Tale Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) I doubt the belief that the religious are behind the anti-violent videogame movement. Unless you're arguing that the non-religious are okay with murder. Those in the movement just happen to often congregate behind religious banners, probably due to their being so many of them. Edited December 3, 2007 by Tale "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 The anti-violent videogame movement comes from the fact that, culturally, videogames are still seen as children's toys, and as such they should never be violent. I'd say twenty years will be needed until people really stop caring about violence in videogames. The same thing goes for sex, of course. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Only in America is it ok to show games with graphical violence = Good games with sex = bad Imagine a mature rating in Kotor 1. Instead of a kiss that fades to black, you get to bone Bastila and show it. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 The bigotry in this thread is amazing. 2007 humanity is not that enlightened... something we share with ME's version of humanity. L0LLIGAGZ! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 The bigotry in this thread is amazing. 2007 humanity is not that enlightened... something we share with ME's version of humanity. L0LLIGAGZ! What are you babbling about little fellow? Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Dreamweb blazed a trail. It had pixelated **** in it and everything. Wasn't particularly necessary though. Did Bloodlines have any nudity in it? VV's strip club? I can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Dreamweb blazed a trail. It had pixelated **** in it and everything. Wasn't particularly necessary though. Did Bloodlines have any nudity in it? VV's strip club? I can't remember. No actual nudity to my knowledge. There was certainly enough tna to make it close enough. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 There are Bloodlines mods that give the game nudity. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I... see. And where could one find said mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) I would post a link but it may get me in trouble since it has some of those mods nude screenshots on the site. * Google tessmage * Edited December 4, 2007 by Dark_Raven Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_i_am Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Imagine a mature rating in Kotor 1. Instead of a kiss that fades to black, you get to bone Bastila and show it. I can't think of anything that would arouse me more! No really! hmmm, polygons. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 What's with Alyx Vance's DDs? Raven's well skinned though. I may need this website, for the lonely times. *bookmarks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 If you've got money to burn it's probably more practical to get a realdoll. Ew. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Dreamweb blazed a trail. It had pixelated **** in it and everything. Wasn't particularly necessary though. Did Bloodlines have any nudity in it? VV's strip club? I can't remember. No actual nudity to my knowledge. There was certainly enough tna to make it close enough. There was going to be fully nude NPCs, but that got canned halfway through development, although you can still see the signs if you look closely at certain characters -for instance, the strippers have a carefully placed tassel to cover the original module-. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Fap away boys. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 If you've got money to burn it's probably more practical to get a realdoll. Ew. Please. I've my dignity to think about... I'll stick with Raven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I'll stick with Raven. EW Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I am firm in giving equal time for men and women getting equal nude time in games. After all, why should the male gamers get all the fun? Anyhoo, I think a AO version of Mass Effect would have been cool. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Fap away boys. Ewww... I think not :|. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Mass Effect should be rated E Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Mass Effect should be rated E E for excellent? Seriously, I see your point, as there are plenty of TV shows that are even more violent. Still, I can see a Teen rating based on the fact you can make some pretty murderous decisions in the game, if you are so inclined. But an M is a pretty long stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I think the M rating was for the partial nudity in the game. They should have full nudity and realistic gore effects. EARN THAT AO! Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell Kitty Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) In Australia MA15+ is the highest a game can be rated (as opposed to movies which can be rated R18+, or X18+ for porn). MA15+ is for strong content while moderate content gets an M. Strong content in games usually means violence. Mass Effect is rated MA15+, apparently for strong themes, sex scenes and drug references. It's also the only MA rated game in my collection that doesn't include strong violence, or a violence rating of any kind. That sex scenes earn a greater rating than violent content is no surprise, but I don't know what strong themes refers to. I was actually wondering if suicide is considered is included in that, as the few moments that occurred in the game stood out more than usual, especially since I kinda talked one dude into it . Edited December 5, 2007 by Hell Kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Mass Effect should be rated E Mass Everyone. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kools Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 It's just amusing to consider what is and is not acceptable as far as that M-rated ceiling goes. Violence can get as gory as it wants, but as soon as a developer sticks in some pixelated boobs, the Puritan Police come zooming in on their tricycles. Case in point: I picked up one of the import versions of The Witcher, simply 'cause I didn't really do my research on the differences between the US and UK versions and was led to believe there was some content cut in the former. As I understand it - and I could be wrong - the only real difference is that the US version removes a lot of the pixelated nudity - which is all far from OMG PORN anyway, mostly because it's, you know, pixels. While it's a good-looking game, it's still more comic than hot. The storylines involving rape, torture, murder? All fine and dandy, apparently, and you can still lop a guy's head off with your sword. I don't have a problem with either of those aspects, myself. And I honestly would like to see what developers can do with storytelling when it comes to the AO rating; I think there are probably some game writers out there that actually could pull off an interesting, engaging story with mature themes that'd run over the bounds of M. It's not going to happen, though, because economically, that's a death sentence, and I don't get why. The average age of gamers keeps going up, I hear, and as much as a Mature rating might mean a game's intended for 17+ or whatever, it really is sort of the PG-13 of the gaming world. Either that, or there are a hell of a lot of guys playing shooters via the internet on various voice chats who haven't had their testicles drop by the age of 17. As far as a game being better if it were allowed to go to AO rather than M? I don't think there're any out there. The Witcher might've ended up less comic vis a vis the ridiculous number of times Geralt gets laid, but that's about it. But it could be done, I'm sure. I don't think Schindler's List would have been nearly as good of a film if it'd been PG-13, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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