Nannies Get Angry Over Dante's Inferno Achievement
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Everyone is angry about something and video games bear the brunt of people's anger. I've learned to deal with it.
While I understand how murdering unbaptized children might make sense for a game based in Hell, I think having an achievement for it (an achievement ostensibly being a reward for a particularly noteworthy accomplishment) is probably not the direction you should be going with it.
That said, I think the Nannie's association's reaction to this announcement is a bit hysterical. I mean, they even said it was going to be a Bad Nanny achievement. If they had called it the Exceptionally Good Nanny achievement, then they would probably look a little bit less silly.
That said, I think the Nannie's association's reaction to this announcement is a bit hysterical. I mean, they even said it was going to be a Bad Nanny achievement. If they had called it the Exceptionally Good Nanny achievement, then they would probably look a little bit less silly.
No, it's Limbo. Limbo was technically considered part of Hell--it was the first circle of Hell in the Inferno--but was actually pretty nice. Limbo was the place for people who couldn't get into Heaven through no fault of their own--unbaptised babies and "virtuous pagans" (who were mainly pagans born before Jesus was born, and were therefore ineligible for Heaven, according to medieval Christian theology. Although the patriarchs of the Old Testament had been allowed into Heaven thanks the Harrowing of Hell, which was when Jesus went into Hell and took out the virtuous pagans during the three days between his death and resurrection). Limbo, in "Inferno," for the unbaptised babies and virtuous pagans was green fields and a beautiful castle that still felt somber because the people there knew they were in an "imperfect" Heaven and unable to reach God.Chipperz said:
So this is basically just one more way EA's "Dante's Inferno" has piddled all over the Divine Comedy.
Purgatory, BTW, was where people who weren't evil enough to go to Hell but weren't good enough to get into Heaven went. It was a place where they were punished for a set amount of time to atone for their unforgiven sins. The punishments were pretty close to the ones in Hell--things like having their eyes sewn shut or being burned in a wall of flames--but unlike Hell, there was an end to them, and afterward their sins were purged, the people there could get into Heaven.
Oh, and as for why unbaptised babies went to Hell, it was because even though they hadn't committed any sins themselves, they were still tainted by Original Sin. Baptism was considered necessary for salvation.
EA has a checklist of people they want to offend with Dante's Inferno. Lets check on it, shall we?
Old God - X
New God - X
Moms - X
Dads - X
Men - X
Women - X
Nuns - X
Priests -
Children - X
Gamers - X
Yahtzee - X
Dante - X
Etc.
Now they can check "Nannies - X".
Old God - X
New God - X
Moms - X
Dads - X
Men - X
Women - X
Nuns - X
Priests -
Children - X
Gamers - X
Yahtzee - X
Dante - X
Etc.
Now they can check "Nannies - X".
I'm a father of two and I find that my sons are the most awesome thing in my life. That said, I can't wait to kill babies. It is because I have a sense of humor and it is a damn video game.
Here is my question: What is a pack of nannies doing watching information on a game about hell? Are they boning up on the news so they know what games to play in secret while they neglect the children under their care? Yes, I went there. It's a game, fuck em if they can't take a joke.
Here is my question: What is a pack of nannies doing watching information on a game about hell? Are they boning up on the news so they know what games to play in secret while they neglect the children under their care? Yes, I went there. It's a game, fuck em if they can't take a joke.
I can't imagine this being anything more than a half-cast of God of War and Devil May Cry. FOr suitable reasons, really. Not to say it'll definatly be bad, but around 90% of games produced nowadays aren't worth the walk to the store so...
My money says it'll rape the source material and then rape the players.
My money says it'll rape the source material and then rape the players.
Its going to be a fucking M rated game (99% sure on that one) so why are they complaining. They dont even know what the game is about, i could bet their soul on it.
The Babies are already dead & Completly deformed. They look more Like a typical video game monster. If they weren't identified as "Unbaptized Babies" no one would realize or care.Tdc2182 said:
I agree, the Divine Comedy is an exellent work of liturature.Clashero said:
But in the developers defence, it was obvious that they would have to change it to make it work as a video game.
I know I shouldn't, but duty requires that I do.yeah_so_no said:
There are people who honestly believe what the above wrote is true and real, and base their lives on it. We let these people be in charge of things, important things, and let t go near our children. And we're okay with it.
Yet replace a few of those words with something like, I dunno, "monkeys" or "bannana cream pies", and we send'em to an insane asylum faster than you could say "Irony".
Why?
Well, it looks like EA has decided to change their no advertisement ways and try to get a scandel-thing going. Maybe Dante's Inferno will do better than Dead Space Extraction...
Also, that's 2 games where you can fight evil babies. Dead Space had those tentical things.
Also, that's 2 games where you can fight evil babies. Dead Space had those tentical things.
