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ganbaru · 2013-01-02, 20:52

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

If another school shooting happens in Connecticut who do they blame next?

Another scape goat.
It easier to attack easy target than to look seriously to the root of issue, plus it give some fast satisfaction. Of course the problem is still the same.

Ithekro · 2013-01-02, 20:58

As more and more games are sold online with no physical copy they will have a harder time with that one.

~~mangatron~~ · 2013-01-02, 21:04

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

If another school shooting happens in Connecticut who do they blame next?

Probably Nerf guns, those foam dart toys

if not, maybe they'll blame Spongebob, I don't know, this isn't the time for a blame game, they all should spend their time learning from this incident, such as locking up your guns and not giving the key to anyone but yourself.

Terrestrial Dream · 2013-01-02, 21:17

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Originally Posted by RRW

http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/2/3828...-violent-video

The mystery we must solve is how did these kids get all these violent games in the first place? There is no way these responsible parents would buy these kids game, right?

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

If another school shooting happens in Connecticut who do they blame next?

Connecticut's infamous weapon industries?

Anh_Minh · 2013-01-03, 02:04

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Originally Posted by ganbaru

Another scape goat.
It easier to attack easy target than to look seriously to the root of issue, plus it give some fast satisfaction. Of course the problem is still the same.

No, they're not that imaginative. They'll use the same scape goat.

Afternoon Tea · 2013-01-03, 02:26

Maybe they shouldn't sell violent content to minors? idk just a thought. Looking back when I was a kid (90's early 2000's) rated M games was a HUGE NONO! When you see Rated R or Rated M. That was like super bad, and for mommy, daddy and older people eyes only! Now its like what ever to kids. Regardless I feel as though they try to enforce more censorship in today medias that is targeted for kids-pre-teens then ever.. I remember watching normal 90's shows (e.g. Ren and Stimpy, Batman: The Animated Series Joker kills like 3 people, and basicly 90% of the shows) that had little censorship or whatever, and in present time these shows would be very unsuitable for morning/afternoon airing. And you would see these 90's type shows only on those night programming like Adult swim.

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-03, 05:13

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Originally Posted by Afternoon Tea

Maybe they shouldn't sell violent content to minors? idk just a thought. Looking back when I was a kid (90's early 2000's) rated M games was a HUGE NONO! When you see Rated R or Rated M. That was like super bad, and for mommy, daddy and older people eyes only! Now its like what ever to kids. Regardless I feel as though they try to enforce more censorship in today medias that is targeted for kids-pre-teens then ever.. I remember watching normal 90's shows (e.g. Ren and Stimpy, Batman: The Animated Series Joker kills like 3 people, and basicly 90% of the shows) that had little censorship or whatever, and in present time these shows would be very unsuitable for morning/afternoon airing. And you would see these 90's type shows only on those night programming like Adult swim.

It'd be no different from bubble-wrapping them. The thing is about answering the questions that arises - to the kids, such content is out of the world, and whatever the parents do, they have to answer them, not to tell them to "stop asking questions".

Or at least let them go to the library. My parents are not the kind that were entertaining on questions with regards to morality and ethics, or traditionally taboo Asian topics (like sex, violence, etc), so I went to the library during weekends to find the answers myself. I don't know if they did that on purpose, or they were English-illiterate (I do remember borrowing books on sex-ed back when I was around 7-8), they didn't mind whatever book I borrowed or read.) 15 years down the road I realised that it did much more good to me than harm, sure I sounded "arrogant" in front of others because I was regurgiating whatever I have read and remembered from those books (studies have shown that whatever you have learnt/understood as a child before 10 is very likely to follow you for the rest of your life - in the exact same way you are taught or advised), at least there is the automatic "to the library/internet!" lightbulb moment when faced with something I don't know, instead of standing there like looking like an idiot.

