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Fallout 3 rewards you for 'pulverizing women', claims critic photo

God-fearing Web site Every Day Christian has today published a handy little guide for idiotic parents, giving family-focused videogame critic Bob Waliszewski's thumbs-up and thumbs-down on a variety of videogames. Now parents will be able to know which games are suitable for their little cherubs, because Lord knows they can't be expected to think for themselves. Let's take a look at what Bob had to say!

Strangely enough, war-themed videogames are A-OK by Waliszewski's standards, endorsing both Empire: Total War and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X as completely child-safe games. The lack of blood makes Total War fine, because apparently violence is acceptable if you don't see any red. Wii Music and LittleBigPlanet also score big with Bob. 

Naturally, Grand Theft Auto gets a thumbs down, with Chinatown Wars criticized for allowing gamers "to rip the heart of a person in graphic fashion, be exposed to detailed information and glorification of drugs, and the liberal use of cuss words."

It is Fallout 3, however, that has the best summary of all. According to Bob, there is no opportunity for the player to make compassionate choices, instead only choosing to reward players for "pulverizing women and leveling cities with atomic weaponry. It includes upper levels where cannibalism is part of the game." There is no talk of the karma system or ability to save cities from the aforementioned atomic weaponry. Apparently Bob only takes notice when cannibalism's mentioned. He must have a keen interest. 

Resident Evil 5 and MadWorld also come under fire, but frankly if you need an online Web guide to find out if any of these games are bad for children, then you are officially a complete moron. The article itself makes excuses for incompetent parents (oh they work so hard, they can't understand game ratings), but it's really not that difficult to work out that a game called Resident Evil may not be suitable for your snot-filled little brat.


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grasslunatic's Avatar
grasslunatic at 05/20/2009 11:43
Will they ever learn?
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar
Phantom Spaceman at 05/20/2009 11:44
More Like Everyday Dumbass.
Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 05/20/2009 11:44
Another moron trash-talking/rabble rousing an old game that he probably saw his nephew play one time.

Like you said, no mention of the fact that if seen, cannibalism is shunned universally by the DC residents.
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PhazonYoshi at 05/20/2009 11:47
I heard that if tell a person to move back and forward really fast in total war, it looks kinda like they are having sex with something. This is unacceptable.

Also, F3 is an 18 ffs, how difficult is it to compare two numbers, one of which is your child's age?
Kyvon08's Avatar
Kyvon08 at 05/20/2009 11:50
ESRB anyone?
ikiryou's Avatar
ikiryou at 05/20/2009 11:54
Why do I suddenly have a sudden renewed interest in Fallout 3? Thanks "Bob"!
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Kohlstream at 05/20/2009 11:56
@PhazonYoshi and Kyvon08

Exactly, lol. How hard can it be to read the rating? or i dunno, do some research and watch a gameplay video on youtube or somthing.
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Wedge at 05/20/2009 11:59
Reeeeelatively certain that should be "pulverising" not "pulversing".

And it's obvious Bob just indulges his hidden desires when playing games that give you a choice, just so he can double his jollies by condemning the game later. Y'know, like all those religious right wing gays.
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falinter at 05/20/2009 11:59
Thats why I LOVED Fallout. Rewards me for hitting women with a giant robot fist.
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ChronosWing at 05/20/2009 12:02
@Phazon

But they work so hard! They can't be asked to parent as well!
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Luke Barnard at 05/20/2009 12:04
when conker's bad fur day came out, the old lady at target wouldn't sell it to me even with my parents there, she just said it was bad. so we went back the next day and some kid was working the electronics, he didn't even mention any of the reasons it was rated M. it was beautiful. that old lady was definitely the type that would read that blog.
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LsTr Of SmG at 05/20/2009 12:05
CONFIRMED - Bob Waliszewski is sexist!

He only cares that you get rewarded for hitting women and not that you are also awarded for hitting men!
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CaptainApocalypse at 05/20/2009 12:06
Wow, it's sad is that people actually listen to that guy. I'm all for the rating system; 10 year olds certainly don't need to play GTA.There is a reason that there's a big M on the box.
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fetusmilk at 05/20/2009 12:20
@ lstr_of_smg: i agree.
stupid double standards. since women want to be treated equal, they are going to be bashed over the head when im being attacked by them as well.

im sick of all this "you cant do that to women" crap.
anyone can attack you in real life. women, men, children,dogs,cats, horses, pigs,lions,tigers and bears oh shit. so why cant they do it in video games?
what about all those shows on womans networks here they cheat on there husbands with some young boy and kill there husbands because he caught them in the act? but if you did a show like that on a man's network, it would be canceled the day of it being aired.

equal rights my ass.
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Matthew Blake at 05/20/2009 12:22
Gonna write some notes down as I read this.

