No more illegal games!

[RMcD94]

Not sure if this should be in Off Topic or here.

Basically, the scenario is that laws are put in place which stops the possibility of any illegal activity from being able to be played, or watched on the cinema or TV (and possibly read too, but probably not that) unless it is educational (a film about the dangers of cars, a photo of concentration camps) or scientific (photos of a forensic crime scene, etc).

What would the outcome of this be?

What kind of games? What kind of movies? (Possibly what kind of books?)

It always seemed odd to me that there is no problem with people being murdered in a film, or in a book, or in a game, even though it is frowned upon incredibly outside of those mediums. That's where I got my inspiration. I wonder if this could encourage whole new genres of games.

Farmville certainly would still be around, but WoW, CoD, even Mario (killing the enemies by jumping on them is still killing them). Bye bye GTA, many other racing games too (speeding), only those which take place inside tracks would still be around.

Edit: Okay, this was taken from the reaction to Rapeplay (or whatever it's called). I just overblew it.

 

[lacktheknack]

Goodbye, all not point-and-click-games... no, THEY'RE gone too due to kleptomania...

Wow. Goodbye games.

 

[The Procrastinated End]

The outcome would be the end of most of the actual games, the loss of thousands/millions of jobs, and a lot of anger and hate.
Sports and racing games would probably be the only major genres to survive.

 

[Hybridwolf]

It always seemed odd to me that there is no problem with people being murdered in a film, or in a book, or in a game, even though it is frowned upon incredibly outside of those mediums.

I'm sorry, this just cracked me up. So going on a mad rampage in a truck slaughtering anyone on the streets would be frowned upon? Fine choice of words there...

OT:In all seriousness, if this perfect world could be achived, games like the sims would become more popular. sure, you couldn't set fire to them anymore, but you'd still be able to play the majority of the game. Racing games would also be more popluar too.

 

[teqrevisited]

It would kill the entertainment industry.

 

[ShrooM_DoughKiD]

The global economy would, well. Some serious shit would go down.. That much is certain.

 

[Tharwen]

Well I just spent an hour playing Tetris, so I'll probably be fine.

That or we all just download paintball mods.

 

[Zyphonee]

Are we talking about ACTA here?

Either way I think there's already something trying to prevent people from getting illegal games. If it's not ACTA we're talking about, pirates will always find their way around the game.

 

[RMcD94]

Are we talking about ACTA here?

Either way I think there's already something trying to prevent people from getting illegal games. If it's not ACTA we're talking about, pirates will always find their way around the game.

Did you read the post?

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

Not sure if this should be in Off Topic or here.

Basically, the scenario is that laws are put in place which stops the possibility of any illegal activity from being able to be played, or watched on the cinema or TV (and possibly read too, but probably not that) unless it is educational (a film about the dangers of cars, a photo of concentration camps) or scientific (photos of a forensic crime scene, etc).

What would the outcome of this be?

What kind of games? What kind of movies? (Possibly what kind of books?)

It always seemed odd to me that there is no problem with people being murdered in a film, or in a book, or in a game, even though it is frowned upon incredibly outside of those mediums. That's where I got my inspiration. I wonder if this could encourage whole new genres of games.

Farmville certainly would still be around, but WoW, CoD, even Mario (killing the enemies by jumping on them is still killing them). Bye bye GTA, many other racing games too (speeding), only those which take place inside tracks would still be around.

I would hope this would start a civil war/revolution where citizens would take up arms and dethrone the government and replace it with one who isn't taking away its rights and freedoms..

but that's just me

 

[Zyphonee]

Are we talking about ACTA here?

Either way I think there's already something trying to prevent people from getting illegal games. If it's not ACTA we're talking about, pirates will always find their way around the game.

Did you read the post?

Oh well now after reading the thread about four times I can understand it, and while I could say that it was the funny phrasing of the thread; I admit I was just plainly stupid.

 

[ntw3001]

It always seemed odd to me that there is no problem with people being murdered in a film, or in a book, or in a game, even though it is frowned upon incredibly outside of those mediums.

By 'outside those mediums' you mean 'in real life'? Well there's a very noticeable difference between talking about killing people and actually killing people. I don't think that it's odd for fictional crime to be treated differently.

But yeah, I guess racing, sports, management sims, uh, other kinds of sims, The Sims (with a few bits cut off), puzzle games, uh, that's it. Maybe all the usual, violent genres would exist but with the guns replaced with Nerf guns. GTA is pretty much unsaveable. Unless... Is playing an illegal game a crime in itself? Because there could be a game wjere the player takes on the role of a person playing an illegal game, and they control the decisions the fictional player makes, and it's effectively exactly like GTA. But then they zoom out and it's all like 'yeah you're not committing these actions, you're just controlling a simulation of a gamer committing these actions, which is in itself not a crime'. The industry lives!

To be honest though, I wouldn't be that bothered. I'd miss TF2, but I like puzzle games. Would L4D still be around? Is it illegal to shoot infected? They're still human, but with disease. I suppose most legal systems probably don't have much in place for that precise eventuality, so there would have to be a decision made as to whether human rights laws should apply to the infected in that situation. I imagine they'd probably be waived in the face of otherwise-everybody-just-dies. But Valve would probably have to go through a lengthy court case to establish whether killing diseased rage-people in a rage pandemic would, in fact, be legal. So the setting would most likely have to be very clear that the disease is completely incurable. Just in case, you know?

 

[RMcD94]

Because there could be a game wjere the player takes on the role of a person playing an illegal game, and they control the decisions the fictional player makes, and it's effectively exactly like GTA. But then they zoom out and it's all like 'yeah you're not committing these actions, you're just controlling a simulation of a gamer committing these actions, which is in itself not a crime'. The industry lives!

I laughed at that idea. Awesome thinking.

But yeah, I guess racing, sports, management sims, uh, other kinds of sims, The Sims (with a few bits cut off), puzzle games, uh, that's it.

I wonder what kind of creativity this will force the gaming/movie industry into to survive, I'm interested to see if games we'd never think of would appear from this.

But Valve would probably have to go through a lengthy court case to establish whether killing diseased rage-people in a rage pandemic would, in fact, be legal.

I can just imagine it now. The long unanswered ethical question: "Is it okay to kill murderous zombies?"

 

[Judgement101]

Farmville wouldn't still be around. I'm pretty sure certain aspects of that game count as animal abuse.

Wait......you mean it's not supposed to be about animal abuse?

 

[Hangaround]

Our society has come way to far by the means of tolerating controversy in the entertainment industry and blowing silly taboos for that to be a realistic scenario. However, if it was to happen, the outcome would be outrages, fans of films and games would ravage the streets in riots against the suppressive and incredibly stupid government. I myself would contribute by opening fire at anyone i deemed responsible.

Furthermore I'd like to state that it's not weird at all that murders of civilians and legit targets(enemies in shootergames) are allowed, it's Virtual Reality, meaning it's not real. It only exists as pixels on our screen.

 

[migo]

This would mean that differnt games get made for different locales, and there would be a big smuggling market bringing in games from the UK where it's legal to kill a Welshman with a crossbow outside of city walls after dark.

 

[mad825]

then whoever enforces this "law" would be a police state, even then people will still break the "law".

if you had a brain or two, laws dont stop anything they just prevent an actitvity/product/or whatever from becoming mainstream.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

I would pretty much have to an hero if that happened. That or revert to the ways of the caveman and start hitting women on the head and dragging them back to my cave by their hair.

 

[Flying-Emu]

I'd still have Tetris~

 

[rabidmidget]

So in other words, Australia in 10 years?

Ba dum tish!