally, movie theatres showing these films are contractually obligated, for the most part, to enforce the film ratings by MPAA requirements. There is no legality involved (pornography is a different story, of course). Thus, when you were carded by a theatre before seeing an R-rated film, it was purely based on contracts and societal pressures, not by any legal requirement to do so.
These have age requirements because it is almost incontrovertible that these substances have either a deleterious effect on one's health or influence minors negatively (and minors in particular have less maturity to deal with these effects, or make the decisions themselves).
I don't have a great argument about pornography restrictions aside from the fact that the US is a particularly prudish country in regards to sex and nudity.
OK, I think we understand each other. Thanks for the comment. I agree with you.
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You mean you've never heard of Jack Thompson? He's the guy who was for banning the game during that interview. He's got quite the legal record, if you'll read his Wikipedia article.
Not sure if anyone knows. But all the bullying groups in the UK are looking to get the game banned.
:)
To be quite honest. Banning a game in the UK will lead to a LOT more piracy. People downloading off the net/buying off someone etc
And its going to make people want to play it a lot more if its banned.. Think banned films. People will always try and get it somehow to find out what all the fuss it about
Possibly an age restriction I guess. As some druggie/slightly strange in the head kids are unable to discern the difference between reality and a game.. E.g. I think it was manhunt and the kid that stabbed some other kid in a park in the UK.. And they blamed the game for that.. Not the fact he was obviously devoid of any common sense..
But for the majority.. Probably much like me.. Violent video games were a part of my childhood. But I would never think of going out and copying anything portrayed in those games. So why victimise everyone.. For the small minority who are slightly screwed in the head
So I think all the bullying websites that are complaining like little girls are helping the games publicity
Lot was experiancing contant punishment after selfishly picking the "good land" from Abraham.
That's why he had a mob of rapists, and had to think of some way to get out of it (and made the wrong choice of throwing his daughers out - and where does it say in the bible that he was justified in doing this? My bible sure doesn't say that...). That's why his hometown was destroyed by brimstone, because it was such an abomination before God. That's (partially) why his wife died, and why he lost all his posessions... and got captured by an opposing faction of kings.
But Abraham comes along and saves his ass, cause he's a good guy, and an archetype of Christ.
Plenty of RPGs, for example Gothic2 to name one, you can kill whoever you like in that game, but if somebody notices you while doing it, a horde of bystanders will hunt you down and not leave you much of a chance to survive, game over, you have to restart from your last save. Metal Gear to name another one, while the punishment is little (lower rank in the end screen), it encourages non-lethal actions against the enemy. In America's Army you land in jail when shooting people at the training and there are probally some more, however, the main reason why many games don't punish you, is simply because they often don't even allow such actions in the first place, bystanders will run away in time, you race on a racetrack not in the mid of the city, you fight a war against another army on a battlefield, not gang battle in mid of the city, you are only up against zombies who are already dead, civilians are unvulnurable, etc.
GTA on the other side encouraged plenty of illegal behaviour, yes, the cops you might fight in some missions might be evil and actions against them might be justified by the story, however there is no justification as far as I know in terms of story for running over dozens or hundreds of civilians, stealing their cars, killing them for money and stuff like that, it simply happens as natural cause of the gameplay and their is no way to escape that unless by refusing to play the game. Yeah, I know you can steal a Taxi or Police car, but that gives you a single boring 2min long mission, not a full 30h game, beside that, even as police you have to kill the person you are hunting.