U.K. Religious Leaders Hate On Modern Warfare 2
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Warning: rant below. Read if the Summing It Up section isn't enough.
Summing It Up: "if modern games are so terribly immoral, why don't you try making a game? What's that? You're going to rip off Wolfenstein 3D to make a Noah's Ark game with no plot except for tranquilizing goats? Good luck getting any buyers!"
I can see how this is going-to/already-might-have blown into a generality of "Christians want to ruin my fun," but I blame denominationalism. Especially the Catholic and Anglican churches. The average Christian gamer actually plays the same games as everyone else, with some extreme exceptions like Leisure Suit Larry and others, but we don't go out and say how violent games are evil. If you think a game's immoral, don't play it! And don't force others who don't hold the same values as you to conform to your own choices! That's the church leaders who are speaking out, not us.
No one plays Christian games because they're all either written by pastors who have no concept of fun, or rip-offs of already existing games. See AVGN's Christmas Bible Games rant. That and they're all terrible!
Actually, if you think about it, Darksiders is a Bible-based game that actually might be hardcore enough to break that cycle...
No one plays Christian games because they're all either written by pastors who have no concept of fun, or rip-offs of already existing games. See AVGN's Christmas Bible Games rant. That and they're all terrible!
Actually, if you think about it, Darksiders is a Bible-based game that actually might be hardcore enough to break that cycle...
I agree. I'm religious myself and it shames me to be anywhere associated with these..oversensitive dolts.Caliostro said:
See now there's the problem. We can try to argue all we want but it seems that a heck of a lot of "important" people still see videogames as just little kid's games rather than a legit source comparable the rest of the similar forms of entertainment like TV, books, or movies, ect.Greg Tito said:
i'm about to reveal a bit so i'm just gonna warn ya now bc i don't care enough to learn how to hide spoilers or that i've spoiled it for you
i think children, while they may be a little more easily influenced by the media, actually have a better way of interpreting the way a videogame works than adults, i mean just because of the way their minds are developed adults are worse at wrapping their heads around new technology. like for instance how come no one gets it that you play as the CIA operative who POSES as a terrorist. my friend showed me some of the single player and didn't even fire a bullet during that level, so that argument about playing terrorist is just nullified. plus he showed me how you can skip it altogether if you want to. why the hell...
i think children, while they may be a little more easily influenced by the media, actually have a better way of interpreting the way a videogame works than adults, i mean just because of the way their minds are developed adults are worse at wrapping their heads around new technology. like for instance how come no one gets it that you play as the CIA operative who POSES as a terrorist. my friend showed me some of the single player and didn't even fire a bullet during that level, so that argument about playing terrorist is just nullified. plus he showed me how you can skip it altogether if you want to. why the hell...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH I'M EASILY OFFENDED AND CAN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY! :''(
I played through that airport scene multiple times. WHY? Because all I'm doing in changing a couple variables and using some processor cycles. Now MAYBE MAYBE I'm capable of understanding that because I'm a game dev in training. But of course that just translates to:
I'm fine with it because I'm educated. Unlike the people in the article.
I played through that airport scene multiple times. WHY? Because all I'm doing in changing a couple variables and using some processor cycles. Now MAYBE MAYBE I'm capable of understanding that because I'm a game dev in training. But of course that just translates to:
I'm fine with it because I'm educated. Unlike the people in the article.
This isn't new, though I won't disrespect them simply because they are just voicing their opinion on how effective the game is. Though if the started spouting their religious bullshit to back up their claims then I would have said something negative.
well they're not people in the gaming audience. all that means is more talk about a product and then more people will probably go and check it out.
the ol' bad publicity is good publicity schtick.
the ol' bad publicity is good publicity schtick.
I am one of the few who hasn't played MW2, but from what I understand the scene in question is somewhat lacking in context, and misses its chance to be an example of potent interactive art nestled in a massive blockbuster (like what MW1's scene of nuclear devastation managed to be).
Interactive media could be a great place to depict the consequences of difficult decisions and posing the age old moral question regarding ends justifying means. When I heard about the scene, and its apparent lack of context, this is what I found to be the real shame.
Interactive media could be a great place to depict the consequences of difficult decisions and posing the age old moral question regarding ends justifying means. When I heard about the scene, and its apparent lack of context, this is what I found to be the real shame.
