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[Bug]

Lore Sjöberg, on Feb 07 2007, 02:00 AM, said:

I have an apology to make. In the past, I've made fun of anti-video-game lawyer Jack Thompson for his views on gamers, his rudimentary grasp of logic and the distinct scent of brimstone that surrounds him. I see now that I was wrong. So very wrong. Video games truly are nothing more than attractively packaged training devices for youthful violence, mayhem and nose-thumbing. What pulled me out of the sub-basement of denial and into the glorious, shining foyer of light? Well, I finally managed to buy a Nintendo Wii (or, as I prefer to call it, the Murder Appliance).

Read on...
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72660-...l?tw=wn_index_3

[Donna]

no offence to you Bug but that guy is talking out his butt lol what a waste of my life reading through that.

The only part that makes sense is his profile quote:

Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become a ruffian, a roughneck and a ruffed grouse.

[Bug]

Lol!! I know! The whole time reading that I'm like... weird lol - didn't see his profile quote though lol

Just wondering what you guys thought

It's interesting though, reading from someone else's perspective

[Donna]

Bug, on Mar 19 2007, 11:13 PM, said:

Lol!! I know! The whole time reading that I'm like... weird lol - didn't see his profile quote though lol

look at the bottom of his article

[N4Z.]

Bug, on Mar 20 2007, 06:13 AM, said:

It's interesting though, reading from someone else's perspective

Thats why the forums are here

[LkuHomer]

You guys should read the comments, and also note that he is just trying to get people worked up for his own amusement.

PS He isn't serious. Jack Thompson on the other hand, is completely serious.

Edited by LkuHomer, 20 March 2007 - 08:37 AM.

[albinoAZN]

I found it quite humorous. I could tell he was joking, and that was why it was funny.

[α∂αмяoss]

Heh, that made me laugh.

[Marc]

I think what makes this funnier (or even scarier) is that there are people out there who actually think like this.

Yes Jack Thompson, I'm looking at you.

[FridgeBump]

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For instance, take this so-called "bowling." What practical application could there be for throwing massive, dense balls at people? Yes, in the game they're called "pins" but I think we can all see that they're supposed to represent toddlers.

Are you retarded or simply out of arguments? BOWLING WAS INVENTED BEFORE THE WII YOU FAGGOT!!!!

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And this "baseball" game -- it's nothing more than a ritualized gang war, with rival gangs attempting to kill each other with stones and truncheons.

Ditto to bowling...

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The point is that we never had violent games like this before video games came on the scene. People played nice games like "pass the parcel," "postman's knock" and "soggy biscuit." It takes the shriveled, degenerate mind of a game developer to come up with "entertainment" like this.

Pass the parcel? Postman's knock? Soggy biscuit? ... Did you, by any chance, have any friends? Cause I mean COME ON!!!!!!!!! How dumb can you be...

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The worst of it is this, though: The Wii actually encourages gamers to get exercise. Up until now, murderous gamer rampages have been kept to a minimum by the fact that a good rampage requires you to get up and be mobile for a while, something most gamers are loath to do. By combining games with movement, you're breeding a generation of gamers who have no problem with standing up, waving their arms, and increasing their pulse rates. There's nothing to stop them now! In the near future we'll all be reduced to cowering in our homes, fearful that a murderous gamer gang will arrive to collect "power-ups," by which they mean our severed heads. Thanks, Nintendo. Thanks a lot.

... As you can see this was written by somekind of retarded hippy, who'se only goal in life is to promote Communism and Socialism, through the means of smoking pot and hallucinating danger...

Get help, get an education and please re-read your text so you understand the importance of you killing yourself...

I've played God of War and God of War 2, where you repi people in half, slice their guts, rip their eyes out, slice their arms off to use them to smack them to death and NEVER have I went out and tried it out on someone...

This is why hippies are instinct...

[Av-]

Don't take it too seriously fridgy

[Marc]

FridgeBump, on Mar 29 2007, 04:42 PM, said:

... As you can see this was written by somekind of retarded hippy, who'se only goal in life is to promote Communism and Socialism, through the means of smoking pot and hallucinating danger...

Get help, get an education and please re-read your text so you understand the importance of you killing yourself...

I've played God of War and God of War 2, where you repi people in half, slice their guts, rip their eyes out, slice their arms off to use them to smack them to death and NEVER have I went out and tried it out on someone...

This is why hippies are instinct...

You do realize that the author isn't serious? It's supposed to be sarcastic and satirical of why people complain about violence in video games. Read some of his other articles (linked at the bottom of the page) and you'll notice a trend in his writing style.