Educator Group Calls For B.C. Game Ban

[mitchell271]

She said in video arcades. What arcades are there left?! And now, the ones that are left are really expensive. $1 to play a game of House of the Dead!?

OT: This is bull. It's going to get shot down just like all the other ones.

 

[SurrealFactory]

Yeah, I don't think anyone should take this seriously. I mean, "sexually explicit video games?" What the hell are those? Because I don't think I've played a single one in my life. What about you guys?

...Also to those who are for heavier government regulation. Almost impossible for children to get means almost impossible for everyone to get. And all the gov. would have to do would be to label the game as "porn," and then practically no one will play it. Because of this, developers will shy away from such violent games. And yeah, I suppose it wouldn't be a HUGE loss if the next COD or Gears game isn't made...but what about thought-provoking, artistic games that just happen to be violent? Or hell, ones that use violence to explore complex themes? They won't get made.

And that? That's censorship.

 

[Metalrocks]

Am I the only one who has a hard time taking the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Illuminati Association of Pointlessness seriously...?

Personally, I think it's their logo.

http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/64/64284.jpg

Seriously, have you ever seen a logo that pretentious before in your life? With the rose and everything? Apparently being a "Key Woman Educator" gives you license to be completely stuck up your own ass.

when i look at this, i think of a funeral organization. i guess thats what they do. bury stuff they think is bad for children. wile they should bury them self for being dangerous for children by spreading nonsense to them.
they will never save the world. they are simply to retarded for that.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Ouch. Statistics Canada couldn't have had better timing.

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Crime rate falls to lowest level since 1973
Canada's crime rate is the lowest in nearly 40 years, according to Statistics Canada, as the volume of crime dropped five per cent in 2010 from the year before.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/21/crime-rates.html
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Hmm.. 1973, where have I heard that year before. Oh, right, that's pretty much right around when videogames moved from giant mainframe computers to arcades and, shortly, home consoles. Not surprisingly, something doesn't seem to be adding up here.

 

[ultratog1028]

I see both sides of the argument and can't help but wonder, could this problem be solved with developers actually just making better games and not having to rely on over the top violence? I'll play Mass Effect over Gears of War any day (although Mass Effect got the same rating, albiet for different reasons). Why? Less violence and more interesting writing. Gore isn't really in it. And I think the game is more fun for it.