Poll: The "C" word in Videogames

[LogicNProportion]

****? That's not offensive at all, try meecrob.

I fucking hate meecrob!

O_O

Epic reference is epic.

 

[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.

You have one cool mum. I have borrow her?

Sure, although if you want her to use her bouncer qualifications its £20 an hour

 

[reg42]

Never played the game, but I love this movie:

Spoiler: WARNING: THIS ENTIRE VIDEO IS ALMOST NOTHING BUT PROFANITY

WARNING: THIS ENTIRE VIDEO IS ALMOST NOTHING BUT PROFANITY​

So I have no problem with any sort of swearing in video games. If I did, I'd be a massive fucking hypocrite.

You win 20 awesome points.

 

[Chewiemuse]

...People use the C word in real life. Therefore I think they should use them in games. That whole...believability thing.

So no it's not too far, in fact it's used quite a bit in the real world...

BOOM...done...print

 

[Mydnyght]

I actually remember hearing **** on San Andreas when you first meet Maccer and Kent Paul, Maccer pulls a drugged Paul off the ground saying 'Get up you soppy ****.'

Yeah, I remember that scene too. I would've described that scene myself if it hadn't already been mentioned on this thread. Actually, I think it was Kent who called Maccer a ****, but anyway, one of them said that word.

So, on a side note, am I surprised to hear "****" in a rated-M game? No, not really.

You *really* wanna surprise me, however, say "tits" in a rated-T game. Michelle Ruff did (2:53 for truth):

 

[Cheesebob]

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.

You have one cool mum. I have borrow her?

Sure, although if you want her to use her bouncer qualifications its £20 an hour

I was going to use her for that...and other things...



By that I mean come into the room when I am playing games and laugh, then walk out

 

[boholikeu]

Doesn't bother me in the least when I hear it being used in a game or movie or whatever, but if someone called me one I'd punch their lights out. Simply because when a man calls a woman a ****, he usually intends to imply that she is nothing more than her reproductive parts, and therefore is worthless to him (as a person) and is simply something that ought to be used for his pleasure. I do not think that 'dick' has the same implications when said by a woman to a man (usually just means you're a jerk).

So then it's similar to when a woman calls a man a nice piece of a**?

In that way, calling a woman a **** is a lot like a white person calling a black person a ****** - it reminds them of a time and a culture where they were devalued to the point of being not a person.

I think it's a bit of a stretch to draw comparisons between the c word and the n word. The n word is widely associated with the time of slavery and public racism. The c word is not, and in fact it wasn't even considered particularly derogatory until the last century (IE until the rise of women's rights).

Personally, I think the "special status" that the c word holds in America is actually detrimental to the position of women. Why is it that a word for the female anatomy is so vulgar that it has to be off limits, whereas words for the male anatomy are pg 13 at worst?
I think associating that kind of negativity with the c word implies that women need to be treated "specially" because they are too "weak" to handle bad words associated with their anatomy, unlike "stong" men who can take whatever insults are thrown at their gender.

 

[TyrantGanado]

Just as we use "fucking" as a fucking comma in Scotland we us "****" as an exclamation mark, ya ****.

So no, swearing has long become a non-factor to me. In fact, it bothers me when characters don't swear when you'd expect them to in real life. It can become quite jarring.

Also, censoring swearing isn't as big a thing over here, we have teenage dramas dropping swearwords every other fucking line, ya **** (e.g. Skins) whereas American shows (less so recently with adult-aimed shows) have, at most, the word "bastard" dropped every now and again.

The amount of times I expected Jack to tell Locke to shut the fuck up or for Mulder to shout "holy shit, Scully, aliens!" versus the times they've done as such is akin to dividing by zero.

 

[Lolth17]

In that way, calling a woman a **** is a lot like a white person calling a black person a ****** - it reminds them of a time and a culture where they were devalued to the point of being not a person.

I think it's a bit of a stretch to draw comparisons between the c word and the n word. The n word is widely associated with the time of slavery and public racism. The c word is not, and in fact it wasn't even considered particularly derogatory until the last century (IE until the rise of women's rights).

Yes, exactly, and until a century ago, '******' was a perfectly acceptable way to address a black person. Look at Huckleberry Finn.

I'm just telling you how I, as a woman, and probably many, many other women feel being called one by a man. I understand that you don't get it. I wouldn't expect you to. But I'm definitely not alone in my feelings. Try seriously calling a woman a **** and see what she says.

 

[spartan231490]

...People use the C word in real life. Therefore I think they should use them in games. That whole...believability thing.

So no it's not too far, in fact it's used quite a bit in the real world...

Very well said.
Why should they limit themselves. The ESRB has that whole language warning thing, if you can't handle it, don't buy games rated for language.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I don't use it myself, but I don't particularly care if others use the term either (though if they use it around a woman, I might go and hide).

That said, I also have absolutely no issue with swearing, as long as it is portrayed realistically. Entire sentences of simply cuss words, unless the character is somehow developed from such a rapid use of them, I get bored of fairly quickly.