It has a certain weight and negative aura to it, so its great for making something sound worse than it is.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
Put it next to racism.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
Why would you wanna try and bring the discussion into this?Cpt. Slow said:Put it next to racism.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
The problem is... when the person making it phrases the point as: "This is bad, games shouldn't do this, because this reinforces negative..." it's didactic, confrontational and puts people on the defensive. (I was having this conversation with a friend of mine last night), saying "Well I think this didn't work, but if they tweaked it a little and gave it a little more thought, it could have been more like... ...and that'd have been awesome."Windknight said:It has a certain weight and negative aura to it, so its great for making something sound worse than it is.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
'she wants game creators to put more thought into how they design and create certain elements' sounds reasonable, and harder to argue with. 'she wants to censor videogames' is much more villainous and much more easier to argue against.
What do you mean? This was always Bob's video blob...josh4president said:So is it me or is Big Picture basically just Bob's blog now?
It certainly invites the metaphorical torches and pitchforks.Windknight said:It has a certain weight and negative aura to it, so its great for making something sound worse than it is.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
'she wants game creators to put more thought into how they design and create certain elements' sounds reasonable, and harder to argue with. 'she wants to censor videogames' is much more villainous and much more easier to argue against.
Nah I'm ranking it next to "racism", "sexism" etc. just above "rip-off."BigTuk said:Tag it in after Quantum and above Maturity.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
It's true, look at episode 1, he basically tells us that this was given to him as a soapbox... and that's why sometimes it's easy to feel vitriolic towards how he tackles some subjects. In other words, this is op-ed semi rambling as opposed to movie reviewing, which unless something is jarring or egregious, he's professional enough to leave his personal politics out of it.hermes200 said:What do you mean? This was always Bob's video blob...josh4president said:So is it me or is Big Picture basically just Bob's blog now?
Whether he chose to talk about sexism, his love for Sucker Punch or the postcredits scene of the last Marvel movie he saw is still his decision.
Yeah but at least those kept with the running theme he usually went for - afterall he is 'MovieBob', not 'CensorshipBob', though that sounds more like some bizarro universe version of himself that he probably has over on Game Overthinker.hermes200 said:What do you mean? This was always Bob's video blob...josh4president said:So is it me or is Big Picture basically just Bob's blog now?
Whether he chose to talk about sexism, his love for Sucker Punch or the postcredits scene of the last Marvel movie he saw is still his decision.
Yeah, this is what drives me nuts. A better way to say this would be to say that what happened to the Dixie Chicks absolutely was censorship, but that it just wasn't government censorship, and therefore didn't fall under First Amendment protection.canadamus_prime said:So in other words "Censorship" is another one of those buzzwords that people keep using without actually knowing what they mean. I'll add it to the ever growing list.
Who decides what's "right" and who should change their views then? The problem is, a lot of this isn't as black and white as "I'm right, you're wrong so you change," it's a whole nebulous mess of greys that aren't so much aligned as swirled together into a huge gloopy mass.dragonswarrior said:Really enjoyed the video.
If you're right, then debate. If you aren't, then change your views. No where does silence have to come into play.