jstevenson
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Wow... did this thread seriously go three pages based on a Satire link? :lol :lol :lol
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Wal-Mart to Black Sleeve M Rated Games
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DenogginizerOS
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Wal-Mart censoring media is hardly a stretch to believe. I read the Filefront link and it seemed legit. I am honestly relieved that this isn't true.jstevenson said:
fistfulofmetal
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I can't wait to play DTTTV
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
jstevenson said:
If this is actually a satire situation - the hell with it, I stand behind what I said
If it's a joke it's actually pretty damned clever because there's nothing implausible about Wal-Mart doing this. Between Wal-Mart and Great American Beefstock, anything is possible.Dark Octave
Banned
I don't have a problem with Wal-Mark black-sleeving their M-rated games, as long as they do the same for their R-rated movies.
NintendoGal
Member
Kaijima said:If this is actually a satire situation - the hell with it, I stand behind what I said
Exactly my thoughts. Seriously though, it's getting to the point where satire sites like this and TheOnion don't make you laugh, but roll your eyes (ie - Radical headlines). Well OK I still laugh afterwards.
Hmm, so, CD's with suggestive covers (even though the audio is censored) don't have black sleeves, R-Rated movies don't have black sleeves. Yet M-Rated games do. Some double standard. I guess R-Rated movies with REAL PEOPLE involved in violent acts isn't as influential as some highly textured polygons. Riiiiight.
So, will they be printing the ESRB descriptors on these sleeves?
Because otherwise, this is HI-LARIOUS in the manner in which it defeats the purpose.
Edit: satire, eh? Some one ought to let FileFront know.
Edit2: Well, the File Front story seems to have been pretty active3 on digg.
Gentlemen, I predict that this fake news story will make the real rounds.
Because otherwise, this is HI-LARIOUS in the manner in which it defeats the purpose.
Edit: satire, eh? Some one ought to let FileFront know.
Edit2: Well, the File Front story seems to have been pretty active3 on digg.
Gentlemen, I predict that this fake news story will make the real rounds.
Dark Octave
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:lol You know we don't read.critch said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I find it ironic that people are outraged when media outlets report information about video games incorrectly, and yet you want a title that promotes a fake news story about the marketing of games being censored to stay the same. I fell for it but lets not help this rumor fester into fact.Shinobi said:
Diablohead
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Tesco to black sleeve the fruit isle because bananas and cucumbers look like certan things.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6560862
They feel that covering games rated M deserves a cover? WTFickle?
Heh, but they wont do that to an unrated Hostel II. XD
They feel that covering games rated M deserves a cover? WTFickle?
Heh, but they wont do that to an unrated Hostel II. XD
JohnTinker
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Dark Octave
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Everytime I see that pic I LOLz. :lolJohnTinker said:
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Well, the people inside the apartment later died, but the baby livedDark Octave said:
DenogginizerOS said:
Dude, who really cares? I fell for it, it's no skin off my ass. It's not like being wrong about this is gonna somehow cripple the gaming industry or Walmart itself.
I just think the fact that so many people believe this story to be true without knowing that it's a satire is extremely telling. Basically, no one in this thread would be surprised if Walmart went to this extreme.
This is a gaming board, a broad-based activity where fun is the name of the game. And invariably, many of it's topics follow suit. Let's not pretend the forum is anymore serious than what it is.
NintendoGal
Member
fernoca said:More proof that GAF can't read?
No wonder why so many don't even play videogames...and hate games with lots of cutscenes, or puzzles that you actually have to think..
I don't have time to read, I skim. Only when I need to prep for writing an article do I actually take time to do so. For those who's job is to report this stuff, they should be reading.
Superblatt
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Someone needs to alter the thread topic...like NOW. This thread should be killed off within a matter of hours.
Nice fact checking filefront.
Nice fact checking filefront.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Critch said:
CMON MAN! You shouldn't have pointed it out... Would've been fun to see Kotaku and the rest pick up this news :lol
MaxConsole did it, but then again, they reported on an implausible story from The Onion and never caught it. Retards.shagg_187 said:
A Link to the Past
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So, basically, Wal Mart seeks to cancel out all money that went into creating the box arts? That's gotta be kind of, you know, lawsuit-worthy.
I think that companies should take issue with this. If they don't, then censorship will take a foothold. The only reason Wal Mart doesn't do this with movies (which are considerably more gory and provocative than game covers, and much easier for kids to purchase than games) is because Wal Mart acknowledges how powerful the movie industry is, and if they tried that, they'd get fucked pretty hard. All the games industry has to do is prove that Wal Mart can't afford to censor their work, which will be a victory against censorship - and Hell, I can't imagine it being difficult for them to win.
I think that companies should take issue with this. If they don't, then censorship will take a foothold. The only reason Wal Mart doesn't do this with movies (which are considerably more gory and provocative than game covers, and much easier for kids to purchase than games) is because Wal Mart acknowledges how powerful the movie industry is, and if they tried that, they'd get fucked pretty hard. All the games industry has to do is prove that Wal Mart can't afford to censor their work, which will be a victory against censorship - and Hell, I can't imagine it being difficult for them to win.
I was about to get pissed, but seriously.
It's like saying an article from the Onion is real. Sort of like how actual fundamentalist preachers said that an article from the Onion saying that JK Rowling hates Jesus and her sole purpose for writing the Potter books is to curve Christianity.
Yes. I have met fundamentalist preachers that are THAT stupid.
It's like saying an article from the Onion is real. Sort of like how actual fundamentalist preachers said that an article from the Onion saying that JK Rowling hates Jesus and her sole purpose for writing the Potter books is to curve Christianity.
Yes. I have met fundamentalist preachers that are THAT stupid.
I want developers to start making real adult games... not porn, but definitely more nudity in ordinary/realistic circumstances. Screw the make-believe, make the violence and nudity as realistic as possible, so that you can't play the game without feeling uncomfortable. Then tell every news/media outlet that you were trying to make it as simulated as possible, because they (the news/media, even society) have allowed them to create something that realistically unnerving by making the ridiculous claims that previous titles (Mass Effect, GTA, etc) were already murder/sex simulators... Shove it right back in the faces by making a piece of social commentary-themed art.
Someone needs to go completely friggen overboard in order to push the boundaries so much further that any current AO game looks tame by comparison.
Someone needs to go completely friggen overboard in order to push the boundaries so much further that any current AO game looks tame by comparison.
Edag Plata
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This bullshit has gotten completely out of hand. It's like blacking out an R rated movie. Maybe if AO rated games were allowed to exist then there's no problem with doing that with them, but this is dumb. It's like black sleeving Saving Private Ryan or something. Next thing you know places will refuse to sell M rated games all together.
EDIT: Ok, I read the rest of the thread, but still, the fact that we're acting like this just goes to show how possible something stupid like this really is.
EDIT: Ok, I read the rest of the thread, but still, the fact that we're acting like this just goes to show how possible something stupid like this really is.