Shigeru Miyamoto "Concerned" About Videogame Violence
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Maybe he was displease with Manhunt 2 for the Wii, which by the way, is my favorite version of the game. Yes it's more heavily censored, but it has more content than the PS2 or PSP version. (Yes, I AM enough of a nerd that I own all 3 versions.)Asehujiko post=7.74628.843649 said:
I think a lot of people are missing the point here.
From what I read, Miyamoto wasn't jumpiing on the retarded "violent games are bad" bandwagon at all, but rather, was simply saying he is "concerned" (concerned being a word that more or less means "somewhat wary of", and not "critical" as some people here seem to think)about the direction in which video games are heading in terms of violence. I don't think he even has an issue with it being gory, as much as he has an issue of it being the only reason someone would play the game in question, and is perhaps worried that games with actual depth are showing up in short supply. Violence has always been and will always be in video games, but how, and more importantly, why it's done is what is in question here.
And on a somewhat separate note, I think it's safe to say that anyone who believes that jumping on goombas and slitting someone's throat are on the same playing field is an absolute retard.
From what I read, Miyamoto wasn't jumpiing on the retarded "violent games are bad" bandwagon at all, but rather, was simply saying he is "concerned" (concerned being a word that more or less means "somewhat wary of", and not "critical" as some people here seem to think)about the direction in which video games are heading in terms of violence. I don't think he even has an issue with it being gory, as much as he has an issue of it being the only reason someone would play the game in question, and is perhaps worried that games with actual depth are showing up in short supply. Violence has always been and will always be in video games, but how, and more importantly, why it's done is what is in question here.
And on a somewhat separate note, I think it's safe to say that anyone who believes that jumping on goombas and slitting someone's throat are on the same playing field is an absolute retard.
Very nicely put.144 post=7.74628.847875 said:
I beleive that the violence Shiggy was refering to is the bloody and realistic kind. We could split hairs all darn day about what the definition of violence is. Link stabbing magical creatures with a sword is much different than playing a hitman slitting throats for cash.
I'd never play a game that has a main focus as violence, anyway. Blood and gore do not a game make.
maybe he is still iving with the idea of 8bit adventure when hero,s where plumbers elves and robots instead of space marines and soldiers and I think he is right a good 80% of released games contain violence (and I am NOT against it at all but still it is allot)
I can certainly see where he's coming from. Games don't need rediculous gory violence to be good. Though if the game's context calls for it, the more the better.
Even though I have a tremendous amount of respect for the guy and I see his point, its not that big a deal.
So what? Games are getting more violent. So are movies books and music. That just happens. Not everything has to be kid friendly like Mario and Donkey Kong.
And get some new ideas for games, for that matter. I'm tired of the same damn Mario and Zelda over and over. Maybe its time Nintendo got a little more violent.
So what? Games are getting more violent. So are movies books and music. That just happens. Not everything has to be kid friendly like Mario and Donkey Kong.
And get some new ideas for games, for that matter. I'm tired of the same damn Mario and Zelda over and over. Maybe its time Nintendo got a little more violent.