Zero Punctuation: Video Game Voters Network
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Here in America, video game violence seems to be a biggest threat to children ever.AnneSQF said:
Video games will turn every child into a psychopathic satanist... at least that's what the kneejerk dumbass brigade believes.
there is a supreme court case that is either starting soon or has started that will make it so that video games are not protected under the 1st amendment ya know...freedom of speech...just like movies, tv, and everything else IS. its a Bull argument but its gaining speed6unn3r said:
The thing that would help video gaming most is if producers would start making good ones.
The video game industry needs a paradigm-change. Now, it's not about making video games, it's about making money which consequently completely kills all artistic endeavor and therefore isn't taken seriously by those outside the video gamers group.
Also, the video game media needs to step up and become serious and get themselves some integrity.
Then, video games need to be seen as services, not products and least of all simple games, by the publishers.
It's not like movies and books aren't in the same situation right now. But those had their golden years, where the public view changed from damnation to respect. Video gaming started out bad as it was hardly started by artists, who sought a new medium to express whatever they need to express, but started by businesses. Or at least it was made big by businesses.
The video game industry needs a paradigm-change. Now, it's not about making video games, it's about making money which consequently completely kills all artistic endeavor and therefore isn't taken seriously by those outside the video gamers group.
Also, the video game media needs to step up and become serious and get themselves some integrity.
Then, video games need to be seen as services, not products and least of all simple games, by the publishers.
It's not like movies and books aren't in the same situation right now. But those had their golden years, where the public view changed from damnation to respect. Video gaming started out bad as it was hardly started by artists, who sought a new medium to express whatever they need to express, but started by businesses. Or at least it was made big by businesses.
Article number 1742 while everything else is 20##? How long's this been on the back boiler waiting to see the light of day?
Not an American, but I'll wave the flag for my gaming brothers and sisters south of the border in support of this mission!
Though I am amused at an Englishman residing in Australia motivating American political action.
Though I am amused at an Englishman residing in Australia motivating American political action.
OK so I'm Aussie and we have tough regulations on our video games (and pay twice as much)but I live in a country that piggybacks on the ways of our big brothers China and America. So if something like this goes through then the most of the world would follow suit or game developers might limit start to censer all there games. This is a problem that would start in America and effect the whole world.
How is yahtzee part of this place if he's Australian?
Or is he just getting more Americans to sign up?
Or is he just getting more Americans to sign up?
Bah... I stayed up until 2:30am in Australia to see what this was all about... And I can't do anything about it. Sigh. Might as well just keep watching Stargate until morning then...
yay america?
well seeing as Britain *coughEnglandcough* is trying it's damnedest to be america this might hopefully serve as an example and carry over some positive effect across the pond, provided this actually works out as it should.
well seeing as Britain *coughEnglandcough* is trying it's damnedest to be america this might hopefully serve as an example and carry over some positive effect across the pond, provided this actually works out as it should.
Not to crap in anyone's danish but the bankroll behind the VGVN is the ESA which is the lobbying arm of the game publishers.
The ESA is responsible for propaganda abortions like http://www.jointhecteam.com/ with complete bullshit statements like "natural connection between copyright and creativity" The purpose of the propaganda is to indoctrinate kids into the notion that copyright infringement is the same as plagiarism.
So while the VGVN appears to be a pro freedom you can bet the ESA would support a draconian three-strikes law similar to what France just passed: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/24/0942227/In-France-Hadopi-Reporting-Begins-With-Only-10000-IP-Addresses-Per-Day
The ESA is responsible for propaganda abortions like http://www.jointhecteam.com/ with complete bullshit statements like "natural connection between copyright and creativity" The purpose of the propaganda is to indoctrinate kids into the notion that copyright infringement is the same as plagiarism.
So while the VGVN appears to be a pro freedom you can bet the ESA would support a draconian three-strikes law similar to what France just passed: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/24/0942227/In-France-Hadopi-Reporting-Begins-With-Only-10000-IP-Addresses-Per-Day
