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| Rogue Posts: 7305/11918 |
Still makes me laugh how many steampunks have "ray guns." You can only play this whole "We're time travelers who re-purpose technology from different eras when and where we see fit" for so long. |
| Astrophel Posts: 2319/2724 |
Originally posted by RogueOriginally posted by Astrophel Those aren't anachronisms, they're just bad physics.  |
| Rogue Posts: 7301/11918 |
Originally posted by Astrophel Oh come on, play enough games and you see all sorts of anachronisms -- chainsaw machine guns, guys being able to jump tens of stories landing safely into a hay bale, a bear flying around because he has a chicken in his backpack, etc. Steam-powered lasergun is the least of them.  |
| Astrophel Posts: 2318/2724 |
Originally posted by Rogue I'm sorry, you lost me at "steam-powered lasergun". I would play a game with one of those. That said, I read something in the paper about such a law being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? I didn't have much time to look at it as it wasn't my paper and I was waiting to leave work anyway. *Astrophel shrugs. I should pay more attention, but I simply expect the worst by default. |
| Cteno Posts: 2053/3416 |
Originally posted by BitmapOriginally posted by Belial I Googled "what reads pdf files?" and I got this. I knew the answer already, but sheesh. |
| Bitmap Posts: 7199/7838 |
Originally posted by Belial Well I can't read it. Thanks for helping~! |
| Cteno Posts: 2052/3416 |
Originally posted by Rogue Game of the Year every year. |
| Belial Posts: 521/647 |
Originally posted by BitmapOriginally posted by Nelrith It's just a PDF...
This is great news! The amount of people who rely on the government to protect their children amazes me. I was watching the news, and this was an argument they had up. If you don't want your child playing violent video games, then don't purchase them... The government shouldn't have to do the parents' job for them. *shrugs* |
| Bitmap Posts: 7195/7838 |
Originally posted by Nelrith Yeah I can't even read that file. What do I need in order to read it? |
| Rogue Posts: 7290/11918 |
I'm conflicted. I love Leland Yee. He's backed so many student journalists and championed our First Amendment rights, and honestly I don't think minors should be allowed to buy certain kinds of games without parents. I don't see that as harming First Amendment rights of the game makers.
At the same time, were the law to be upheld it could chip away at the rights of artists, and the law Yee wrote was pretty much distorted when it was put into effect. And being a comic book fan (and comic books have undergone their own ridiculous degree of Senate hearings regarding their content), it would appear I should stand in solidarity with the video gamers. Yep, conflicted. Fine. Parents... the ball is completely in your court now. If you complain about your kid playing some game about skull-fucking some old lady they shot in the face with a steam-powered lasergun before taking a radioactive shit in the eye socket, that's YOUR problem. |
| Cteno Posts: 2051/3416 |
Woo~! Go First Amendment!
E: ...Does the Second Amendment apply here as well? Right to bear virtual arms? E2: Lookie what I found! |
| Xeoman Posts: 9149/11757 |
Haha, wow.
Also heard the Supreme Court votes was 7-2 so we won.  |
| True Flight Posts: 4580/5245 |
Justice Ginsburg is thinking that this whole thing is a waste of time... |
| Cteno Posts: 2049/3416 |
I still love that story! |
| Bitmap Posts: 7192/7838 |
Kinda reminds me on a really funny story I had about this subject. I'm sure most of you heard it before; for the sake of posting I'm doing it again.
I was about maybe...12 years old. Only system I owned was a computer and a Sega Saturn. Well one day I was playing Command and Conquer and while doing so my mother was folding clothes in my room. Well, this mission was on my television screen: Before watching. Picture a mother who really knows nothing about videogames or even violent movies / music in general. Oh she flipped her shit. Terrorist group wanting to attack America, said man commanding you realistically (During it's time) getting shot in the head, and then some man comes in and basically promotes me for watching the whole thing happening. Well later on that day my father comes home and asks me if I thought it was real. My reply was of course "No" and pretty much resumed gaming. I still tell her about that story to this day. We both kinda find it hilarious. |
| Elara Posts: 6612/9736 |
I know!
Honestly, there is already a rating system. Instead of trying to make up a law that challenges the First Amendment, why don't they work on enforcing the fucking rating system? |
| Xeoman Posts: 9148/11757 |
Good and Chev's also absolutely right about the average gamers age, I think it's even mostly somewhere in between 30-40. |
| Elara Posts: 6608/9736 |
Well, based on transcripts that True posted on facebook it seems that most of the Justices think this case is rather stupid. Let us hope that keeps up. |
| Astrophel Posts: 2317/2724 |
Edit: Disregard the below post as the bitter, cynical ramblings of someone who failed to RTFA. They're too lazy and/or scared to address the real problem, so they hit any new media they can. Now combine this with how many stupid old people see any technology newer than their old rusted truck as an instrument of Satan, and you'll see why video games are being targetted so much. The unfortunate part is that Supreme Court justices can't be voted out like politicians can, as a very large number (perhasp the majority) of gamers are of legal age to vote. Perhaps that's why I haven't heard this BS from any politicians lately. |
| Yasu Posts: 449/513 |
I have to agree. I know my mom was that way when i was growing up. yet she would never sit down and play any of the video games with us. But my dad would sit down and take turns with me and my brother playin the sega. |
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