Some people just don't like that sorta stuff believe it or not. I mean, how would you like it if some 90 year old woman with bald patches and covered with wrinkles worked in the cubibical and came to work naked everyday. You'd be a little uncomfortable.
Some people, even truckers, don't want to see pornography. Some believe that pornography is the crack-cocain of the soul. It takes away intimacy from a marriage. It's addictive. Only can a happily married person really understand why that is harmful.
I'm not sure that anything can kill TV. People are just not technical enough to spend alot of time setting up what TV they want to see through RSS feeds and whatnot. I think we need to remember sometimes that we are pretty elite when it comes to technology and thus we should think of technology in the sense of the average user's point of view.
Europe is always getting screwed in the Gaming market. Thus, this makes sense. Ever notice how the games that are now in the $20 range here in the states are being released brand new there?
I don't see why we claim something is a bad poll if we don't agree with the answer. I think the topic heading is bad. I mean, the topic of this article makes it sound like America want's to censor blogs. To me it looks like they wish to be more secure. Is that not another value of a hacker? Freedoms, yet privacy? We can't have absolute Freedoms if we want priavacy.
Flagging people for high bandwidth use is rediculous. I don't want my ISP to snoop at what I'm doing everytime I do an
#apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade
It's rediculous. I wouldn't be surprised if they use their snooping to sell my information so they can target ads to me. If only advertisers knew that I have no money and thus am not interested.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Rather than playing music videos, MTV is training young ones to be liberal, homosexual, zombies. In other words, MTV plays nothing but crap.
Likewise rather than coming up with something as entertaining as Zelda: Wind Waker or something as inovative as the Sony I-Toy, the X-Box trains young people to be psychopathic cop killers. Just go down to Wal-Mart and count the number of M rated vs. E rated (and sports titles don't count) games. In other words X-Box offers nothing but crap.
So... Just as MTV offers nothing but crap, X-Box offers nothing but crap. Therefore there is truth in that statement.
I think it was funny. I think what's funnier is all them nerds trying to be cool by being all like "That wasn't funny. I'm ubercool so I don't like that kids stuff. Blah Blah I love Mic... Blah
It's not video games that are screwing up kids today, it's parents that don't want to take the responsability of being parents.
I agree that it is a parent's responsibility to monitor what games their kids play. However, there are a lot of parents who either don't mind, or don't know. So in that sense I think that the developers for any game that is readily available at a common store, say Wal-Mart, should take responsibility for the content of a game.
That's an interesting theory, but in all seriousness, I just don't like games that emulates such evil behavior. We as humans, whether on the right or the left, instinctivly know that murdering is wrong. We pay taxes to protect our cities with cops, why make a game that involves murdering them?
But GTA goes a step beyond that. Prostitution is a desperate profession. It's something people do when they are poor and have no idea how to make money otherwise. To have a game that shows them being murderd and thus despite their desperation, they are killed in cold blood is cruel.
I suppose it would be cool in "the right" not to like GTA, but I've never worried about being cool.:) Believe it or not, there are people who just aren't entertained that way. I personally like games such as Mario or Sonic. The most violent game I'd play is something like Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts.
Alright! I guess this is a dream come true for a right winger like me who very much dislikes GTA. This could be the one thing that destroys GTA forever (and the reason Rockstar never made GTA online multiplayer). Please read the following steps to figure out why.
Step 1: GTA player downloads online capability. Step 2: GTA player starts shooting other players online. Step 3: GTA player no longer desires to kill hookers and cops, but other badguys. Step 4: Since videogames influence behavior, there are less Cop shootings and more GTA player shootings in real life! Step 5: Less GTA players means less profits. Step 6: Rockstar sells company to "Big Idea" since they no longer make money. Step 7: "Big Idea" starts making really cool VeggieTales games using Rockstar's old resources!!!:)
I never thought I would say this, but I agree with Senator Clinton. I think it is aweful that kids are playing this kind of junk. I'm 23 and I don't even play GTA due to the nature of the game.
