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(# 0) on 11/10/2008 19:41
(# 1) on 11/10/2008 19:43
Seriously though, shit heads need to chill.
(# 2) on 11/10/2008 19:50
As for people complaining about everything CoD5 related, I think it's really just because Treyarch made the game. Kind of like how all the "hardcore" hate on Guitar Hero nowadays because it's not made by Harmonix.
What these people fail to realize in both cases is that the games are in able hands. Sure, Treyarch is no Infinity Ward, but they aren't the worst developer out there. This is just people being bitchy fanboys.
(# 3) on 11/10/2008 19:51
(# 4) on 11/10/2008 20:10
I agree that people are more outspoken because Treyarch is at the helm.
(# 5) on 11/10/2008 20:26
I don't believe that video games desensitize people in the way that they will be willing to do terrible things in real life because they do them in games. However, I do see that the way games treat historical conflicts can cause young people who have no real grasp on what occurred and how it affected people at the time to have a skewed perspective. Whether it happened x amount of years ago or not, this was a REAL conflict with REAL soldiers who died, and should be treated with a certain amount of respect.
One of the more unfortunate aspects of the PC nonsense is that it causes people to go too far in the other direction; to where they start to believe that nothing should be worthy of a certain amount of respect or consideration. There is a BIG difference between being respectful of young men who fought and died in World War II and whether to use the word "African American" instead of "black" or "mentally disabled" instead of "retarded" (for example). True, PC stuff is mostly nonsense, but let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater here. In many situations, it is good to show some respect to others, and that's not being PC, it's just being a good person.
(# 6) on 11/10/2008 20:30
If anything, the reaction of core gamers to James' piece has made me sigh. We, as gamers, always stress the fact that not everyone will have the same experience with a given game, that each of our previous experiences will play into our appreciation, but then we rush to criticize someone for stating a legitimate case. We can't have it both ways.
(# 7) on 11/10/2008 20:55
Get out of your shells, please. There are 9/11 jokes out there that people laugh at. Somehow that trailer doesn't seem so bad.
(Yes, I laugh at those 9/11 jokes. Don't let your butt pucker too long.)
@ Heretic
Who the fuck let you back in, chanbaby?
(# 8) on 11/11/2008 01:21
(# 9) on 11/11/2008 05:23
But remember VWGTI, no matter what'll happen. I'll always love you!
(# 10) on 11/11/2008 09:05
(;_;) Begins!
(# 11) on 11/11/2008 10:28
As an American citizen I love my right to watch shemale porn, eat baby cows, shoot minorities, and watch shitty trailers that puts 80s workout montages to shame.
USA! USA! USA!