wow... Really? can't have hang man? I can't wait till someone makes a "Night" (holocaust book, in the book, there is a part where a 10 years old boy gets hanged by Nazi) game(possibly plays like heavy rain, more drama, less action...), and had to change title...
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Left 4 Dead 2's did, as stated in the article...Jezzascmezza said:
I can see why it would be banned, but it's not massively offensive, not that it needed to be banned.
This basically sums up my oopinion on the matter. Also, I don't get why ANYBODY cares about artistic expression on box art. Its just the package the game comes in. 99.9% of your time with a game doesn't feature box art at all.Dastardly said:
One final point, speaking as a person who has had a family member commit suicide by hanging, tiny little reminders like that, while they may seem harmless, cause me actual emotional distress. I know the main controversy here is potential racism, but walking into a store and seeing a person hung on a video game box would very likely piss me off.
And yet we have our kids play a game where if they can't guess and spell out a word in a set number of tries, BANG!, there's a hanged stickman. Maybe not a graphic as it's only a bunch of lines but still, it's always seemed like a double standard or something to me.EvolutionKills said:Witty Name Here said:Or even better, the indigo prophecy box art. That shows a man holding a knife while it appears that he cut himself with words like "Guilt" or "Fear" written in blood behind him.Zac Smith said:
That seems more graphic then a silhouette of a zombie that's hung itself.
Are you American? Are you familiar with American history? Check out the Civil Rights movement of the 50's and 60's. When black people were chased down, beaten, had dogs sicked on them for wanting the rights they're entitled to under the Constitution. And the worst of all was the flagrant and outright murder of black people in the southern states, often with the consent or help of the local law enforcement. And the most iconic of these killing were the LYNCHINGS. Don't know what that means?
"Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people, however large or small."
Do you understand now why the silhouette of a HANGED MAN might just be incredibly offensive to a good chunk of the American population, and could easily be taken out of context and turned into a media shit storm by people with a misguided agenda?
Well, I'm just assuming that it stepped into some sort of trap, being the slow dim-witted creatures zombies are.xXxJessicaxXx said:
OT: I get why people would think its offensive and I agree that the ESRB is just preventing a shitstorm. But what I don't like is that it would even cause a shitstorm in the first place. People need to let shit go and move on with their lives. I dunno how it is across the pond but it seems we Americans have a really hard time letting go of the past and we let it drive our futures far too much.
The new box art makes more sense. It doesn't seem likely that you could hang someone from a palm tree. Especially when you consider palm trees don't have branches. Those are leaves it's hanging from.
America is one giant Grey area! There is nothing free and there is always too many people poking their noses where it does not belong.Adzma said:
What about billboards, cd's, Churches, fastfood joints, they all push their ideas and messages across and without little fuss. Games are targeted more due to the fact of school shootings and violence in general.
The person in the tree is red and makes me think of a Native American before I think of an African American... just saying.
Well, I suppose it's fair enough.
Anything that gains an age rating IN the game can't really be used in an advertising environment full of 9 year olds.
But in this case, it does seem silly, not the most graphic design to be honest.
Anything that gains an age rating IN the game can't really be used in an advertising environment full of 9 year olds.
But in this case, it does seem silly, not the most graphic design to be honest.
As I said in the other thread:
THE ESRB HAS 0 LEGAL POWER OVER GAMES!
What "guidelines" are they talking about? I have NEVER once heard of them, has anybody else? No?
I want to see the damned microscopic particles of these mythical "industry guidelines"
THE ESRB HAS 0 LEGAL POWER OVER GAMES!
What "guidelines" are they talking about? I have NEVER once heard of them, has anybody else? No?
I want to see the damned microscopic particles of these mythical "industry guidelines"
Eh, I'm not too upset by this request. It does make sense that the game would be seen by alot more people then those who play it and wouldn't sit well with some of them. Plus, it's just the box-art, they aren't changing the game itself, so it's really not that big of a deal.
Ok, I think this is blown a little out of proportion.
They are changing nothing about the game, just the box art. To be fair, as mentioned in the article, the box is seen by people of all ages whether they buy the game or not.
Seeing a hanging body could be upsetting for any number of reasons (cultural implications, suicide of a loved one, etc).
A small change to the box art, and players of the game still get everything they were expecting in the game itself (including the original logo), but people who don't want to see that kind of thing (or young children) aren't hit with it when they're browsing games.
They are changing nothing about the game, just the box art. To be fair, as mentioned in the article, the box is seen by people of all ages whether they buy the game or not.
Seeing a hanging body could be upsetting for any number of reasons (cultural implications, suicide of a loved one, etc).
A small change to the box art, and players of the game still get everything they were expecting in the game itself (including the original logo), but people who don't want to see that kind of thing (or young children) aren't hit with it when they're browsing games.
It's true, a man hanging from a tree would be very offensive and disturbing. The silhouette of a reanimated corpse feasting on the flesh of the living is much more wholesome.
Sorry, just had to say it.
Sorry, just had to say it.