A married friend with kids told me : "If you have problems thinking up of a concise and pertinent answer to your kids' questions, you should feel sorry for yourself for passing your bad genes down to them. Stupid has no medicine." It is certainly harsh, however I think his intention certainly has a point. *

* - This guy has 2 "mentally handicapped" kids, a boy with severe ADHD and a girl with dyspraxia and mild Aspergers. Maybe his experience made him think like that.

willx · 2013-01-04, 11:45

American McGee Is Out Of Money, Wants Your $200,000 To Finish His Game

Game designer American McGee—best known for designing the horror game Alice and its sequel, Alice: Madness Returns—has run out of money.

He and his studio Spicy Horse have been working on a game called Akaneiro for the past year-and-a-half. It's a free-to-play action-role-playing game set in ancient Japan that tells a twisted version of Red Riding Hood. It's on a bunch of platforms—PC, Mac, mobile, tablets—and it looks pretty good, too.

c/o Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/5973126/american-m...inish-his-game

Xellos-_^ · 2013-01-04, 12:44

where did the money form Alice go?

ganbaru · 2013-01-04, 12:48

France's Brigitte Bardot threatens exile over elephants
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT
Is it me or she's even more ridiculous than usual ?

RRW · 2013-01-04, 14:30

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A UFO group in Taiwan is asking for expert help to authenticate a photo of a "transparent alien" walking along a remote country road. What is it?

The photo, taken by a policeman in Taiwan's Taitung County in early December, shows a ghostly, see-through figure walking in the distance. The figure is human-shaped, stooped, extremely tall and, when enlarged, appears to be transparent.

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.a...81474981832951

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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

where did the money form Alice go?

the game not making money

Dextro · 2013-01-04, 18:22

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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

where did the money form Alice go?

Electronic Arts, the first of the four horsemen of the gaming apocalypse (Activision is the second, Ubisoft the third, Jury's still out on the forth).

RRW · 2013-01-04, 21:29

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It is often said that money can't buy love.
But trying telling that to a wealthy Indian man who splashed out £14,000 on a solid gold shirt in the hope it will attract female attention.
Money-lender Datta Phuge 32, from Pimpri-Chinchwad, commissioned the shirt which took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to make working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2H435VdzR
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Ithekro · 2013-01-04, 21:31

That's more gold than Mr. T use to wear.

Be better if it was mithril

AnimeFan188 · 2013-01-04, 23:59

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars:

"NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that
appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars.

NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an
effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’
Yellowknife Bay.

New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken Kramer has assembled the
Curiosity photographs, adding color to give a realistic view of what the rover is
seeing on the planet’s surface.

But what has really caught people’s attention is a raw image from NASA’s photo
feed that one reader on Above Top Secret has called a “Martian flower.” On the
posting, the commenter going by the name “Arken,” writes: “The Albedo (or
Reflectivity of Sun Light) of this object is very high, and its translucent
appearance, the irregular conformation (like pistils) and the 'texture' of its wider
areas is smooth, and seem that it is ground attached. This is the SECOND
TRANSLUCENT ANOMALY detected by Curiosity in Gale Crater.”"

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...220649001.html

RRW · 2013-01-05, 22:37

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Playing World of Warcraft will make a person a better employee in the corporate world, according to digital culture researcher John Seely Brown. Speaking in a new Big Think YouTube video, Brown said he would rather hire a high-level World of Warcraft player than an MBA student from Harvard.

"To understand these massive multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, do not think about it as just game play, but look at the social life on the edge of the game," Brown said.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/researc...loyees-6402039

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-05, 23:14

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Originally Posted by RRW

http://www.gamespot.com/news/researc...loyees-6402039

Actually they make worse employees - all gamers do.

Why? Gamers of MMOs know how to develop something called "long-term plans" and "contingencies", thus they do not know how to "keep their mouth shut". Most fresh grads know nothing so they "know how to keep quiet".

Ithekro · 2013-01-06, 02:33

Does that mean I would start adding Level 90 Warlock to my resume. Or do they just want raiders in epics.