Especially since SC2 sold more on the cube. Wait a minute...
That is mostly because Link was in the Cube version. Unfortunately, the planned character, Mario, kinda looked dorky in SCIII so they decided to scrap it before embarassing themselves.
I'm not surprised. The game console is $249, has a short battery life, and does not have the creativity and uniqueness found with the Nintendo DS. I may be a Nintendo fanboy, but I really think that if someone wants to compete with Nintendo in the handheld market, they need to take things such as price and battery life into context.
...which I hear all the time: games are for kids. Games are not for kids
At one point, games were for kids. After videogames died out in the early `80s and was brought back again in the mid 80`s by Nintendo, most gamers were kids. Adults didn't have as much interest in games. Since they have been producing game consoles since the time of NES, gamers grew up with videogames. Unfortunately, this has confused game makers into thinking that all we want is sex and violence in our games.
But even if most games are not for kids, then I would like to see strong laws like the one in Illinois. I think that would be a stronger argument for strict ratings. I'd like to stop hearing on the news that a kid stole a car and shot a few police officers and then the kid blaming it on GTA. I think bad games are harmful to a developing mind.
I personally use the current rating system to help me by games and I don't have kids. I don't like super violent games. Thus I usually only by E rated games and some T rated games.
I'm not so sure I would like a DVI port. I'd rather use the HiDef cables (can't remember if they are composit or component). I already have my mythTV box plugged into my single HDMI port.
I guess I haven't found any DVI splitters at any of my local shops, but I've found HDTV splitters at Wally World.
Have you even played it? It is anything but a POS. Honestly, I'm kind of disapointed they went with the new look. The cel-shaded look was unique, it added style to the game and it looked damn good.
I agree. When I first saw the graphics to Wind Waker, I thought it was going to be awful. After I played the demo of Wind Waker I received from Nintendo Power, I was awed. It reminded me that games are not always about graphics.
After playing the game a bit, I began to enjoy the graphics. They don't distract from the gameplay and the storyline is top notch. The dungeons from Wind Waker are also some of my favorite.
I look forward to the new Zelda as well. I just don't look forward to being chased by a giant spider and wrapped up in a web (shudders at remembering the trailer).
Speaking of online games, I wonder if they are going to allow games such as Mario Kart:Double Dash to use the wi-fi features. After all, since it will play Cube games, I would then have two logical Cubes to play with and thus be able to play 8 player battles without having to purchase a second Cube.
I'm trying to figure out why morality constitutes closed minds. I personally feel that it is pretty closed minded to think that just because something is "good" it is not good for you.
I think parents should be able to determine every minute detail of bad stuff in a movie. If a parent really don't want to glorify lies then that's their choice. If they don't want to glorify facial piercing then that's their choice.
I'm a grown man, but I don't like hearing four letter words in every other sentence. I don't mind tatoos and piercings, but there are those who do. That's their choice. People should be free to choose JudeoChristian values just as they are free to choose values that permit having mass orgies and kids using four letter words. I don't understand liberals until I saw one tear down a conservative ad on a buliton board and deface another one. The liberal idea is this, "You are open to choose your lifestyle as long as we (the liberals) approve of it."
I don't think parents are overprotected; I think they are being cautious. Of course I would rather see a more complex rating system for movies and games. Basically it could have on the front of the box something like this:
l ** i * v * e s ***
That is v is violence, s is sexual themes, l is language, e is for evil or demonic themes, and i is illegal or harmful behavior. Then underneath it could highlight some of the things parents should be cautious about in the movie or game.
Thus we can take a game such as Zelda. l i v ** e * s Contains Mild Fantasy Violence Contains Ghosts
Parents can then judge right away whether the want that game. Just as another example we can take Sonic Adventure 2: Battle l * i * v ** e * s * Contains Mild Lyrics Contains Resisting Authorities Contains Fantasy Violence Contains Sports like Violence Contains Mild Romantic Themes
If we used a rating system like that, parents could more easily pick out the right movie/games for thier kids based upon their moral values of what kids should be exposed to.
