IT IS A FRIGGIN GAME!!!

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Math242

Math242

It's strange, I keep getting surprised at how stupid people can be.

you'd think we should be used to it by now.

STUPID !
 
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Chibibar

I remember an OLD game for DOS call Hacker ;) oh no!! computer hacking is illegal!

Or Seven Cities of Gold. I remember you can trade slaves!
 
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coolbeans

Jesus F"£*£ing Christ

With this and Lord Voldermo.....I mean Mandelsons Digital rights bill coming into effect at some point in the near future, would any of you guys mind if I abandoned the UK and snuck into one of your countries :(
 
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Chibibar

coolbeans said:
Jesus F"£*£ing Christ

With this and Lord Voldermo.....I mean Mandelsons Digital rights bill coming into effect at some point in the near future, would any of you guys mind if I abandoned the UK and snuck into one of your countries :(
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well as much it would be nice to have you hare in the states, there are no jobs or prospect here :( you might have better luck staying in other countries that is not falling apart.
 
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coolbeans

I feel like writing to the bbc

I cant believe its come to this

Im middle aged
 
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Soliloquy

Isn't the whole point of games that you can do these things without having any real-world limitations or consequences?
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

While I had the same facepalm moment as everyone else, I was most surprised to see this at the end:

He added: "Perhaps what this research demonstrates is that the researchers misunderstand what games are, and how they are treated, intellectually, by the people who play them."
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Surprising to see they actually included a counterpoint that doesn't assume gamers to be stupid.
 
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Soliloquy

Ravenpoe said:
While I had the same facepalm moment as everyone else, I was most surprised to see this at the end:

He added: "Perhaps what this research demonstrates is that the researchers misunderstand what games are, and how they are treated, intellectually, by the people who play them."
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Surprising to see they actually included a counterpoint that doesn't assume gamers to be stupid.
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Yeah, I was pretty pleased with that as well.

I've committed countless crimes against humanity in video games. I hesitate to kill a fly in real life. The sooner that people realize that we understand the difference between games and reality, the better.
 
Rob King

Rob King

I'm not sure what the outrage is about. The 'study' was surveying how humanitarian law is dealt with in video games. The only conclusion that I derived from that article is that the people who did the study would like more games to address what the real-life limitations are to conflict.

Now, that might be difficult or stupid for 24: The Game, or Army of Two, but I feel like I would appreciate it in a higher class, or more narrative-based game like the Modern Warfare franchise. If perhaps humanitarian law became a plot point, then it could really drive home the actual 'rules' of war. It might even promote a greater understanding of those laws, and lead to greater outrage when things like humanitarian law are violated in real life.
 
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