Toar said:
Well, like books and movies, games are around to cross the boundary. Remember the scandal with Resident Evil and the blood it showed? Remember Manhunt and it's... it's everything? Remember GTA's Hot Coffee? Mass Effect's romance scenario?
Son, I remember back to Pacman promoting drug abuse.
Pushing boundaries is fine as long as there are boundaries to push. That's what art does.
[HEADING=2]But[/HEADING] some boundaries are there for a reason, and even if you want to push them, you have to understand that there are people who don't want them pushed, for whatever reason. And Society has to respect that.
From what I've seen so far, this is less of "Let's push the boundaries for realism" and more "Let's push the boundaries so we can show how EDGEY we are". And that turns my stomach.
If you want to play it, sure. Knock yourself out. But I'd rather that such a serious subject matter was dealt with as a mature point, not as a selling point.
Can we remember Sarah Palin's "crosshair"? Whether or not that was deliberate, it was still a damn stupid thing to do, given known tendencies to take the media literally.
or "Grand Theft Rochester" or "RapePlay"? If you want to push those particular boundaries, you've got to make DAMN sure that you're not just feeding the fire ready for the Michael Atkinsons, Jack Thompsons and Carole Liebermans of this world to say "I TOLD YOU SO!".
