"Controversy" over Portal 2 quote (SPOILERS)

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Ldude893

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So of all the violent video games games out there that certain news agencies could rouse a controversy with, one news channel picked Portal 2.

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We have quite some amazing people living on this planet.
 

WrongSprite

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110146-Adoptive-Parents-Call-Portal-2-Jokes-Offensive-to-Orphans

Been covered, but yes, this is stupidity of the greatest kind.
 

Saelune

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"Popular kids game."
Validity ended.
(Ignoring the fact that it was ended when a news show talked about video games)

Also old news. But it still is annoying.

Edit: Incase you dont understand, the Portal games seem more suited to older people. Rated E doesnt mean kids game. It just means no boobs or gore.
 

Jester00

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what the fuck? i don't know how many jokes about blonds i heard in my life, but i definitly know that nobody on TV ever talked about me.
 

Elamdri

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This is why we can't have nice things.

EDIT: This video is literally giving me AIDS over the internet. I hate reporters so much.
 

acosn

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If a character in a video game, and one that was designed by the brightest minds of the time to be the best idiot ever, can throw your kid for a loop, anything will.

A gentle breeze would probably destroy their identity, and they probably haven't spent enough time on the playground.

Either that, or its just another parent over-reacting. I wonder which...
 

MercurySteam

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Saelune said:
"Popular kids game."
Validity ended.
This is why I hate it when News shows talk about shit they know nothing about. Just cause you report on everything doesn't mean you know everything.
 

Sharalon

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This... is... Hilarious!!

Even better than the joke itself! The point of the phrase is to make the player feel bad, it's an insult! If someone is really offended by it, I call that 100% success!
 

Frosted89

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Hang on, the father doesn't want to speak to her about adoption, he's just going to publicize it on national television?....Okay then...seriously how is this controversial, here we have a game that's filled almost completely of just dark humor and puzzles, it has no gore, no sex, and yet the media still tries to find something wrong with it? Please excuse me, I'm going to go bang my head on a wall for 20 minutes.
 

RadiusXd

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didn't GLaDOS taunt chell for being adopted in the first one? perhaps someone hasnt been following continuity!
 

dingles

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the father has a bit of a point when he says that the issue was just thrown in front of their 10 year old daughter. but the way its covered is just disgusting. and contacting the news over it is just the worst kind of alarm-ism i can think of.

christ, if i were president i would permanently ban these mutual masturbation portions out of news entirely. they're worse for our children than the entirety of valve will ever be.
 

gideonkain

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Shiny Koi said:
And anyway, if you were offended by that... as many people care to mention, wasn't the comment redacted later anyway (by GLaDOS)?
Yes it was, except your not using redacted correct, I looked it up when I saw it in the Portal 2 Comic (and then again in the end song lyrics)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redact

Your looking for more of a 'Rebuffed' or something similar, she flip-flopped.
 

not_the_dm

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Hang on... They're getting all worked up because the villain of a game insulted the main character? And there I was thinking that the whole point of an antagonist was to antagonise the protagonist. Silly me. Well, at least I know better now.
 
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Jesus fuck I hate the media...

Gotta love the part about "We stay away from that part" when it's a running joke in the WHOLE game.

I said this on the other post of this and I'll say it here: If there is comedy in ANY form, SOMEONE is going to find a way to be offended.
 

Gametek

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"They still like this game, it is this part that is unexceptable"...

Wait, WHAT? I know that this video was starting to go on the mind****ed realm after the first 30 second, but ehi, are you kidding me? They really make an argument with one of the most epic game ever for this? I mean... it's english! They are english! can't they understand EVEN A LITTLE the joke when they hear it?

It... Ok, yahtzee, I forgive you to have spoke badly about portal. Just for this time. You even said you was sorry. That guy, on the other hand...

And the girl itself don't give a f*** about it! Come on, this is more childish than duke nukem! [No offence to the duke nukem fan]