Dopes are suing to ban "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"

[Imran Siddiqui]

[q]Then i can comment on GTA:VC without friggin buying it. Free speech works both ways, ya know.[/q

Yeah, but then don't expect us to take a word you say seriously.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
[q]Then i can comment on GTA:VC without friggin buying it. Free speech works both ways, ya know.[/q

Yeah, but then don't expect us to take a word you say seriously.

fine, take it as seriously as you like. But I'll be damned if i have to support Rockstar in order to discuss them.

[Theben]

Imran, Sava, etc al: Is it really that important that the game says "Kill the Haitians" instead of, "Kill them?" Will it affect game play at all?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Theben
Imran, Sava, etc al: Is it really that important that the game says "Kill the Haitians" instead of, "Kill them?" Will it affect game play at all?

I suspect its the "principle" of the thing.

First they took away "kill the haitians" and i said nothing, for i didnt care about "kill the haitians". Then they took away "blood and gore" and i said nothing, for i didnt care about "blood and gore". then they took away "kill them" and there was no one left to speak for me, and i was condemned to playing the Sims.

You know the drill.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
fine, take it as seriously as you like. But I'll be damned if i have to support Rockstar in order to discuss them.

The game is a good one. Nad you know there are, um, ways to have precise knowledge of it without supporting Rockstar

I meant internet FAQs! Honest!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor

The game is a good one. Nad you know there are, um, ways to have precise knowledge of it without supporting Rockstar

Well this does provide a valid argument for err, doing some things on the net i normally wouldnt do.

While i would only do it for review purpose, im tempted to say - you wanna fill the culture with trash, YOU defend your friggin intellectual property rights.

My problem with that is when it effects decent developers, like Sid Meiers.

[Theben]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


I suspect its the "principle" of the thing.

First they took away "kill the haitians" and i said nothing, for i didnt care about "kill the haitians". Then they took away "blood and gore" and i said nothing, for i didnt care about "blood and gore". then they took away "kill them" and there was no one left to speak for me, and i was condemned to playing the Sims.

You know the drill.

They took away Gore in 2000.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
My problem with that is when it effects decent developers, like Sid Meiers.

I don't know, Sid Meiers is one of the guys I always gave money to.

[chequita guevara]

Has anyone here played the game in question?

When they say "Kill the Haitians" do them mean any Haitians or specific Haitian drug dealers?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Like so many other Frenchmen my age, I was watching "Ken le Survivant" (Hokuto no Ken, Ken of the North Star) when I was 5. It involved a badass hero killing dozens of punk with special Kung-fu, that had the punk's heads explode after a few seconds, in terrible gore, blodd and guts.

And look at me! I'm perfectl normal

and do you support the govt of France in its attempts to make sure future revisions to the WTO dont prevent it from subsidizing French films to offset the influence of American "junk"?

[General Ludd]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dopes are suing to ban "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"

Originally posted by lord of the mark

most soldiers are conscripts, and are in any case in a situation where they are fighting for their own lives and those of their comrades in arms. There are very good reasons why the allies prosecuted war criminals and not ordinary German soldiers. If you dont understand those reasons, its not my place to tell you.

But in the game they're just nazis.


Always heroic USA vs. Nazis. Just like in the movies.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
When they say "Kill the Haitians" do them mean any Haitians or specific Haitian drug dealers?

The members of the Haitian gang, since you work for the rival Cuban gang.
But the game makes it enjoyable to kill random civilians anyway.

Originally posted by lord of the mark
and do you support the govt of France in its attempts to make sure future revisions to the WTO dont prevent it from subsidizing French films to offset the influence of American "junk"?

Yes. I want to see more Japanese junk just like that

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

I was asking how the ratings systems, which the film and game industries like to trumpet when theyre attacked, are regularly evaded.

You mean like they are for movies as well?

what part of 'film and game industires" did was unclear?

Ah the nanny state...

two word cliches, kewl.

ah, the junk culture ....

[Imran Siddiqui]

Imran, Sava, etc al: Is it really that important that the game says "Kill the Haitians" instead of, "Kill them?" Will it affect game play at all?

Is it really that big of a deal for the Cuban gang to say 'Kill the Haitians' instead of 'Kill them'? What's the big deal?

When they say "Kill the Haitians" do them mean any Haitians or specific Haitian drug dealers?

The gang members. They have little arrows on them. Of course you can kill any other Haitians you like (along with everyone else in the game ), but they aren't asking you to engage in genocide or anything!

[Theben]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Imran, Sava, etc al: Is it really that important that the game says "Kill the Haitians" instead of, "Kill them?" Will it affect game play at all?

Is it really that big of a deal for the Cuban gang to say 'Kill the Haitians' instead of 'Kill them'? What's the big deal?

Personally? I could care less, since I'm not interested in the game.
I am a little curious about the context, though.