Fred Upton, a Republican out of the great state of Michigan, wants to clean up Vice City. Not only that, but he doesn't want to see the Mushroom Kingdom, Azeroth, or the Willamette Mall filled with obscenities the likes of which devious programmers have been sneaking past stalwart parents for the last few decades in an effort to corrupt their children (probably into the service of Satan). With that (and other totally insane ideas) in mind, he has introduced the Video Game Decency Act before Congress.
The idea behind the act isn't as utterly inane as I make it sound though; Mr. Upton is tired of developers hiding content in games in the form of hidden mini-games or easter eggs that serve only to teach children about how people "hump". He feels that it's a parent's right to teach their children about the birds and the bees who are trying to have sex with them by getting drunk, passing out, and leaving their stash of porno in an easily accessible closet, where children of all ages, races, and creeds can bask in the glory of double-penetration anal. After all, that's how his generation learned about "doin' it", and if it's good enough for all those closeted Catholic priests and pedophilic congressmen, then it's good enough for the kids of today!
Then again, I've been known to oversimplify things in the name of making fun of rich white guys, so what do you guys think? Is this country letting the terrorists win if we continue to allow game developers to create fun mini-games, or are all of these developers too busy snorting heroin off of the decapitated corpses of bald eagles to care about the degradation of America's moral fiber that they are singularly responsible for?
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8:36 PM on 03.20.2007
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Plus I dont think the governemnt should touch our games, just like they shouldnt touch music or any other form of art
As long as they aren't trying to shoot down these things as a whole, and just the Sneaky McStealthersons of the gaming world, I don't see why it would be an issue. If a game is open about it, a parent will be able to see that and protect their children from it (*guffaw*).
The thing on the US and the rest of the free world is that ppl do not want to take responsability for the crap we live in, they blame games, movies and whatnot for the screw ups they raise, what manhunt was doing with teens, why kids play GTA, in my time, my wise father supervised the content i was exposed, but today they manage not to look or care to what their kids watch or play then when shit hits the fan, they blame the gaming companies, ridiculous.
Let alone the fact that only JT cared about violent games, the daddy-os were cool with that but god forbid their kids learn from where the babies come from.
We´re doomed, doomed to big brothers and soaps, while hipocrisy kill our kids on the streets.
Parents should give love, respect and education to their kids, not the government, but that´s only me.
Does this sound like a mini game to anyone else? I would play that
shit like Ike Turner played Tina's Ass!
/rant
Just another lawmaker trying to get a bill passed so he can say in later campaign commercials. "I care about your kids so much I proposed unnecessary legislation to save them from the evil video game easter eggs! Actually, I don't really give a shit about you or your family, but I sure as hell want your vote!"
The way I see it, anybody who's more concerned about their kids seeing poorly rendered polygonal porn than having them virtually hire prostitutes, then run them down in trucks, spraying crowded malls with bullets or simply cutting down old ladies with a chainsaw has their priorities sorely out of whack.
Eventually, everyone will realise games are no different from any other modern media. Until then, we're just going to have to continue tolerating these cretinous oafs and continue trying to explain why exactly they're wrong.
*gries in a corner* ;_;