-So all adults do during the summer is visit golf clubs and eat at outdoor cafes? Okay...

-They pulled out the "average gamer is now 30-something" statistic- that's good, I guess.

-"It doesn't mean, however, the only adults are playing those games, a fact game producers are acutely aware of." The fact that it goes right into talking about addiction makes that little bit of business sense sound a lot more sinister.

-Okay, videogame addiction- so many problems with that, I'm not even gonna bother discussing how there are a ton of factors, that anything can be "addicting", that the same amount of time spent with books wouldn't be looked at the same way, etc.

-"'We try not to be preachy,' Waliszewski said of the site's reviews, which do sometimes quote Scripture." Wait, what?

-"It can be a huge responsibility for parents to evaluate these games with 10, 11, 12 levels that they can't always work their way through but their kids can," Games still have levels? I had no idea.

-"Metaphorically, the rating system for kids can be a modern version of the forbidden fruit so well-known from Genesis 2:15-17." Smoooooth.

-"There's a lot of difference in an M-rated game like 'Halo' where you're shooting aliens than a game where you reach in a body cavity and pulls out guts and spray them all over the screen with foul language," Sweet! I didn't know you could pull out guts in Halo.

-People have already mentioned how ridiculous the evaluations of the games are, so I'll leave those alone.

Moral of the story: Do the research or suffer The Internet.
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CelicaCrazed at 05/20/2009 12:26
I just needed to say that I played the demo of HAWX and loved it. Co-op is pretty sweet.
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zombiekiller13 at 05/20/2009 12:31
I was going to register on the guy's site so I could leave a comment about Fallout 3, but you know what? No. Some people are so set in their ways that even if you present them with the facts, they'll still ignore you. Not going to waste my time or give the guy any sort of attention after typing this comment.
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CRAZYAPE69 at 05/20/2009 12:33
What is the point of these people when the esrb rating shows what age the game will be suitable for. Parents don't look at an 18 rated game called Madworld, featuring a guy with a chainsaw on his hand covered in blood think 'hmm little timmy might like to play this at his 7th birthday party'
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CRAZYAPE69 at 05/20/2009 12:33
What is the point of these people when the esrb rating shows what age the game will be suitable for. Parents don't look at an 18 rated game called Madworld, featuring a guy with a chainsaw on his hand covered in blood think 'hmm little timmy might like to play this at his 7th birthday party'
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gatorsax2010 at 05/20/2009 12:33
This is the first time I've ever seen someone cite their sources when using the "forbidden fruit" analogy.
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar
CRAZYAPE69 at 05/20/2009 12:33
What is the point of these people when the esrb rating shows what age the game will be suitable for. Parents don't look at an 18 rated game called Madworld, featuring a guy with a chainsaw on his hand covered in blood think 'hmm little timmy might like to play this at his 7th birthday party'
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar
CRAZYAPE69 at 05/20/2009 12:33
What is the point of these people when the esrb rating shows what age the game will be suitable for. Parents don't look at an 18 rated game called Madworld, featuring a guy with a chainsaw on his hand covered in blood think 'hmm little timmy might like to play this at his 7th birthday party'
urahara's Avatar
urahara at 05/20/2009 12:37
I did try to register on the site, and the submit details button was broken.

The main issue I have with the article he wrote (other than the whole Fallout 3 thing) is the fact his thumbs up games are all either E or T and his thumbs down are all M.

So kids should play E or T games not M...WHO KNEW?
Luke Barnard's Avatar
Luke Barnard at 05/20/2009 12:38
@ mathew blake: "-Metaphorically, the rating system for kids can be a modern version of the forbidden fruit so well-known from Genesis 2:15-17." Smoooooth."

hahhahahahahahahaa!
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ajaxender at 05/20/2009 12:59
Fallout 3 rewards you for pulverizing EVERYTHING. And thats why i love it.
Insd's Avatar
Insd at 05/20/2009 12:59
I wonder what Jim was doing at "Everyday Christian" C_C
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Swizzler121 at 05/20/2009 13:09
I wonder if he plays these games himself, if so maybe his Karma is so 'effed up he had no choice but to only take the bad karma choices
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DeusPayne at 05/20/2009 13:13
I think motorobo hit it on the head, he's just a crazy, repressed psychopath that is too blind to see that there are other options. In a game about choosing between moral and immoral behavior, he not only chooses immoral, but does so without ever considering the moral solutions to all the problems.

