Do flash gamers have anything to worry about?

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coolredmk

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I have this sort of fear, that one day, Ann Coulter or Larry King ((Or any number of news anchors)) will decide that it's time to reopen the issue of violent videogames, and they'll all turn their heads to the increasingly popular flash gaming community.

While most flash games are full of nothing but good, clean fun ((See 'Cannabalt' or 'This is the Only Level')), my fear is that the media will decide to turn on a computer and play a few of the Reincarnation games ((Lots o' hate could be generated from Clergy of the Unholy)), or maybe they'll discover the gory joy that is "The Last Stand 2". What's worse, most game sites don't rate their games on how age appropriate it is, and so far I've only seen "adult" games come with disclaimers on the front.

In short, what're the chances of this happening? Will the mediots change their focus from console games to online ones? If so, what's the worst that could happen?
 

BlindMessiah94

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coolredmk said:
I have this sort of fear, that one day, Ann Coulter or Larry King ((Or any number of news anchors)) will decide that it's time to reopen the issue of violent videogames, and they'll all turn their heads to the increasingly popular flash gaming community.

While most flash games are full of nothing but good, clean fun ((See 'Cannabalt' or 'This is the Only Level')), my fear is that the media will decide to turn on a computer and play a few of the Reincarnation games ((Lots o' hate could be generated from Clergy of the Unholy)), or maybe they'll discover the gory joy that is "The Last Stand 2". What's worse, most game sites don't rate their games on how age appropriate it is, and so far I've only seen "adult" games come with disclaimers on the front.

In short, what're the chances of this happening? Will the mediots change their focus from console games to online ones? If so, what's the worst that could happen?
I just wanted to say props to the This is the only Level reference. Best game.
 

ENKC

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'The worst that could happen' is that the media rage on gaming some more, then move on to whatever else they want to get sensationalist about the next week. I sincerely doubt that any amount of media attention is going to hamper the operations of someone like Kongregate.com (my favourite source of flashing goodness on the intertron).