Game Awareness

[TarrumanThur]

I recently hired Haze from the video store. For those who live under rocks and on Mars, the gist of Haze is a Massive corporation, Mantel, have a massive army of gun nuts dosed up on "Nectar", a revolutionary drug that turns the user into a combat machine, with increased perception, faster movement etc. My mom walked into the room, recognised the title and said this: "Isn't that the game that they put a warning out over? Something to do with encouraging drug use?". Those who have played it will know it's the exact opposite.

My point is this: Gamers need to unite and spread awareness about games. Anti-Gaming propaganda is all over the net, but I rarely see Pro-Gaming propaganda, or at least increased awareness. Anti-Gaming propaganda uses blanket "FPS games are bad" and "Playing games will turn your children into serial homocidile rapists gunning down everone in their path" etc. We MUST fight back.

-TT

EDIT: It's good to see the theme of the latest issue of Escapist ^_^

 

[Tattaglia]

MAVV and FAVV need to DIAF TBH.

What?

 

[Tattaglia]

MAVV and FAVV need to DIAF TBH.

What?

Mothers Against Violent Videogames (MAVV) Fathers Against Violent Videgames (FAVV)

Oh, I see. Very good! Carry on! Pip pip!

 

[mark_n_b]

The problem with gamers uniting is that most gamers are self righteous and uninformed. This does not make a good formula for uniting. What ends up happening is one guy says "that stupid guy on TV said games are bad" and another says "let's all send him email messages telling him he's gay" which then happens because so many gamers think that's funny. and the next day the dude on TV provides an example of why gamers are obviously stupid and immature further justifying disgust in the genre.

Then there are the few who try sending understandable counter arguments by email (see ZP mailbag showdown) poorly spelled, one sided, providing no insight into the issue, and sad because they seem to come from the sheepish pen of a 13 year old fanfic author.

The few that might bring maturity and professionalism to the whole thing end up getting no attention at all. How many people here are members of the ECA? TurrumanT? Join up, organize an ECA event to promote video games, educate the public, encourage people to join the group. Then come to the forums with a rallying cry about what you did and encouraging other people to follow suit.

And that is not a subtle flame, I'm serious, do that, or something like that, I'd 100% back you up and help you out in any way I could, and I'd really respect that. and that goes for every single person on this forum.

 

[Sennz0r]

I still don't know what DIAF means.

But as far as the OP goes I think he's right. Games get crap thrown at them because of short-sighted people who only want to look at the potential bad things they can cause, but never get applauded by those people because they send a good message (war is bad, drug use is bad etc.).

 

[Nazulu]

It is just plain stupid all this anti-gaming propaganda, the parents should also be doing their own research but lately alot of them have been very lazy! I see alot more serious issues in movies than there has ever been in video games, anyone ever see Grandmas Boy? I like the movie but it basically promotes drugs, just like movies it is up to parents to look into it before they can say it is safe.

 

[Sennz0r]

I still don't know what DIAF means.

Die in a Fire

Thanks

I have no idea where thos abbreviations get used often enough for me to pick up on them. Probably WoW or something...

 

[s0denone]

I still don't know what DIAF means.

Die in a Fire

Thanks

I have no idea where thos abbreviations get used often enough for me to pick up on them. Probably WoW or something...

MMO's and MMO forums really. I play SWG so its common for me to use the slang.

SWG?

 

[TarrumanThur]

nice to see an increase in acronym awareness >________>

 

[s0denone]

I still don't know what DIAF means.

Die in a Fire

Thanks

I have no idea where thos abbreviations get used often enough for me to pick up on them. Probably WoW or something...

MMO's and MMO forums really. I play SWG so its common for me to use the slang.

SWG?

lol

Star Wars Galaxies

I'm quite an inadvertently witty person.
I hope you enjoyed yourself, while you were LAUGHING OUT LOUD.

 

[speedcoreXdandy]

MAVV and FAVV need to DIAF TBH.

What?

Mothers Against Violent Videogames (MAVV) Fathers Against Violent Videgames (FAVV)

I think we need to form GASP!. Gamers Against Stupid Parents.

 

[Good morning blues]

We MUST fight back.

Fair enough, how do you propose we do this? Personally, all I've seen are a few forward-thinking pieces of academic research that are ignored by the mainstream media for being insufficiently incendiary and by the gaming media for being insufficiently unwilling to hide valid criticims of video games and mountains of gamers and gaming journalists who are all-too-happy to state outright that video games can never possibly have any negative effects on anyone who isn't already "crazy" and that anybody saying anything negative about games or the game industry is some sort of retard.