Okay, CmdTaco, I really don't think this topic is nerdworthy. It is however flameworthy. In fact, I would give it a flamebait score. I know that if I would have submitted such a story, it would have been rejected before I clicked submit.
Anyway, about the shroud.... Who cares? I really don't care if it was Jesus's or not. There is enough evidence out there that says that there was a man named Jesus and that he performed miracles. In addition to that, there are enough prophsies in the old testament (written a very long time before Jesus) that point out that if this whole God was true then Jesus is the Mesiah.
Read the book of Isaiah sometime. Isaiah 7 says that as a sign Mesiah would be born of a virgin. Isaiah 53 details how he will die and for what reason. These aren't like the horroscopes in the National Enquirer, these are very specific prophsies that did come to pass. But like most logical thinkers, we can pass this all off as a coincidence just like we pass off all miracles we see every day. ("I survived the car wreak! What a coincidence. Praise be to luck and chance that I may have it!")
So who cares if this thing is real or fake. I don't. I know the following:
1: I'm a screw up
2: There's nothing I can do to change that
3: Screw ups don't go to Heaven on their own
4: It's a good thing I have a Savior to pay the price for me.
In other news, Washington State is is declaring war on Oregon. News sources are dubbing this, "The American Civil War II". Many news analyst claim that this war should be open and shut in no time.
An anonomys insider from Redmond, WA says this, "The red scare is back. This time it's in our own back yard! We must do everything in our power to defeat the Commies and bring Democracy back to the U.S. In our efforts to do this, we are offering to the U.S. Military our latest software package "Red Out". This is available to them for just $99 per month. For the Pro Version (which has a cooler sounding name... and it integrates with Miami Vice) it's just $199."
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I very much agree. Regardless of one's belief that pornography is ok for everybody, it doesn't need to be imposed on those who don't think it's ok.
Some people, even truckers, don't want to see pornography. Some believe that pornography is the crack-cocain of the soul. It takes away intimacy from a marriage. It's addictive. Only can a happily married person really understand why that is harmful.
I'm not sure that anything can kill TV. People are just not technical enough to spend alot of time setting up what TV they want to see through RSS feeds and whatnot. I think we need to remember sometimes that we are pretty elite when it comes to technology and thus we should think of technology in the sense of the average user's point of view.
Europe is always getting screwed in the Gaming market. Thus, this makes sense. Ever notice how the games that are now in the $20 range here in the states are being released brand new there?
I don't see why we claim something is a bad poll if we don't agree with the answer. I think the topic heading is bad. I mean, the topic of this article makes it sound like America want's to censor blogs. To me it looks like they wish to be more secure. Is that not another value of a hacker? Freedoms, yet privacy? We can't have absolute Freedoms if we want priavacy.
Flagging people for high bandwidth use is rediculous. I don't want my ISP to snoop at what I'm doing everytime I do an
#apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade
It's rediculous. I wouldn't be surprised if they use their snooping to sell my information so they can target ads to me. If only advertisers knew that I have no money and thus am not interested.
Likewise rather than coming up with something as entertaining as Zelda: Wind Waker or something as inovative as the Sony I-Toy, the X-Box trains young people to be psychopathic cop killers. Just go down to Wal-Mart and count the number of M rated vs. E rated (and sports titles don't count) games. In other words X-Box offers nothing but crap.
So... Just as MTV offers nothing but crap, X-Box offers nothing but crap. Therefore there is truth in that statement.
I would very much like to see an X server run on the DS. With the touchscreen, it would make a very nice PDA
I think it was funny. I think what's funnier is all them nerds trying to be cool by being all like "That wasn't funny. I'm ubercool so I don't like that kids stuff. Blah Blah I love Mic... Blah
It's not video games that are screwing up kids today, it's parents that don't want to take the responsability of being parents.
