Also it probably should not say that people were forced since they have to agree to the install and don't need to do it at all.
You'd think so, wouldn't you?
You obviously have 'Automatic Updates' set to 'Notify me but don't automatically download or install them'. That's good. I do that, and I avoid updates I don't like - e.g. That ridiculous 'Windows Genuine Advantage Validation' thing and IE7 (I rarely use IE these days).
But most people have Automatic Updates set to Automatic and so they don't have a say in what Microsoft puts on their computer, which is why 'forced' fits well here.
You may think "Well that's their problem for being thick". And you'd be right. But that's the case.
- I think issues such as the Iraq War etc. were probably more important to the voters than games. I may be a out-and-out nerd but I wouldn't vote solely in the interest of games.
- If I'm not mistaken, in Britain, it's ALREADY illegal to sell games like GTA to minors. Games likely to have violent content and that are rated by the BBFC, which is well-known and well-respected for setting the age limits for movies. However, such ratings don't harm sales and are often ignored - misjudgement often from parents, which goes to show that no amount of legislation can compensate for ignorance.
- But even this ignorance is not always crippling for kids, and GTA is not really that violent a game, to be honest. The violence in it is kinda cartoony - blood fountains and that, no intestines, no realistic death animations, characters are often revived by paramedics no matter how much you shoot them. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but the whole concept of being the criminal loses its appeal by the time you hit the 17 mark. As you can see, I did get GTA when I wasn't supposed to, but I never thought "I want to do this in real life", and a couple years ago, I lost interest in the whole criminal concept altogether. But very small children should certainly steer clear from it, and the blame should never be placed on the game when a minor uses it as a learning device.
Lastly, this is something I'm sure politicians can understand: - IF YOU BAN SOMETHING, MORE PEOPLE WILL DO IT.
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The first thing I thought of when I saw this story was a comment I made for another article some time ago:
This reminds me of a stupid idea I thought of once: A Braille monitor!
I could imagine it now, a blind person moving their fingers across the screen, saying "There are two girls and a cup AARRGH AARRGH AARRGH AARRGH!!!"
You mean these guys now get cheeto crumbs ON THEIR BALLS?!?
I really am out of the loop on the online gaming scene!
This reminds me of a stupid idea I thought of once: A Braille monitor!
I could imagine it now, a blind person moving their fingers across the screen, saying "There are two girls and a cup AARRGH AARRGH AARRGH AARRGH!!!"
Don't forget Stealther!
That's what I've been using. For...um...nah I'm not even going to try.
The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
It's probably better off not knowing. ;)
(This sort of joke was inevitable)
Yep.
*goes back to playing Game.com, a handheld with a touchscreen that came out in 1997*
er...
*puts it away because it's quite bad, and goes back to playing DS*
Okami is rated T, and that teaches your children that drinking sake makes you strong!
Ban this game now before it breeds a generation of sake-drinking hooligans who spend their days drawing circles around plants!
Dammit, someone beat me to it. Oh well!
I'm Troll Tracker, and so's my wife!
http://www.google.com/search?name=f&hl=en&q=Anonymous+Coward
He threw a huge hissy fit.
That does not turn up on the Automatic setting.
Are you feeling OK? I think you need a lie down.
You'd think so, wouldn't you?
You obviously have 'Automatic Updates' set to 'Notify me but don't automatically download or install them'. That's good. I do that, and I avoid updates I don't like - e.g. That ridiculous 'Windows Genuine Advantage Validation' thing and IE7 (I rarely use IE these days).
But most people have Automatic Updates set to Automatic and so they don't have a say in what Microsoft puts on their computer, which is why 'forced' fits well here.
You may think "Well that's their problem for being thick". And you'd be right. But that's the case.
Let me refer you all to a quote from the Darwin Awards:
"If you make something idiotproof, they will make a better idiot."
Mr Burns!
(Probably happened around the time as that episode with the power plant moved to India)
CNN's already prepared for this.
Oh no...
Looks like they'll soon be calling it 'HappySlapTube'.
Yeah, it looks like someone could claim ownership of l33t talk.
[Readies the knuckles]
And will therefore be responsible...
Couple things I'll say on the matter:
- I think issues such as the Iraq War etc. were probably more important to the voters than games. I may be a out-and-out nerd but I wouldn't vote solely in the interest of games.
- If I'm not mistaken, in Britain, it's ALREADY illegal to sell games like GTA to minors. Games likely to have violent content and that are rated by the BBFC, which is well-known and well-respected for setting the age limits for movies. However, such ratings don't harm sales and are often ignored - misjudgement often from parents, which goes to show that no amount of legislation can compensate for ignorance.
- But even this ignorance is not always crippling for kids, and GTA is not really that violent a game, to be honest. The violence in it is kinda cartoony - blood fountains and that, no intestines, no realistic death animations, characters are often revived by paramedics no matter how much you shoot them. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but the whole concept of being the criminal loses its appeal by the time you hit the 17 mark. As you can see, I did get GTA when I wasn't supposed to, but I never thought "I want to do this in real life", and a couple years ago, I lost interest in the whole criminal concept altogether. But very small children should certainly steer clear from it, and the blame should never be placed on the game when a minor uses it as a learning device.
Lastly, this is something I'm sure politicians can understand:
- IF YOU BAN SOMETHING, MORE PEOPLE WILL DO IT.
Yay, Windows is winning!