I find it oddly pleasing that these people now believe that video games are just as damaging to their belief system as homosexuality and porn.Zappanale said:Immediately Ban the Deadly Videogame Known as "SkyRim" for The Safety of America's Youths.
Whereas videogaming has proven to cause social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages,
Whereas sexual perversion and homosexuality are threatening to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built,
Whereas a new video game has just been created that far exceeds any others in the psychological and spiritual damage it does to teens,
Sad but so true...Waaghpowa said:It kinda gets hard to tell sometimes as there really are people out there who are serious about this kind of thing. Like Westboro Baptist church. Pretty sure they're serious a lot of the time, despite how absurdly stupid the things they do are.Clive Howlitzer said:Why can't anyone ever recognize something as satire anymore?
As do I. In fact, I think I'll even post some!TheKasp said:I really do like the names in the signatures
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I agree. I especially don't like the way they brought in religion - seems like an emotional appeal that shoots down any case for debate.RagnarokHybrid said:The fight against videogames is starting to sound a bit pompous now.
There are worse things tan videogames out there in the world and there are much worse than Skyrim out there.
Just ask that old hobo outside that makes fresh lemonade from his "crotch pocket" every few hours.
Exactly. This is /obviously/ a stealth parody. Poe's law really only holds if you're not only not a member of the group that gets those kind of parodies leveled at them (which, with religion, extends to the religious in general; if you understand the reasoning, you can kind of tell when a fundamentalist rant is being written by someone who sincerely believes it, and when it's being written by someone who is out to make fun of people like that), but you're a member of the group that the genuine form of the rants usually attack, and furthermore one who wants to laugh at how crazy the other group is. The mistakes in this are too specific -- I mean, think about it; why would a game hater mistake Bethesda for Blizzard? If they're boycotting a Bethesda game, it would make sense for them to find out who made it. It would /not/ make sense for them to actually know that there is a game company named Blizzard. That shows a knowledge of the industry that is deeper than the rest of the rant could possibly support.Amnestic said:![]()
Step 1) Make ridiculous petition that anyone with even a passing interest in Skyrim can see to be woefully inaccurate
Step 2) Subtly link it to gaming news sites
Step 3) Watch as gamers on the internet go crazy
Step 4) Laugh from the comfort of your computer chair, safe in the knowledge that your nerdbaiting is best.
Honestly? I wouldn't be surprised if a gaming news site did this themselves to drum up traffic.