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"Oh yeah definitely. I read it before the editors note, no worries.
I work electronics at Target, I run into this quite a bit actually. What I find really interesting is the typical justification of, "It's not any worse than television." It pretty much means that they don't really pay much attention to what their kids are playing. Very few parents come up to me and ask what's the content "really" like in a game. Almost nobody has told me that they googled the game and read up on it.
If kids want to play a game where they can shoot things, that's fine. What needs to change is how parents communicate with their kids about why they're not allowed to play it other than you're not old enough. "
I work electronics at Target, I run into this quite a bit actually. What I find really interesting is the typical justification of, "It's not any worse than television." It pretty much means that they don't really pay much attention to what their kids are playing. Very few parents come up to me and ask what's the content "really" like in a game. Almost nobody has told me that they googled the game and read up on it.
If kids want to play a game where they can shoot things, that's fine. What needs to change is how parents communicate with their kids about why they're not allowed to play it other than you're not old enough. "
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"To be honest, the message of this story is buried in a lot of speculative know how.
COD isn't the new mortal kombat, all kids want to play the game because their friends are playing it--not because it's rated M or shock value. The FPS genre has been done to death in the past 4-5 years and with MW2/MW3/Black Ops nothing new has been brought to the table. No new mechanics, no shock factor. The more I think about it, with every COD sequel the "human" factor of shooting someone has diminished to the point of feeling like an arcade shooter with a bunch of henchmen.
COD isn't the new mortal kombat, all kids want to play the game because their friends are playing it--not because it's rated M or shock value. The FPS genre has been done to death in the past 4-5 years and with MW2/MW3/Black Ops nothing new has been brought to the table. No new mechanics, no shock factor. The more I think about it, with every COD sequel the "human" factor of shooting someone has diminished to the point of feeling like an arcade shooter with a bunch of henchmen.
Mortal Kombat on the other hand had introduced blood, fatalities, and over the top character designs. Nothing like it had been seen before. That's why it had the huge attraction to it. Shooting henchmen like we have since the days of wolfenstein hasn't changed much with everything already been done. Until a game comes out that legitimately humanizes the interactions you're having with your team or people you interact with, there's not going to be that WOW or can't believe that happened moments.
To be honest, GTA 3 did this better over 10 years ago. Since then, we haven't had a single game be as controversial or littered with new mechanics."
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"T. Hawk.
Because somebody needs to stand up to Danny Trejo.
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Because somebody needs to stand up to Danny Trejo.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
"at Article!
I whole-heartedly agree here. Any game that is over a year or two old (especially in a small town) is impossible to find a new copy of. The only option is to buy"
Sunday, January 24, 2010
"es such as SFIV and Ninja Gaiden really do hold their own in terms of learning curves. SFIV is really more of quick adaptation vs. reaction time. Ninja Gaiden is just plain f***ing hard--that we can all agree on.
Each game has their own target audience. Different games for different people is pretty fundamental. I'm a hardcore SFIV and Guitar Hero player, but toss me into an RTS or strategy game I will quit within (4) minutes. Even if you may like a game, some games are simply tougher for some individuals. It all depends on how the brain can process inform"
Monday, November 23, 2009
"was racism and adolescent junk talking that made quit Halo 3. In all honesty I understand how big of a chunk the 6-17 year old gaming market is, but I really want to see an Xbox Live 18+ credit card verification system.
It sounds very harsh, but it's mainly the teenage demographic that uses most of the racial slurs and nonsense insults. I think that would definitely cut back a bit on it, but asides that people will still do it because of the anonymous online. If anything to improve a beefed up reporting system would do wo"
Monday, October 26, 2009
"eel like I read this on Sore Thumbs"
Monday, August 31, 2009
"l bite.
I remember getting a pamphlet in my Bionic Commando Case.
DarkVoid. http://testflight.darkvoidgame.com/?&language;=us
I"
Saturday, August 29, 2009
"actually going to school for game-design. I have a few buddies who have ended up at some indie developers doing nothing more than freelance-mock reviews. They get paid pretty well.
Nice article by th"
Thursday, August 27, 2009
"e literally stopped playing Halo 3 online because of this sole issue. The only time I'll make an exception is for an MLG practice session with people who WANT to compete for sport. There's a lot of psychology that goes into decoding why a person does what they do. I'm no expert, but I honestly think that it's simply the overall attitude of the younger generation--that being, "The only way I can make myself be/feel good is by being Kiss-ass or Making other people kiss mine." Then add onto the lack of accountability these days, it's always someone else's fault. Personal solution, Fines. Every offense done, a $20.00 fine is payed. People can always just go make new XBL accounts for $8.00 if their account has been banned. In order to change the attitude their needs to be some sort of enforced consequence besides losing a disposable ac"
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
"19 and ended up with an eroded disk. I got let go from 2 jobs because of it, can't afford to goto school this fall for 3-D animation production. I cannot go very far from my house to do any other exercises. I've been an avid fan of Gaming for years, and right now If I can get something that's even close to a small gym, it would make my rehab just one bit easier until I can finally be able to get from place to place.
Man that sounds sad. But hey, keep up the great work guys! I'll be reading, (not much else to"
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Security certificates. Anyone in the financial business knows that every piece of technology used has to be authorized as a recognized machine to access any company services. Why not do the same on consoles?
Let us buy a HDD or SD card. Plug it in, go online and authorize it. Tie it to a hardware based/protected piece of hardware. Problem solved. If you want a bigger HDD, transfer and authorize the new one. We live in a different time than the gameboy. It's the best of both worlds. We get more storage, they get security. The day of I bought it and I shouldn't have to do anything else to do everything I want doesn't exist. There has to be some balance between a company being able to be successful financially and customers feeling like they own the product they paid for.
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