killography

[Q Classic]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/09/warning.videogames.reut/index.html

A public interest group had a holiday warning and a new word Monday for parents of video game users: Beware of "killographic," defined as the "graphic depiction of brutal violence."

i laugh at how silly some people are.

[duke o' york]

Isn't that just showing 1000 pictures a second?

[Combat Ingrid]

[aaglo]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Isn't that just showing 1000 pictures a second?

with typo that is...

[The diplomat]

why is it silly?

[Q Classic]

well, for one, i wasn't aware that we needed a new word for it.

doesn't "contains gratuitous violence" describe it better?

[Elok]

What if it contains 1000 gratuitously violent images per second? People with the capacity to process information into meaningful form that quickly deserve a warning...not to take that much dexedrine, I guess. So it's pretty stupid even then.

[Drake Tungsten]

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[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
well, for one, i wasn't aware that we needed a new word for it.

doesn't "contains gratuitous violence" describe it better?

so why not "contains gratuitous sex" instead of pornographic?

[Lonestar]

Rats. I had thought this was a thread about Killbots.

[Q Classic]

1. pornographic is a word that has been around a long while.

2. pornographic's meaning is linked to "contains gratuitous sex".

3. killographic is a new word which does not appear to have any traction; it is not punchy, it is not cool, and therefore does not look like it will become synonymous with "contains gratuitous violence". it runs the risk of falling into the buzzword fever. (different from the buzzword disease.)

4. it fails the audio test. if you hear anyone say it, at all, it sounds dorky. supremely dorky. "Terminator X: Jason meets Freddy meets Ahnold. Warning, contains killographic scenes."

5. "killographic" is an adjective. to use it, one must say "contains killographic scenes" or some such. "contains gratuitous violence" holds the same meaning, in the same number of words, and violence itself is a noun, avoiding that trap. because the important part of that sentence is held in the noun, rather than the adjective, further gradations are possible. "contains mild violence" "contains cartoon violence" "contains hard-core violence", whereas with "killographic", one would have to say, "contains mildly killographic scenes" or some variation thereof.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Q Cubed


1. pornographic is a word that has been around a long while.

2. pornographic's meaning is linked to "contains gratuitous sex".

3. killographic is a new word which does not appear to have any traction; it is not punchy, it is not cool, and therefore does not look like it will become synonymous with "contains gratuitous violence". it runs the risk of falling into the buzzword fever. (different from the buzzword disease.)

4. it fails the audio test. if you hear anyone say it, at all, it sounds dorky. supremely dorky. "Terminator X: Jason meets Freddy meets Ahnold. Warning, contains killographic scenes."

5. "killographic" is an adjective. to use it, one must say "contains killographic scenes" or some such. "contains gratuitous violence" holds the same meaning, in the same number of words, and violence itself is a noun, avoiding that trap. because the important part of that sentence is held in the noun, rather than the adjective, further gradations are possible. "contains mild violence" "contains cartoon violence" "contains hard-core violence", whereas with "killographic", one would have to say, "contains mildly killographic scenes" or some variation thereof.

its cool to make movies that include sex. Its not so cool to be in the porn business. Its marginally acceptable to let your kids see movies with sex - its ostracism time if you let them see porn. I think this is an attempt to indicate that at least some games etc are worthy of the same degree of stigma as porn gets. As such its more powerful than "contains gratuitous violence" I suspect it will be used by those want very violent games to have this stigma, and disdained by those who do not.

[lord of the mark]

By the way heres the groups site.


http://www.mediafamily.org/index.shtml

They include concise game reviews - they like Simcity4 and RON, and are, not surprisingly, rather less enthusiastic for the latest Diablo, which they consider Ok for ages 17 and up.

[lord of the mark]

heres a sample from their latest "report card"

"Video and computer games continue to grow in popularity among children and youth. We completed the largest student survey ever and found that 87% of youth in grades four through twelve now play video games with 96% of boys playing regularly. This bodes well for the continued growth of the industry, and a balanced diet of good games can certainly be a positive part of children's lives. Nevertheless, as games become more engaging and popular, concerns about their impact on youth become more urgent.

The concerns fall into two categories:

The easy access that boys have to increasingly ultra-violent M-rated games and the popularity of the most violent games with that group.
The growing issue of screen time as it relates to the obesity epidemic. "

[Q Classic]

creating words for the hell of it is an asstastic pasttime.

attaching "killographic" to try and stigmatise gratuitously violent games is merely adding another word to subvert.

why?

go to the mall. look in the stores. you will see girl's babydoll tees that say "porn star".