Video Games and Facing Controversy
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Uploaded by kirithem on Nov 6, 2009
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Episode Seven in my series of video "lectures," made in association with James Portnow, game designer and founder of Divide By Zero Games. I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com. You can reach James at jportnow at gmail dot com.
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...who did what they could to bring what they thought was good and rightful. Of course, they weren't always right.. Weren't always good. Didn't always win. But I personally think that all of these games, apart of being incredibly lucratives are there as a reminder of those who died fighting for what they believed into. AND if the survivors absolutly want to show what they lived through a video game. TO HELL, let them do what they want, it's their story after all.
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What about the WWII, what about the Vietnam War, about The 2nd gulf war, about war against terrorists. People died there too... Lots and lots of 'em... Good people died.. Parents who lost their sons and daugthers, dads or moms. Still, they do games like Battlefield, CoD, MoH. If I'm using "their" logic (their as those who blocked the development of this game) All of the games above should have never existed. But they're there, to show people what happened to unknown soldiers, unknown heros...
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Fox news clip plays, a sense of anger at hateful ignorance immediately springs up.
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Did anyone else do a slow clap after James' speech?
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well the experience is enenced cause its eneractive
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Funny, the soldiers themselves wanted this game, the soldiers who fought in Fallujah. And instead of writing a book like most people, they wanted to make an experience, something a person could see. And what happens? People who shouldn't get involved got involved. These guys deserve to have their story told their way....
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I don't normally play shooters, and especially not "realistic" ones at that, but "Six Days in Fallujah" I actually find interesting. The soldiers themselves asked for this to be a game, probably in an attempt to educate people on what happened there in a most accessible way than a lecture, and Atomic was willing to oblige. Good on you, Atomic, and best of luck! I look forward to learning from your game.
1 month ago 4
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I like some people in fox (Looking at you, Glen) buuuuut censoring video games is NOT okay. Video games are the most involved form of story telling. No different than novels or films. Fox of all people should believe in freedom of the press!
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Video games should be called interactive simulators, or simulators for short, or, for even shorter, just sims.
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If these games do come out, I definitley will get them. Just to support the medium.
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#1 Question to ask Fox News before they start talking shit about games:
Have you played it yet?
TheRoflAzn 8 months ago 73
@bobjoemagee Really?
I mean, the mom wasn't that bad. Sure, she wasn't for the game, but she lost her son, so it's understandable that she'd react negatively to something that relates his death to a "game", which is exactly the problem being addressed in this video. Had it been a film, she might have been more accepting. However, at least she seemed to have some semblance of what the makers of the game were trying to do.
The FOX bitch, on the other hand, can go choke on shit.
SuigaRou 10 months ago 54