On another note, does this remind anyone of the Resistance Fall of Man Mancester Church controversy?
Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Criticized For "Going Too Far"
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Why do people criticize video games so much? Don't they have better things to criticize? Like movies? Or the president?
Speaking as an American, I can assure you its the dumbest among us who are unfortunately also the loudest, but they are merely a vocal minority. Well....at least, I like to believe that's the case, anyway, unless the urge to smuggle myself into Canada overwhelms me once more....Mirroga said:
Personally I am DYING to play this game now, so I can see how the Fallout universe got its start...Dyp100 said:
I wish we didn't all give so much credence to the ramblings of one random journalist who probably also felt disturbed when the White House was blown to smithereens in ID4. Sigh.
Cry me a river. This guy needs to get over himself. Of all the actually terrible things going on in the world you could complain about, you choose this?
what a perfectly over the top knee jerk reaction from someone that no one has heard about before now...
its not going to far, whats wrong with blowing up the capital building of a country just because its your country?
the article mentions that it isnt the house of a dictator being blown up...
so what?
if it was the house of a dictator being blown up it would hurt the feelings of people who liked that dictator (its not going to be a big list of people but thats not the point)
you know that once in a while the good guy takes a beating, in fact most cheesy american movies (like the rocky ones) show the american taking a beating then coming back to win, we dont know what happens after the white house gets wasted, maybe the remaining marines make a stand on the steps too the white house, each one comforted by a billowing old glorie as they rally and marshal their strength before defeating the terrorists/invaders
as i said, a knee jerk reaction from someone just trying to make noise for no reason
its not going to far, whats wrong with blowing up the capital building of a country just because its your country?
the article mentions that it isnt the house of a dictator being blown up...
so what?
if it was the house of a dictator being blown up it would hurt the feelings of people who liked that dictator (its not going to be a big list of people but thats not the point)
you know that once in a while the good guy takes a beating, in fact most cheesy american movies (like the rocky ones) show the american taking a beating then coming back to win, we dont know what happens after the white house gets wasted, maybe the remaining marines make a stand on the steps too the white house, each one comforted by a billowing old glorie as they rally and marshal their strength before defeating the terrorists/invaders
as i said, a knee jerk reaction from someone just trying to make noise for no reason
Why are people so touchy nowadays it's just a game, why do non-gamers have to get all agro because a game has a story they don't like
No. My point is that it isn't the bildings or flags that are really sacred. It is what they represent.Hence, showing the White House getting blown up isn't much worse by my standards than showing a trailer park getting blown up. Such things are nothing more than symbols.paragon1 said:
Logically, if the United States were to get attacked by a SERIOUS opponent, then D.C> would get leveled. How is it possible for them to portray the United States as being truly threatened without that happening? Is it so bad for an opponent to actually pose a threat to us, that an enemy in a fictional story having a serious chance of winning is too much?
If the actual game is even a quarter as interesting as the trailer lets on, I might even buy it.D_987 said:
All of which doesn't answer my original question about your first statement of "No, it isn't going to far, if our government becomes corrupt and oppressive, slaughtering innocent people, and we cannot overcome that through peaceful means, then it is our obligation to blow it up ourselves."RelexCryo said:
It had no relevance and made absolutely no sense from what was being shown in the trailer. The idea you expanded on in your most recent response (which I think most people would agree on, btw) was only your last sentence. I was asking about the first two.