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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:24 PM Original message |
Grand Theft Auto IV repeatedly slams Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and the Bush Agenda |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well you can expect billo reilly, rush, insanity AND hillary clinton |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Glenn Beck already did. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for posting! |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. They had a phone number set up for people to call in with their craziest right wing views. |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Really?! That's genius. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder if they go after Clinton and Lieberman too. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I haven't heard it yet, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. They should go after Joementum Limpmann McCrazzies |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. My. my I might just get it for the POLITICAL side of it |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Weasel radio |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. the freepers must be just FREAKING about this |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Furry and balanced." Can this become a part of the language? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Man, I've been ranting for a while that we need something like "SIMpeachment" |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No word on SIMpeachment yet, but Hail to the Chimp comes out next month |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. When I saw the video from the first link a few days ago, I thought... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ah I love the GTA franchise. |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. GTA San Andreas wasn't totally apolitical either... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. No, it certainly wasn't apolitical... |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. Come to think of it, even Vice City had quite some commentary... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I have played all the GTA games... |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. All of them? You're my kinda guy! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. A new PC and a time machine. It'll be at least a year, if ever, before |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Crap, forgot about the time machine... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. It will be coming to PC most likely... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Much more profitable for their X-Box 360 franchise. They already have the Microserfs |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. And Apple |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
72. These GTA guys just hit these things... n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. they have done that in all of the past games as well |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. is the sexual content computer generated rape? i dont know. i dont know |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It's nonsense. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. thanks. hubby came home from lunch and explained. but not about a "pimp" mission. oblivion |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. If you are parenting, you probably don't want your kids near any GTA game... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. oblivion, not the makers, but a hacker got in to take layer off leaving females to appear |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. If you don't want those types of mods stay away from PC games... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. husband explained a little of this today |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Yeah, Noibody said anything about Tomb Raider... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. You know what's stupid? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. because i am not interested in computer and computer games and i dont want to learn about |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. I don't know that game, but what is dangerous about nudity? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. dangerous? n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Something that children must be protected from. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I wonder if the kids involved in this crime were regularly exposed to crude games: |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Are you actually being serious? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. The guy's got a Bender avatar. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
65. Other uptight people said the same thing about Elvis..... wasn't true then and isn't true now. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. It is not hyperbole. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. i couldnt agree with you more. thr out twenties and single i didnt care or get it |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It is hyperbole, there are no rape scenes in GTA. Period. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. It is hyperbole, as there are exactly *zero* video games that I am aware of that feature rape. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. well, there's plenty of rape video games in Japan... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
83. D'oh! No way! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. You state that "teenage(d) crime has skyrocketed", but there is no evidence |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You couldn't be further off the mark. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. so, in the main game there is a pimping mission.... jeesus and not in the |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yeah, but the pimping missions were not required to play the story to the end. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. i see. i got it. thanks for the added info. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Garbage in, garbage out... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. you're funny |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. The pimping mission, like almost the whole game, is really a driving game. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. No. No rape. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. I bought my PSII so I could get GTAIII... |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Remember Alex Shrub from "Vice City"? |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
73. Yeah I remember that... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. He was one of the antagonists in the original GTA III. |
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Lannigan (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was going to wait to get this game, but |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. The gameplay is brilliant... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. The multiplayer is some of the best I've ever seen. |
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tsdraegeth (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. I found the politics in previous GTA games |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. GTA3 lets people screw prostitutes, steal cars, beat people, collect money, and play Hot Coffee... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
63. Become a repulican? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. Before video games there was no violence, theft, or marijuana use. |
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Bushwick Bill (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. Not so fast, my friend! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. what is |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Yes, there is. As I said we take some hits as well, but not nearly to the extent the right does. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. LINKS PLEASE! |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. You will have to get the game, I don't know of any link on the internet... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. GTA:SA had "I Say/You Say" |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
76. It's pretty hilarious, too-- and often spot on. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. And jabs at the health care industry... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-02-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sounds pretty cool, but I cant seem to get into the GTA games. |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. Oh I'm loving this! |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
68. "face fulls of pharmaceuticals that make me go deaf” |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
77. It's an amazing piece of work. You can go a long time without ever actually committing a crime |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
80. FYI, Electronic Arts Is Attempting a Hostile Takeover of Take-Two (GTA Publisher) |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
82. The political satire bits sound like a hoot! |
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