I agree that it is a parent's responsibility to monitor what games their kids play. However, there are a lot of parents who either don't mind, or don't know. So in that sense I think that the developers for any game that is readily available at a common store, say Wal-Mart, should take responsibility for the content of a game.
Yeah, I bet you get laid a lot..
Why yes. Yes I do. Thank you for asking. I'm married and my wife and I very much enjoy such things.
That's an interesting theory, but in all seriousness, I just don't like games that emulates such evil behavior. We as humans, whether on the right or the left, instinctivly know that murdering is wrong. We pay taxes to protect our cities with cops, why make a game that involves murdering them?
:) Believe it or not, there are people who just aren't entertained that way. I personally like games such as Mario or Sonic. The most violent game I'd play is something like Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts.
But GTA goes a step beyond that. Prostitution is a desperate profession. It's something people do when they are poor and have no idea how to make money otherwise. To have a game that shows them being murderd and thus despite their desperation, they are killed in cold blood is cruel.
I suppose it would be cool in "the right" not to like GTA, but I've never worried about being cool.
Alright! I guess this is a dream come true for a right winger like me who very much dislikes GTA. This could be the one thing that destroys GTA forever (and the reason Rockstar never made GTA online multiplayer). Please read the following steps to figure out why.
:)
:)
Step 1: GTA player downloads online capability.
Step 2: GTA player starts shooting other players online.
Step 3: GTA player no longer desires to kill hookers and cops, but other badguys.
Step 4: Since videogames influence behavior, there are less Cop shootings and more GTA player shootings in real life!
Step 5: Less GTA players means less profits.
Step 6: Rockstar sells company to "Big Idea" since they no longer make money.
Step 7: "Big Idea" starts making really cool VeggieTales games using Rockstar's old resources!!!
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION!!!!!!!
I never thought I would say this, but I agree with Senator Clinton. I think it is aweful that kids are playing this kind of junk. I'm 23 and I don't even play GTA due to the nature of the game.
Especially since SC2 sold more on the cube. Wait a minute...
That is mostly because Link was in the Cube version. Unfortunately, the planned character, Mario, kinda looked dorky in SCIII so they decided to scrap it before embarassing themselves.
I'm not surprised. The game console is $249, has a short battery life, and does not have the creativity and uniqueness found with the Nintendo DS. I may be a Nintendo fanboy, but I really think that if someone wants to compete with Nintendo in the handheld market, they need to take things such as price and battery life into context.
...which I hear all the time: games are for kids. Games are not for kids
At one point, games were for kids. After videogames died out in the early `80s and was brought back again in the mid 80`s by Nintendo, most gamers were kids. Adults didn't have as much interest in games. Since they have been producing game consoles since the time of NES, gamers grew up with videogames. Unfortunately, this has confused game makers into thinking that all we want is sex and violence in our games.
But even if most games are not for kids, then I would like to see strong laws like the one in Illinois. I think that would be a stronger argument for strict ratings. I'd like to stop hearing on the news that a kid stole a car and shot a few police officers and then the kid blaming it on GTA. I think bad games are harmful to a developing mind.
I personally use the current rating system to help me by games and I don't have kids. I don't like super violent games. Thus I usually only by E rated games and some T rated games.
I'm not so sure I would like a DVI port. I'd rather use the HiDef cables (can't remember if they are composit or component). I already have my mythTV box plugged into my single HDMI port.
I guess I haven't found any DVI splitters at any of my local shops, but I've found HDTV splitters at Wally World.
Have you even played it? It is anything but a POS. Honestly, I'm kind of disapointed they went with the new look. The cel-shaded look was unique, it added style to the game and it looked damn good.
I agree. When I first saw the graphics to Wind Waker, I thought it was going to be awful. After I played the demo of Wind Waker I received from Nintendo Power, I was awed. It reminded me that games are not always about graphics.
