They act like their console systems are for kids, yet implement cutting-edge hardware to drive prices up into the hundreds or thousands of dollars (with peripherals, games and etc)
They cater to adults, but not too much - just what they are allowed to do. God forbid parents should get angry. We are a country of morality! Damn those Rockstar people for making fun games that have blood in them!
Please, just change the blood to clear 'sweat' and everything will be fine. Except for the garrotes and shit.
How about we say Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all assholes?
Well, at least nutless, as they can't stand to have or enforce a policy of free speech on their consoles. Does anyone remember the huge outcry of GTA3? how about vice city, or san andreas? Instead of this pussy ratings boards the various countries have, why don't Microsoft, Sony et. al. enforce an "anything-published" policy?
Because of the children. No one dares develop an ADULT PLATFORM which is what the PS3 and XBOX 360 ALREADY ARE. How many kids shelled out a grand for a PS3, compared to adults? Yet we can't buy games we want on the system. Thanks a lot, Sony, you bitch.
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Yeah. Cause everybody knows The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather Part II, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Pulp Fiction, Schindler's List, Goodfellas, Psycho, The Usual Suspects, The Silence of the Lambs, Memento, Fight Club, Paths of Glory, Se7en, Saving Private Ryan, A Clockwork Orange, The Pianist, The Shining, Raging Bull, Sin City, Jaws, Full Metal Jacket, Braveheart, and The Matrix aren't art. They are dumb and deranged, as you said. Especially the matrix.
But if it's rated AO then no store will carry it, so what's the point of an AO rating besides a big "Fuck You"? At least in the movie industry an NC-17 isn't the same deathknell as here, as they can release it "unrated" and release it anyways.
Because this was developed on a proprietary platform, that platform has the right to refuse to publish such a game (unlike Tengen self-publishing an unlicensed game for the Nintendo back in the day, modern console manufacturers make sure that can't happen).
So, pretty much, if you want to make a game that presses any sort of limit to modern American society, you better make it for the PC where you can't be refused publication. Of course, no one will buy it since it won't be available at Best Buy or Walmart, but it's better than nothing.
It really pisses me off that the world has to be like this. I want to virtually kill people. snark
My apologies for such a long quote, but Dylan comes to mind here:
Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks
Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion As young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud
You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins
How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you Even Jesus would never Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die And your death'll come soon I will follow your casket In the pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your deathbed And I'll stand o'er your grave 'Til I'm sure that you're dead....could've been written today, ffs. Says I have too few characters per line, oh well. I'll try to write something longer so it'll all fit in okay. Ah, there, that should do it just about now once I finish this sentance.
Or, not. That sucks. Well, I like the damn song anyways. Fuck Bush! I got a warning on WoW for saying that in the Barrens.:/
"For example, no one teaches you that green-tinted moisturizer will help hide red, slapped skin. And any gentleman who's ever been backhanded by a lady with her diamond ring should know a styptic pencil will stop the bleeding. Close the gash with a dab of Super Glue and you can be photographed at a movie premier, smiling and without stitches or a scar.
Always keep a red washcloth around for wiping up blood, and you'll never have a stain to presoak."
Without reading TFA, this seems like nothing new. Provigil http://www.provigil.com/ (modafinil) has been out for several years now, and speaking from personal experience, it works great. Fatigue evaporates like water, with no other side effects like jitteriness or irritability.
The Air Force I know was testing this on pilots two years ago to replace the use of Dexadrine (a controlled substance - and rather slightly addictive amphetamine) in pilots sustaining 30+ hour patrol missions.
A friend of mine who has cancer reported a varying effect, saying it felt like speed. On fire all day with energy..
Provigil is mainly prescribed for sleep apnea and narcolepsy and can sustain a person without sleep for up to 88 hours.
I have always detested that about the James Bond series. If Harrison Ford can't play Indiana Jones then just let it die. Please.
That said, I have high hopes for this movie which I'm sure will come crashing down as soon as they announce Ice Cube to be the villain.
Slashdot Mirror
Damn, I'm glad you weren't around when GTA 3, vice city, san andreas, manhunt, and the like came out. We would never have got to play them.
Okay, well manhunt sucked.
They are hypocrites, if you ask me.
