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Are Game Industry Pros Failing To Fight for Freedom?

Posted by Zonk on from the they'll-never-take-our-braveheart dept.

Gamasutra's most recent Question of the Week feature deals with the extremely quotable final speech given by Doug Lowenstein at D.I.C.E.. The article queries individuals within the games industry for their opinions on the 'freedom' that the industry allows itself, and its convictions on fighting for that freedom. The article prompted numerous, polarized comments. Many of them followed the gist of this Anonymous submission: "With regards to censorship the biggest worry for me is developers and publishers self-censoring and avoiding any kind of contentious issue or subject matter in case they offend anyone. Video games for me are a powerful medium capable of equaling the emotive and informative weight of cinema if used correctly, but they rarely are. If we refuse to tackle issues and remain purely a thing of fluff and fizz then interactive entertainment will never have the gravitas of its cousins."

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  1. Re:The media fucks over people who fight for freed by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's contrast your "full deck" with mine, shall we ?

    This is what the muslim god demands :

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sadda m_Hussein's_Iraq

    Let's quote some highlights, shall we ?

    "The report spoke of public beheadings of women who were accused of being prostitutes, which took place in front of family members, including children."

    This sentence uses the word ACCUSED, in case you can't read, not convicted.

    "The report also describes human rights violations directed against children. The report states that children, as young as 5 years old, are recruited into the Ashbal Saddam, or "Saddam's Cubs," and indoctrinated to adulate Saddam Hussein and denounce their own family members. The children are also subjected to military training, which includes cruelty to animals. The report also describes how parents of children are executed if they object to this treatment, and in some cases, the children themselves are imprisoned."

    "Iraqi citizens were not allowed to assemble legally unless it was to express support for the government."

    Is this the freedom that the US has taken away that you are talking about ? Because I'm mighty confused.

    The US is a LOT better than any muslim. And it's a LONG way down before the US arrives at the average islamic level of "freedom". Saddam killed nearly 5% of his population. That is, the killings we know of.

    The translation of the arabic word "islam" is "oppression" or "submission" depending on intonation. That's not a coincidence.