KnightWing Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 We already have a movie-style ratings system for games. In fact, it's even more in-depth than the movie rating system. This wasn't about that; it was about putting absolutely ridiculous legal restrictions on certain types of games (whatever was deemed offensive; it was never defined clearly), involving putting gigantic warning stickers across the game cases and fining people a ton of money for selling games to minors. It basically treated mature games like cigarettes, if not worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Ah right. OK, that's daft, I'm fine with treating them like films, but that's as far as it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Fuck I hate lobby groups. People are already using the Norway tragedy to further their anti video game agenda, because the guy played WoW and CoD. Source I tell my friends I'm busy with work so can't go out for the next 6 weeks due to the big project I have, does that mean work should be banned because I use it as an excuse to plan an attack? Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 He probably also drank milk. Let's ban milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 He probably also drank milk. Let's ban milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 He probably also drank milk. Let's ban milk. FUCK. That is the exact same argument I used with a guy here in the office! Although I said chocolate milk. Freaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Fuck I hate lobby groups. People are already using the Norway tragedy to further their anti video game agenda, because the guy played WoW and CoD. Source I tell my friends I'm busy with work so can't go out for the next 6 weeks due to the big project I have, does that mean work should be banned because I use it as an excuse to plan an attack? Christ. What does WoW have to do with any kind of real world violence? I can sort of understand people trying to link games with guns to violence because they actually exist. Maybe the moment I can hurl fireballs from my hands I'll understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Weirdest and/or dumbest poll ever I thought this was misworded, but now I think they are serious.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 By their logic, I should be UFC Heavyweight Champion because I'm good at Street Fighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Disclaimer: These polls are not scientific No shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 And that is the broadsheet paper here in Melbourne, not the tabloid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Considering the absurd amounts of censorship you guys have to deal with over there, I'm not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Sadly it's true. The latest state Premier hear just passed a law banning swearing. Fine and all jail time. And don't get me started on porn being illegal, no adult game classification, having an internet black list..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Sadly it's true. The latest state Premier hear just passed a law banning swearing. Fine and all jail time. And don't get me started on porn being illegal, no adult game classification, having an internet black list..... How have you not had a revolution yet? I'd have thought that came with banning porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Well you can't sell X rated porn in any of the sates, but possession is legal. And the two territories sell it and sell it via mail order, so it's here, no one does anything about it, but in the most populist areas, it's illegal to sell it. And that poll link, the wording has been changed without a note saying they've done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 The guy said himself that he used MW2 to train himself for the attacks. He also said he used WoW so I guess he planned on leading an army of Orcs to invade Norway or something. I still don't get the connection there. source Crazy people are going to do crazy things regardless of any video game they play, book they read, or movie they watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 WoW he used as a cover for most of what he did. MW2 was a training thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yeah the WoW was what he used as an excuse to be socially absent. To cover what he was really doing, planning the attacks. He could have easily said he's started a new dotcom business and all his time is spent on that. Or he's taken up ballroom dancing and is training 4 times a week. He could have said he's joined the freemasons for christ sake, there are a million things he could have used as a cover, but because he chose WoW all of a sudden it's evil video games. As for the MW2 thing to be used as training, sorry, but in real life, people don't hold a gun in their lap with a hand on either side of it, so I don't see how it's training for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've had years of "training" and I can't hit shit with a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've had years of "training" and I can't hit shit with a gun. But your hadouken is now lethal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Norway store cans 51 brands after Oslo, Utøya murders Coop Norway has announced it is to stop carrying 51 gaming brands and toys previously available to customers, after the horrific events in Oslo and on Utøya, including games CoD4: Modern Warfare and World of Warcraft – titles which the perpetrator Anders Behring Breivik claims to have actively played. According to a report in Norwegian newspaper Rogalands Avis, Geir Inge Stokke, director of Coop Norway Retail, said the retail giant is temporarily removing the games out of “consideration for those affected,” by last week’s murders. “The decision to remove the games was made around the time we realized the scope of the attack,” he said. “Others are better suited than us, to point to the negative effects of games like these. At the moment it’s [appropriate] for us to take them down. I wouldn’t be surprised if others do the same. “We have to think very carefully about when to bring these goods back. The economy involved is of no importance.” Breivik, the man behind the attacks, mentioned in his “manifesto” time playing WoW and even went so far as to describe Modern Warfare as “training” tool in his “plan.” Games confirmed as being removed from shelves by Gamers Globe include: Homefront, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2, World at War, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Sniper Ghost Warrior, and Counter-Strike Source (thanks, distraet). Toys that “look or function as weapons” have also been removed. http://www.vg247.com/2011/07/29/coop-norway-to-remove-51-titles-after-oslo-and-ut%C3%B8ya-murders/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Seven News Reports NSW Attorney General Wants Games Like GTAIV Banned A pathetically ill-researched segment on Seven News last night claims NSW Attorney General Greg Smith wants games like Grand Theft Auto IV banned. The segment used a still from the sex scene minigame from seven-year-old video game GTA: San Andreas, a mode removed from the game before sale and only accessible via an unofficial software patch, during its argument. It also made links between violent video games and the Norway massacre and claimed "England and Norway have banned similar games." This is misleading. Grand Theft Auto IV is rated 18 by the British Board of Film Classification, and is not banned. Grand Theft Auto IV is rated 18+ by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe's Pan European Game Information system. Norway officially supports PEGI and is represented in the PEGI Council, although there is no specific legislative basis. Most confusing was Smith's position, with Seven reporting that despite the fact that he has approved the introduction of an R18+ catergory for video games he still wants games like Grand Theft Auto IV banned. We contacted the Attorney General's office where a spokeperson on hand for clarification. "We are still firmly committed to the R18+ classification but we don't want any dilution of the Refused Classification category, and games should be assessed accordingly," he said. "Obviously the Attorney General's expressing his opinion of the game, but obviously these guidelines will be developed over time. His main concern is that if something is grotesquely violent and it merits Refused Classification that it should be refused classification... but we're still on board with R18+; we want that to go ahead." http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1211580p1.html?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Anders Breivik played WOW, a lot, so some people are trying to make a connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Yeah I saw this at the time, but he said he played it as a cover up for being anti social, because he knew if he said that, people would just say, oh ok, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 The new Medal of Honor: Warfighter has a website to help players purchase the actual weapons they use onscreen. I am not normally one to have a problem with this kind of thing, but this is kinda gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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