I think my kids haven't yet figured out that there are video games that aren't educational. (Except for Midtown Madness which my daughter has played a few times)
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2005 9:26:50 am PDT #2159 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Jesse - Jul 22, 2005 9:27:14 am PDT #2160 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If someone thought they were buying a sexy video game for their kids, and got sneak scenes of violence, I'd think that was wrong, and vice versa.
You get that the GTA thing involves a (free, and easily accessible, but still) separate download to get the sexy sex, right? Not the regular hooker-giving-you-a-blowjob-in-the-car that's a regular part of the game, but the full frontal (video game) stuff.
juliana - Jul 22, 2005 9:28:23 am PDT #2161 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's probably their least favorite, but the time I tried to play it, it also looked quite different from arcade style Pac-Man, which...RIP OFF! We were trying to recapture our youth, darn it.
Cindy, buy the Atari-style joysticks that plug into the front of your TV or VCR player. Old-style Ms. PacMan, Asteroids, Pole Position, Breakout... all of them. It rocks. We don't bother plugging in our game console anymore, just the joystick games.
My parents bought me Archon (the battle-chess game), Hacker, and Arkanoid (fancied-up Breakout), as well as any InfoGames game I wanted. Of course, they also let me watch Monty Python, so I guess the violence and sex was okay if was presented by British people.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2005 9:29:47 am PDT #2162 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In a similar vein, another great baseball photo, the Wizard of Oz.
Proof that at least some baseball players are actually atheletes. Damn that's olympic level gymnast or diver form.
Anne - I have not. But now I suspect I want to.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2005 9:30:38 am PDT #2163 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick scientific poll: Who loves Ms Pac Man Best?
Convince me and I'll send you a present.
Sue - Jul 22, 2005 9:31:01 am PDT #2164 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I gotta put a plug in for Katamari Damcay if we're gong to talk about no sex and violence games. [link]
Although I guess rolling over people and animals with a big ball of stuff is a little violent.
Nutty - Jul 22, 2005 9:32:11 am PDT #2165 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think, given the opportunity, I would prefer my porn not to be computer-generated. I think that is just kinda lame.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 22, 2005 9:32:39 am PDT #2166 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
After hearing what my dad and his devil-children siblings did to fight boredom as children since they didn't have TV or videogames, I have a hard time believing that either is all that harmful to kids in comparison.
P.M. Marc - Jul 22, 2005 9:33:26 am PDT #2167 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My child is not old enough for video game, and her father goes for sci-fi violence or car racing, so we'll see what happens.
If she's like me, she'll get bored in about five minutes with anything that's not Tetris or Duck Hunt. (Okay, I also wasted hours of my life on Zelda and Nethack. And Civ.) If she's like him, she'll be swearing at Uncle Pete through the XBox live headset as she tries to take him out.
I'm with The Player on this one:
Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three, concurrent or consecutive, but we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 9:33:47 am PDT #2168 of 10002
What is even happening?
Welcome to the 23rd Century, Lego's Run.
You get that the GTA thing involves a (free, and easily accessible, but still) separate download to get the sexy sex, right? Not the regular hooker-giving-you-a-blowjob-in-the-car that's a regular part of the game, but the full frontal (video game) stuff.
Yeah, and it's difficult to get outraged at all, because of hooker scenes being standard and the whole thing being based on a life of crime. But I can understand someone being pissed their kid could download the sex, when the bought the car theft thing, or vice versa. I think they probably should be rated, and then people can make their decisions accordingly. All the liberals can buy their kids the sexy games. All the conservatives can buy their kids the violent games, and all the psychotics can buy their kids the violent sex games.
And we'll be playing Fairly Odd Parents.
Cindy, buy the Atari-style joysticks that plug into the front of your TV or VCR player. Old-style Ms. PacMan, Asteroids, Pole Position, Breakout... all of them. It rocks. We don't bother plugging in our game console anymore, just the joystick games.
They just have the little handheld GameBoy. We haven't let them get a big, goes on your TV video game, because we try to limit how often they do "watch 'til your brain bleeds" things. We don't even let them use the computer.
That said, I bet Scott still has Atari style joy sticks, unless he gave them to his nephew, yonks ago.