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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 01:58 PM Original message |
It is the liberals and video games that are behind |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's very interesting |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well that is the other part of it, the amazing double standards |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh whatever. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That was well before the rating system came to be |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah it was before the rating system came out. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Yep it is a joke, just like the movie system |
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Rue (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Right, the kid's mental stability is the deciding factor. |
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ends_dont_justify (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You don't set America's standards alone, but as a part of the group |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, because it was fun to play with friends |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
85. Until you shot them, right? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Some of us have more than a clue |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I'm not talking about YOU, so feel free to chill. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Same here. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. In any society there are limits |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Yeah, we live in such a harmonious society n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. Yeah, I hear Hitler played video games too. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Where do you suppose the game developers got *their* violent impulses from? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. As you can see in the post above |
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ends_dont_justify (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not only a fault of the parents... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Um... what? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Three things |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Maybe you should reread the poster I was replying to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It is not faith |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. So, with that in mind, why rely on it more? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So what is your solution? A free for all |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Keep the ratings, ditch the efforts to make them more binding. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I am sorry but some games should not be in the hands of minors |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
77. Well, that's rather arbitrary! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. No but I cannot do a thing about |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. If I had kids, I wouldn't be buying these games. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Also- politicians have no place complaining about violent video games when |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
112. Cha fucking ching! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh - well - if Newt said it - that paragon of verbal virtue - it must be true. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Of course, the conservative show "24" on FOX has nothing to to with it. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. But torture is fun!!!!!!!!!!! and part fo the matrix of |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I used to watch it... I stopped, not because of the violence, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I had a problem with the premise from word go |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. but your argument agrees with Newt, in a way, that the violent video games are the inspiration |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No my argument is that these games |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. yes but you say that the fault is on the parents for letting their kids have these games, right? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It is also the fault of the parents if they allow their kids |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I played DOOM when I was 8. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. And perhaps you have no idea how the military trains |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Actually, video games are used for agent detection and hand-eye coordination. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Don't say "pig" |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I have said very little about the whole Baldwin situation. I don't care |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That was a general comment |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. We've had war games from time immemorial |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Simulation of live slaughter |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That's a sure sign of a rational view. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. There's not? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. No, they aren't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. It just is |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "Because I said so" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Because you said so |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Games don't exercise the mind? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Some of those games DON'T |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I'm not arguing about gratuitous violence or desensitization. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Then we essentially agree |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I think so. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. When I read that one I went oh my |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. I remember when that article came out. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Like Playboy for the articles?? |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
110. I'm sorry, I didn't see this last night. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I will add the early stories by Stepehn Kinb |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
142. The Bachman stories? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #142 |
146. The early ones under his own name |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
122. See #118 |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #122 |
130. I guess life is what you make of it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Just discussion |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. I agree. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Agree |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
83. Games like Katamari are "snuff films"? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. Maybe you should read the thread |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. I did. You're clearly not that well-informed about gaming. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I never said that, so try reading n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Some in the industry have been thinking about this for a while |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Out of curiosity, what "community standards" do you go by? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. WoTC has a very strict code of what any product |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Right, but what "community?" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. If I have to explain it I will |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Yeah, I'm somewhat familiar with the BoVD |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. They released that one under another licence |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Well, let me share with you the impetus for my research. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Strangely porn is against the law in California as well |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. The law in question was a state law. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Uh-oh. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Yes it does |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Pretty sure it does. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Well good luck |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #86 |
137. By the way my oops |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. The Dormant Commerce Clause doesn't really matter here. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Ok I get it |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
81. Indeed. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I don't even know what an "Okami" is. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. It's a wonderfully artistic game - literally. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Ahhhh! Why don't these ever come out for PC? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Because the consoles offer a level of flexibility |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Fractured market, maybe? |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Piracy might be a factor, too. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. Yep, here you go |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
114. TV is more passive. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. True enough |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. The game I mention makes you deal with conflicting needs throughout. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. When the players |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. DoD and State run very extreme simmulations |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Is that entertainment? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Very actually |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. oh good grief |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. And you are making many assumptions |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #127 |
139. Very valid points. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. As I said I work in the industry |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Board chess |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Well, I was talking to my brother in law today |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Oh sure |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. I'm not sure, it is a different medium |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
116. Actually there is...see my post #113. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
113. I wish more parents would do that instead of whining about them afterwards. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. My parents took me to Platoon when I was five |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. And that is what I essentially said |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. I saw footage of some poor little black kids being attacked |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. That's the one thing I disagree with Al And Tipper Gore over. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Ask Newt, he did this morning |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. The Lahaye game is far worse. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. In my mind both are just as bad |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
96. Yeah, kinda like the bible. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I am afraid I'd end up in pretty bad shape |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
70. Full disclosure: the police killings are either optional, or self-defense. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. The pixels are part of it |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
102. I'd say - cover it as news, not sensationalism. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Yes, but we had some people saying that they should |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Worthy points. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
101. Well its been fun |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
106. If the Republicans truly think that the real problem is parents need to get tougher on their kids. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
115. Youth violence has declined markedly since FPS games were developed... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. There is still a widely held view by non-gamers that they are just for kids. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. 32 is the mean age of gamers |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Yup...I know about GTA...I play it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
119. I took my grandson to see Raiders of the Lost Ark. He was ~4. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. You forgot about the guy that got chopped up by the airplane propellor. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Damn, I was going to specifically mention that. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is even more fun. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
131. I think that Newt's Contract on America is too blame, myself. But what do I know? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. Yes it is part of his war on western culture |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Before Vid games, films, radio and books there |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #138 |
145. Really? Going all the way to the bronze age ? |
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