GTA in the news again (826 hits)
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Submitted by Dan Salter <Jeriko2k3.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-01-02 16:27:05 EST
Well once again, GTA has made the news. I know who cares right. Those of us who have played it know what the game is all about, but apparently the New York Post still doesn't get it.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12292003/business/14640.htm
Christopher Byron has done a piss poor job in presenting his case. This article is not about GTA, but about Take-Two Interactive Inc (Take-2). He attempts to get the reader upset and angry with the company by showing what type of games Take-2 makes. And then tries to say that "This is 10,000 times worse than the worst thing anybody thinks Michael Jackson ever did to a little boy - or than any lie the feds think Martha Stewart ever told them, or any line in any song that Bruce Springsteen ever sang that rankled a cop in the Meadowlands."
Is he actually saying that it is better for me/you to molest a child than play a video game?
Yes I know about those little shits that blamed GTA for their actions. I'm not disputing the fact that, yes they got the idea from the game. Yet they made their own choices and I hope they both get the death penalty.
I do find it incredibly funny that the Haitians are offended by statement made about them and how they are depicted in the game? Hmmmm, last I heard Haitian wasn't the safest place to hang out, and they sort of have a drug cartel there. Clean up your fucking government/country first, and then bitch.
Finally at the very end of this article, we find out what this little gem is all about. Take-2 may be lying about their finances. Well this in itself is not too terribly shocking, but it has nothing to do with the games the company makes. This should have been the main focus of this article not some sorry attempt to play with our emotions.
I'm obese because Pac-Man showed me eating was fun.
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2004-01-26 11:46:37 EST (#)
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i went to jail for three years cos I went around beating up lizards while eating mushrooms. OK so it was really for wearing dungarees whilst not being a tradesman/dyke.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2004-01-04 06:30:32 EST (#)
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Thing is, when jobless and smoking a GREAT deal of skunk, I was playing Vice City a hell of a lot and sometimes when baked I used to sort of believe I was in Vice City and have a need to rip someone out of a car and go ploughing through things. I didn't though, but....hmm...someone skin up.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-01-02 23:56:00 EST (#)
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"KILL THE HAITIANS"
What the fuck are all the CUNTS bitching about? If they said, go kill those whitetrash MOFOS, noone would give a fuck. Because whitetrash is like a SUB-naiton. I am sick of people banning games and movies. Like that game postal 2 was restricted and stuff. WTF??????????????? censcorshop people get to see all this stuff. WHY THE FUCK ARENT I ALLOWED TO?
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-01-02 20:10:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by NinjaStep (user info) at 2004-01-02 19:31:22 (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:13:39 (#)
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If video games caused people to imitate them then there would be people that run around in dark rooms with electronic music blaring, constantly eating little pills.
what do you think a rave is?
Wow, someone is a little slow and his name is ninjastep.
Submitted by NinjaStep (user info) at 2004-01-02 19:31:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:13:39 (#)
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If video games caused people to imitate them then there would be people that run around in dark rooms with electronic music blaring, constantly eating little pills.
what do you think a rave is?
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:54:28 EST (#)
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I'm filing a lawsuit against Namco as we speak.
Submitted by SurfSire (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:53:32 EST (#)
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"I'm obese because Pac-Man showed me eating was fun. "
+2 just for that!
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:46:29 EST (#)
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"You are not your fucking khakis!"
Tyler Durden, "Fight Club"
Or in this case, your fucking video game hero.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2004-01-02 17:13:39 EST (#)
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If video games caused people to imitate them then there would be people that run around in dark rooms with electronic music blaring, constantly eating little pills.
Submitted by Yogimus (user info) at 2004-01-02 16:51:57 EST (#)
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People who commit crimes because of video games were pretty close to the edge already. If it wasn't video games, a talking dog or a voice from god would have tipped them over.
Better question: Where did a kid get a $500 rifle to go sniping with? Rifles are not cheap...
This whole thing reminds me of the blame canada song.
Submitted by Master13 (user info) at 2004-01-02 16:44:01 EST (#)
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This guy describes what the company does as producing "luxuriously violent and disgusting content as to leave one simply speechless." The very next paragraph describes how GTA:VC has been out for a year and it already has sold 5,000,000 copies. Obviously the general public doesn't think this game is bad, if they did no one would have bought it.
This kind of shit pisses me off. Balding fat journalists who's fathers bought their degree for them think they can just bitch about a game by tying it together with the stock market. Too bad no one but housewives and businessmen who can't think for and make decisions for themselves will be the ones actually taking this shit in.
+2
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-01-02 16:34:05 EST (#)
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I'm going to sue pac-man. One time I was caught in this black world with lines dividing passageways. Funniest thing was when I went to the right, I ended up back on the left. There were tasty dots everywhere and I had to watch out for the ghost things until I ate a big dot and then I could eat the ghost things and spit out the eyes.
The little dots had Herpes all over them. I'm suing.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2004-01-02 16:32:56 EST (#)
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Lesiure Suit Larry makes me treat women like sex objects.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2004-01-02 16:31:17 EST (#)
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I love that game. I'm going to play it right now.