After playing the game a bit, I began to enjoy the graphics. They don't distract from the gameplay and the storyline is top notch. The dungeons from Wind Waker are also some of my favorite.
I look forward to the new Zelda as well. I just don't look forward to being chased by a giant spider and wrapped up in a web (shudders at remembering the trailer).
Speaking of online games, I wonder if they are going to allow games such as Mario Kart:Double Dash to use the wi-fi features. After all, since it will play Cube games, I would then have two logical Cubes to play with and thus be able to play 8 player battles without having to purchase a second Cube.
I'm trying to figure out why morality constitutes closed minds. I personally feel that it is pretty closed minded to think that just because something is "good" it is not good for you.
I think parents should be able to determine every minute detail of bad stuff in a movie. If a parent really don't want to glorify lies then that's their choice. If they don't want to glorify facial piercing then that's their choice.
I'm a grown man, but I don't like hearing four letter words in every other sentence. I don't mind tatoos and piercings, but there are those who do. That's their choice. People should be free to choose JudeoChristian values just as they are free to choose values that permit having mass orgies and kids using four letter words. I don't understand liberals until I saw one tear down a conservative ad on a buliton board and deface another one. The liberal idea is this, "You are open to choose your lifestyle as long as we (the liberals) approve of it."
I don't think parents are overprotected; I think they are being cautious. Of course I would rather see a more complex rating system for movies and games. Basically it could have on the front of the box something like this:
l **
i *
v *
e
s ***
That is v is violence, s is sexual themes, l is language, e is for evil or demonic themes, and i is illegal or harmful behavior. Then underneath it could highlight some of the things parents should be cautious about in the movie or game.
Thus we can take a game such as Zelda.
l
i
v **
e *
s
Contains Mild Fantasy Violence
Contains Ghosts
Parents can then judge right away whether the want that game. Just as another example we can take Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
l *
i *
v **
e *
s *
Contains Mild Lyrics
Contains Resisting Authorities
Contains Fantasy Violence
Contains Sports like Violence
Contains Mild Romantic Themes
If we used a rating system like that, parents could more easily pick out the right movie/games for thier kids based upon their moral values of what kids should be exposed to.
Okay, CmdTaco, I really don't think this topic is nerdworthy. It is however flameworthy. In fact, I would give it a flamebait score. I know that if I would have submitted such a story, it would have been rejected before I clicked submit. Anyway, about the shroud.... Who cares? I really don't care if it was Jesus's or not. There is enough evidence out there that says that there was a man named Jesus and that he performed miracles. In addition to that, there are enough prophsies in the old testament (written a very long time before Jesus) that point out that if this whole God was true then Jesus is the Mesiah. Read the book of Isaiah sometime. Isaiah 7 says that as a sign Mesiah would be born of a virgin. Isaiah 53 details how he will die and for what reason. These aren't like the horroscopes in the National Enquirer, these are very specific prophsies that did come to pass. But like most logical thinkers, we can pass this all off as a coincidence just like we pass off all miracles we see every day. ("I survived the car wreak! What a coincidence. Praise be to luck and chance that I may have it!") So who cares if this thing is real or fake. I don't. I know the following: 1: I'm a screw up 2: There's nothing I can do to change that 3: Screw ups don't go to Heaven on their own 4: It's a good thing I have a Savior to pay the price for me.
In other news, Washington State is is declaring war on Oregon. News sources are dubbing this, "The American Civil War II". Many news analyst claim that this war should be open and shut in no time. An anonomys insider from Redmond, WA says this, "The red scare is back. This time it's in our own back yard! We must do everything in our power to defeat the Commies and bring Democracy back to the U.S. In our efforts to do this, we are offering to the U.S. Military our latest software package "Red Out". This is available to them for just $99 per month. For the Pro Version (which has a cooler sounding name... and it integrates with Miami Vice) it's just $199."
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