Poll: The "C" word in Videogames

[dementis]

I see "swear words" as an extension of my vocabulary, so the word doesn't really bother me, it's under-used in my opinion

 

[Sneeze]

I don't see why the C-Word has the reputation it does, but in someways it kind of helps the word imo. Fuck, bastard and shit and thrown around like no-ones business, if one person calls another a **** in a game you know they mean business. The fact it go such a huge taboo about it kind of helps its impact I think, which is sort of a good thing. I do the same myself, I tend to avoid using the word myself unless I really want to draw attention to something or am really pissed off.

 

[Jegsimmons]

well im not offended with bad language, but i think that developers should use them sparingly or else it get quite annoying. such as in gta 4 they drop the f bomb so much it didnt mean anything by the third act.
and their are words that i just dont care to hear, not because im necessarily offended ( im not) but because some word just dont flow well. like if never liked the use of "****" or "god damn" for some reason they just dont flow and really sound immature at times.

so in a round about way : They can, by why should they?

 

[jpoon]

Not a big deal, just get used to it... overly sensitive cunts.

Doesn't everyone in the UK use that word like we use the word "they" in the States?

 

[Vrach]

**** is only an extremely dirty word in England and even there it's only so among upper middle class and higher class (and even they use it occasionally). But anyway, even so, there is not such thing as "going too far" when concerning use of language. But why listen to me when there's Stephen Fry to put it so much more eloquently ^^

Spoiler

 

[C95J]

****? It is no different from any other swear word, who cares if it is used in video games.

What's more offensive about the word **** than the word fuck?

If you get upset just because people tell you a word is bad you're a fecking eejit.

So pretty much this, I have never understood what is so bad about it as well.

On a side note, is that a bit of a Father Ted reference I see on the end?

 

[Dogstile]

I think The Darkness was the first game I ever heard it in, although they only used it once. I thought it was awesome.

Because I'm a child like that.

Try playing that with your mum popping in.

I did. My mum laughed and said she liked the game.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Calling someone a woman isn't an offence.

Er...it is very commonly used as an insult. "You throw like a girl" is the stereotypical use of that kind of thing, but there are variants.

A good example is this video of a US officer yelling at Iraqi police:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1GrdTakvl8

He's going out of his way to be as insulting as he can, so he repeatedly calls them women.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Games, just like movies and books, can use whatever language the author thinks is fitting to the situation. Thats it.

 

[drunken_munki]

There is a situation for each word where that word becomes appropriate. Hence, why we have that word. Everything else is a matter of choice. Dig your hand into a bag of words, it doesn't really matter. The context and message are the important factors, however some words can be more effective than others given a situation.

 

[Trolldor]

Calling someone a woman isn't an offence.

Er...it is very commonly used as an insult. "You throw like a girl" is the stereotypical use of that kind of thing, but there are variants.

A good example is this video of a US officer yelling at Iraqi police:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1GrdTakvl8

He's going out of his way to be as insulting as he can, so he repeatedly calls them women.

It's insulting in a machoistic environment, yes.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Why is **** worse than the rest? I use it all the time, more so than others actually. Anything can happen in a game, why should using **** be left out?

I see nothing wrong with swearing, both real life and in games.

 

[lacktheknack]

I don't mind a little bit of swearing to add REAL emphasis (like "IT'S ALL SO FUCKING HILARIOUS!" in Metal Gear Solid), regardless of which swear it is.

I have a problem with layers upon layers of swearing, however, because it gets really annoying and immature fast.

For example, the first four minutes of this video is the most earburning sequence in anything ever (you can watch the other six minutes as well if you like electronica, softcore porn and creepiness). Tell me this doesn't either A. annoy you if you're mature, or B. make you laugh like a maniac if you are not.

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[Mistermixmaster]

I dunno, I guess one shouldn't drop a C-bomb unless one is REALLY trying to get a point across or something. Most of the profanity today is so overused it holds little to no meaning anymore. Personally though, if I really "go in for the kill" with swearing I use a little phrase the game Rogue Warrior learned me.

Spoiler: said swear-phrase I mentioned from Rogue Warrior, expletives galore!

Goddamn cockbreath commie motherfuckers! ... However, Mickey Rourke says it better than me.

I just hope this post doesn't send me in under the mod-wrath >_<

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

I don't have any problem with the word "****". The only game I've ever heard it used in was "The Darkness". I honestly don't know why people find it more offensive than "dick", but that's just me.

 

[Tomany2]

I don't see why **** is not used, If you look at Britain (not meaning to single anyone out.) they use **** the same way we (again, we, not meaning to single anyone out) use fuck. And both words, in my opinion, have completely lost their meaning.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Like it or not, there is a hierarchy, I've tales of older comedy writers trying to get their scripts green lighted at the BBC, and actually having to barter swear words to get things done, in the style of 'ok, if I take out 3 'bloody's can I put back in a bum and a bugger?' 'Regulations say you can't say bugger, but I'll give you two bums and three bastards.'

That was only about 40 years ago, and now '****' is acceptable after 9pm if it's considered a 'reasonable' use.

I don't find swearing offensive, but I DO find lazy, unthinking overuse of swearing tiresome and wasteful. There's also something rather depressing about being on a bus and hearing a 5 year old kid tell his mother to 'fuck off you old ****' then get told 'don't you fucking speak to me like that you little shit!' I wish I was making it up, but I wonder where he got that language from...

Right now I'd say '****' is still the very pinnacle of offensiveness, putting aside specialist terms like '******', yet if we continue to weaken it's power with constant use, we'll lose swearing's power almost completely, or have to find new terms.

To take a more recent example, the series 'Spartacus' made heavy and natural use of all offensively language, along with huge amounts of male and female nudity, sex acts and extreme bloody violence and death. However, to me, somehow they made it feel so natural and normal, that after about half an episode you forgot you were seeing a lesbian threesome while two naked guards talked about the **** they'd get as a reward, and just find yourself drawn into the show, it ended up being as much background noise as horrible curtains would be in a 1907's sitcom.

I realise I have been quite free with the offensive terms here, but, to be fair, if you ignore the warning that the title is, then you earned it.

 

[Gaming King]

Cursing in video gamess that are rated T or higher is usually overdone to the point of extreme obnoxiousness. Adding **** would just make it even worse.