Anh_Minh · 2013-01-06, 03:13

If you lead a guild of hundreds of players, you should definitely put that. (And a link toward that guy's research...)

RRW · 2013-01-06, 05:40

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Sick and tired of his son playing video games and not listening to him, a father in China decided to take matters into his own hands... well, sort of. Instead of sending his son off to addiction camp or stripping him of internet and gaming rights, Mr. Feng (冯先生) chose to hire an online "hitman" to school his son.

Feng's 23 year-old son, "Xiao Feng" (小冯) started playing video games in high school. Through his years of playing various online games, he supposedly thought himself a master of Chinese online role playing games. According to his father, Xiao Feng had terrible grades in school because of his gaming habit; he couldn't even land a job. He, however, says he simply couldn't find any work that he liked. Feng was annoyed that his son couldn't even tough it out for three months at a software development company.

http://kotaku.com/5972406/father-hir...n-from-playing

2013-01-02, 20:58	Link #9322
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	As more and more games are sold online with no physical copy they will have a harder time with that one. __________________

2013-01-04, 11:45	Link #9328
willx Nyaaan~~ Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 40	American McGee Is Out Of Money, Wants Your $200,000 To Finish His Game Game designer American McGee—best known for designing the horror game Alice and its sequel, Alice: Madness Returns—has run out of money. He and his studio Spicy Horse have been working on a game called Akaneiro for the past year-and-a-half. It's a free-to-play action-role-playing game set in ancient Japan that tells a twisted version of Red Riding Hood. It's on a bunch of platforms—PC, Mac, mobile, tablets—and it looks pretty good, too. c/o Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/5973126/american-m...inish-his-game __________________ Nyaaaan~~

2013-01-04, 12:44	Link #9329
Xellos-_^ Not Enough Sleep Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: R'lyeh Age: 48	where did the money form Alice go? __________________

2013-01-04, 12:48	Link #9330
ganbaru books-eater youkai Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity	France's Brigitte Bardot threatens exile over elephants http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT Is it me or she's even more ridiculous than usual ? __________________

2013-01-04, 21:31	Link #9334
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	That's more gold than Mr. T use to wear. Be better if it was mithril __________________

2013-01-03, 02:26	Link #9326
Afternoon Tea Senior Member Artist Join Date: Mar 2010	Maybe they shouldn't sell violent content to minors? idk just a thought. Looking back when I was a kid (90's early 2000's) rated M games was a HUGE NONO! When you see Rated R or Rated M. That was like super bad, and for mommy, daddy and older people eyes only! Now its like what ever to kids. Regardless I feel as though they try to enforce more censorship in today medias that is targeted for kids-pre-teens then ever.. I remember watching normal 90's shows (e.g. Ren and Stimpy, Batman: The Animated Series Joker kills like 3 people, and basicly 90% of the shows) that had little censorship or whatever, and in present time these shows would be very unsuitable for morning/afternoon airing. And you would see these 90's type shows only on those night programming like Adult swim.

2013-01-04, 23:59	Link #9335
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars: "NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’ Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken Kramer has assembled the Curiosity photographs, adding color to give a realistic view of what the rover is seeing on the planet’s surface. But what has really caught people’s attention is a raw image from NASA’s photo feed that one reader on Above Top Secret has called a “Martian flower.” On the posting, the commenter going by the name “Arken,” writes: “The Albedo (or Reflectivity of Sun Light) of this object is very high, and its translucent appearance, the irregular conformation (like pistils) and the 'texture' of its wider areas is smooth, and seem that it is ground attached. This is the SECOND TRANSLUCENT ANOMALY detected by Curiosity in Gale Crater.”" See: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...220649001.html

2013-01-06, 02:33	Link #9338
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Does that mean I would start adding Level 90 Warlock to my resume. Or do they just want raiders in epics. __________________

2013-01-06, 03:13	Link #9339
Anh_Minh I disagree with you all. Join Date: Dec 2005	If you lead a guild of hundreds of players, you should definitely put that. (And a link toward that guy's research...)