They act like their console systems are for kids, yet implement cutting-edge hardware to drive prices up into the hundreds or thousands of dollars (with peripherals, games and etc)
They cater to adults, but not too much - just what they are allowed to do. God forbid parents should get angry. We are a country of morality! Damn those Rockstar people for making fun games that have blood in them!
Please, just change the blood to clear 'sweat' and everything will be fine. Except for the garrotes and shit.
oh ya anybody want a PS3? j/k I never bothered getting one..
How about we say Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all assholes? Well, at least nutless, as they can't stand to have or enforce a policy of free speech on their consoles. Does anyone remember the huge outcry of GTA3? how about vice city, or san andreas? Instead of this pussy ratings boards the various countries have, why don't Microsoft, Sony et. al. enforce an "anything-published" policy? Because of the children. No one dares develop an ADULT PLATFORM which is what the PS3 and XBOX 360 ALREADY ARE. How many kids shelled out a grand for a PS3, compared to adults? Yet we can't buy games we want on the system. Thanks a lot, Sony, you bitch.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. -Voltaire
>> Yeah. Cause everybody knows The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather Part II, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Pulp Fiction, Schindler's List, Goodfellas, Psycho, The Usual Suspects, The Silence of the Lambs, Memento, Fight Club, Paths of Glory, Se7en, Saving Private Ryan, A Clockwork Orange, The Pianist, The Shining, Raging Bull, Sin City, Jaws, Full Metal Jacket, Braveheart, and The Matrix aren't art. They are dumb and deranged, as you said. Especially the matrix.
But if it's rated AO then no store will carry it, so what's the point of an AO rating besides a big "Fuck You"? At least in the movie industry an NC-17 isn't the same deathknell as here, as they can release it "unrated" and release it anyways. Because this was developed on a proprietary platform, that platform has the right to refuse to publish such a game (unlike Tengen self-publishing an unlicensed game for the Nintendo back in the day, modern console manufacturers make sure that can't happen). So, pretty much, if you want to make a game that presses any sort of limit to modern American society, you better make it for the PC where you can't be refused publication. Of course, no one will buy it since it won't be available at Best Buy or Walmart, but it's better than nothing. It really pisses me off that the world has to be like this. I want to virtually kill people. snark
ZZT! Pyro! Stellar Crusades! Buck Rogers!
Well, OK how about the Gold Box AD&D games? or Gauntlet?
Wizard needs food, badly!
My apologies for such a long quote, but Dylan comes to mind here:
...could've been written today, ffs. Says I have too few characters per line, oh well. I'll try to write something longer so it'll all fit in okay. Ah, there, that should do it just about now once I finish this sentance.
:/
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.
Or, not. That sucks. Well, I like the damn song anyways. Fuck Bush! I got a warning on WoW for saying that in the Barrens.
Chuck Palahniuk is the guy who wrote Fight Club.
"For example, no one teaches you that green-tinted moisturizer will help hide red, slapped skin. And any gentleman who's ever been backhanded by a lady with her diamond ring should know a styptic pencil will stop the bleeding. Close the gash with a dab of Super Glue and you can be photographed at a movie premier, smiling and without stitches or a scar.
Always keep a red washcloth around for wiping up blood, and you'll never have a stain to presoak."
The Air Force I know was testing this on pilots two years ago to replace the use of Dexadrine (a controlled substance - and rather slightly addictive amphetamine) in pilots sustaining 30+ hour patrol missions.
A friend of mine who has cancer reported a varying effect, saying it felt like speed. On fire all day with energy..
Provigil is mainly prescribed for sleep apnea and narcolepsy and can sustain a person without sleep for up to 88 hours.
Timothy
Look at the popularity of that atrocious "Left Behind" series and tell me there would ever be compulsory chip implementation of any kind in the US.
I thought everybody got their tunes off Usenet..
I have always detested that about the James Bond series. If Harrison Ford can't play Indiana Jones then just let it die. Please. That said, I have high hopes for this movie which I'm sure will come crashing down as soon as they announce Ice Cube to be the villain.
Electromagnetic rail looks promising for real orbit possibility: http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/MatrioshkaBrains/ MassDrivers.html
Be nice... maybe he has Multiple Personality Disorder.. I find the whole thing about the italics (italics=good nonitalics=bad) to be very interesting.