Plus, if he knew anything, he'd roll a female character and get black widow. Everyone knows there are far more men to pulverize than there are women.
Mushman's Avatar
Mushman at 05/20/2009 13:21
Ridiclous article, I am not surprised at it at all considering the source it's from.
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DeusPayne at 05/20/2009 13:31
http://www.pluggedinonline.com/games/games/a0004519.cfm

Just for reference, that's the fallout review the summary is based on. And he clearly understands that karma exists, so does he think the frowny face, and the "You lost karma" message is somehow a REWARD?
Soulwax's Avatar
Soulwax at 05/20/2009 13:44
That's the only reason I bought Fallout 3. I don't think I did anything else but punch women.
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Dexter345 at 05/20/2009 13:45
Or perhaps they could look at the large, clear M on the box, with the message that it means it's meant for people above the age of 17?
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geekbot at 05/20/2009 14:00
I just wanted to say that, at one point in Fallout 3, I walked half-way across the map just to get a guy some clean drinking water.

If that's not a "compassionate choice" then I don't know what is!
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wanderingpixel at 05/20/2009 14:44
My parents work long hours as teachers, take care of my autistic brother, and deal with a s*** load of house hold problems that many people have never heard of. They always made sure that I did not play M rated games until I was 17 years old. These rich, uppity, ignorant, and lazy excuses for parental garbage have no excuse for not taking the time out of their "busy" days and actually parent. Sorry for ranting, but people like that shouldn't be allowed to breed.
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Syn at 05/20/2009 14:49
I don't recall specifically being rewarded for beating down a woman...In fact, I think every time I hit someone I got shot at, except when I successfully assassinated them. Not much of a reward though. Maybe some food and bullets.
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Markusdragon at 05/20/2009 15:29
If anything, Fallout 3 doesn't give a crap about gender. Women can be badass slavers, Brotherhood Paladins and major scientists, and the game never makes any attempt to try and suggest that this sort of equality in gaming is anything out of the ordinary. Beating women is the same as beating men, but with a different character model and voice files.
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Chronic Logic at 05/20/2009 16:12
I believe in equal opportunity...equal opportunity ass kicking!
Blasto's Avatar
Blasto at 05/20/2009 16:33
From the linked article, this regarding GTA:CW: "This newest installment is for the Nintendo DS, a hand-held gaming device popular primarily with elementary and middle school-aged kids."

Is that really true?? Just about everyone I associate with has one, including my girlfriend (38) and my mother (er, older than 38).
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar
Phantom Spaceman at 05/20/2009 16:48
The only reward I ever got for pulverizing a woman was ecstatic moaning... ZING!
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Nuke5 at 05/20/2009 17:48
"There's a lot of difference in an M-rated game like 'Halo' where you're shooting aliens than a game where you reach in a body cavity and pulls out guts and spray them all over the screen with foul language,"

Not only are you pulling it out, you're pulling it out WITH LANGUAGE!
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 05/20/2009 18:34
Kids should not be playing Resident Evil 5. If they played 4 they pretty much played 5 already, anyway...

Zing.
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Holyetheline at 05/20/2009 18:37
"HOLY SHIT THESE GUTS ARE MESSY!"
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Rusty Ghia at 05/20/2009 19:18
Contamination Hazard Urban Disposal
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Naim Master at 05/20/2009 20:40
If you can't give choice liberty for your kid , then you show him you failed at parenting and know it .
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shinigamiDude at 05/20/2009 21:55
I think kids under 5 yrs old are best suited for RE5 & FallOut3 since they won't be personally offended to all the these racism and nuclear stuffs.
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ChaosTeaCup at 05/21/2009 04:38
This'll piss 'em. When I played Fallout 3, I played on the side of good with a male avatar. Then, when I played on the side of evil, I played with a female avatar. Meaning, not only can you pulverise women as a man, but that all women are inherently evil because I said so.
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huntermc at 05/21/2009 13:46
As a parent, I have no problem with my 12 yo daughter playing RE5. I mean, how else are we supposed to prepare our children to deal with the inevitable zombie apocalypse?
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The Amazing Shenazin at 05/21/2009 22:41
JUST HACKIN AND WHACKIN AND SMACKIN
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jericu at 06/11/2009 20:56
I loved how all of the "Thumbs up" games were rated either T or E, meaning suitable for the children the article is talking about, and all of the "Thumbs Down" games were rated M, meaning they re not suitable for the children the article is talking about.

This article is not a helpful guide, this article is a manual of common sense for dipshit parents.
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