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chavezychavez

Anyone just see the news on 2. Big feature at the end on the "violence" of MW2 and how members of boards.ie are hotly discussing it.

Doomofman

Haven't seen anyone really hotly discussing the violence in the game... We have however been hotly discussing the game....

OH NOES T3H WAR GAMEZ HAZ T3H V1OLENC3

Damo 2k9

Yeh i seen it

projectmayhem

chavezychavez wrote: »

Anyone just see the news on 2. Big feature at the end on the "violence" of MW2 and how members of boards.ie are hotly discussing it.

Did they use the word "hot"?

We are pretty damn sexy around these parts.

bush

chavezychavez wrote: »

Anyone just see the news on 2. Big feature at the end on the "violence" of MW2 and how members of boards.ie are hotly discussing it.

Its a hot discussion alright, all 4 posts of it.

Griffen262

turned it on half way thro...saw da violence bit!!!.....da aul pair started givin out...:mad::mad:.....plus tey were after watching "the frontline" with pat kenny!!!!!!!so they they were even in a bigger mood:P:P!!!!!!!!.....didnt hear boards mentioned tho?? was it at da start?


G...............:pac:

chavezychavez

Doomofman wrote: »

OH NOES T3H WAR GAMEZ HAZ T3H V1OLENC3

Ah, thats just sheer class

s8n

Wtf are you on about griffen ?

Kev_ps3

RTE journalists snooping around:cool:

cherryghost

i heard something along the lines of

'one boards member 'steffano202' has been greatly disputing other aspects of the game, which some people consider him 'trolling''


(i love you steffy)

Kinetic^

Griffen262 wrote: »

turned it on half way thro...saw da violence bit!!!.....da aul pair started givin out...:mad::mad:.....plus tey were after watching "the frontline" with pat kenny!!!!!!!so they they were even in a bigger mood:P:P!!!!!!!!.....didnt hear boards mentioned tho?? was it at da start?


G...............:pac:

Text speak, do not use it here. Thanks.

Fizman

I wonder if they referred to my thread that I started a few hours ago re the Sky News piece. It would be funny if they quoted what my feelings were about the whole topic of video game violence! :pac:

Rb

There's 103 people reading this forum at the moment, that beats the amount that were reading Reality TV during Xfactor recently.

A grade reporting by RTE by the sounds of it, just thrilled I'm not paying for it.

Griffen262

s8n wrote: »

Wtf are you on about griffen ?

I was refering to how the news which was right after pat kennys show protrayed the "violence" of the game so much, and how it got the auld pair ranting about something that they know nothing of, and the fact that the show(pat kennys) talked alot about "sex" which got them ranting in the first place!!!

Kinetic^ wrote: »

Text speak, do not use it here. Thanks.

Sorry, With all the facebook chats open and this too, it becomes abit of a handful..:D


G.............:pac:

Dacian

Rb wrote: »

A grade reporting by RTE by the sounds of it, just thrilled I'm not paying for it.

Sounds like they just copied the 'news item' from the UK media, where I believe they are debating the fact that in one mission you are given the option of shooting innocent civvies to achieve your mission....or not.

As long as parents look at and obey the age limits on the game,as well as monitoring the content themselves. My teenagers play Left4Dead (one is underage)but only when the younger kids are out of the room with doors closed. To be honest they have seen worse on TV. Same as films, you don't let your 8 year old watch SAW VI....or maybe you so.

iNigel

Dacian wrote: »

Sounds like they just copied the 'news item' from the UK media

They have been doing that since INN got shut down.

Xluna

Awesome! Did they mention how I pwned Naked Bible Man?:D

Xluna

iNigel wrote: »

They have been doing that since INN got shut down.

They've been apeing the "Tans" since we won independence....except for the Angeles.:D

Xluna

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

RTE journalists snooping around:cool:

So the RTE big wigs lurk on boards.ie huh? Well get this Mr RTE man....I DID'NT PAY MY LICENSE THIS YEAR!:D

ShadowHearth

LOL england and ireland are allreaddy nanny counties and this stage...

Games dont kill people! I DO!!!!

ANd yeah, after that mission where i needed to kill so many civilians i am just tripping! I MUST KILL MINE PEOPLE NOW! HUMANITY MUST DIE!

chavezychavez

ShadowHearth wrote: »

LOL england and ireland are allreaddy nanny counties and this stage...

Games dont kill people! I DO!!!!

ANd yeah, after that mission where i needed to kill so many civilians i am just tripping! I MUST KILL MINE PEOPLE NOW! HUMANITY MUST DIE!

BlitzKrieg

I did think the game was a tad bloodier then the prior games, but I wouldnt cry home about it, in fact I found it usefull to confirm if I got those snipers in the brazil level or not. The new engine though seems to like its thick spurts of blood here and there.

On *that level* after seeing it in context, its a strange one. At the end of it I felt that it was a bit lazy.

I mean in the plot

Its meant to be an excuse provided by shepard for the ultra nationalist russian government to invade america. But really? The CIA is randomly mowing down russian civilians in an airport? It could have been something more symbolic...an assassination or bombing, something akin to 9/11 or the assassination of Franz ferdinand. Those started wars. It also would have been alot more fun. The international response to this would have had alot more scrutiny. But in a game where a Russian invasion of the US involves getting russian planes across either europe or the western coast of the US without being seen until they reached washington has already stretched the notion of realism to breaking point (even with the radar down)

I think its a bit of a lazy level, and I originally compared it to a high school shooting in a prior thread, I still think it reminds me a bit of that, but it has context and honestly doesnt seem to be something that needs to be an issue to me.

Hercule

. My teenagers play Left4Dead (one is underage)but only when the younger kids are out of the room with doors closed. To be honest they have seen worse on TV. Same as films, you don't let your 8 year old watch SAW VI....or maybe you so.

I wouldnt let kids watch the SAW films cus they are s***.

Most age ratings on games are pathetic and unnecessary - I have played violent games and watched violent films since I was a kid - and I am a well rounded member of society (except for all the murders)

Kinetic^

You should get a 2nd opinion!

AcePuppetMaster

Kinetic^ wrote: »

You should get a 2nd opinion!

Yea I think he's nut too! :D

On a serious note, RTE always have a story about the violence of a game on the release date (or day before), anyone remember all the hype over GTA IV? They feel that they have to do a story/segment about it. Honestly it just makes more kids want to get it.

Shock-horror, maybe they're in it together with the games companies?:rolleyes:

chavezychavez

I'm gonna troll my own thread here, but this is too funny to ignore (and too stupid to open a new thread about). The first bad review of MW2.....:pac:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R7U805PXC1BPY/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00269QLI8&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful

AcePuppetMaster

chavezychavez wrote: »

I'm gonna troll my own thread here, but this is too funny to ignore (and too stupid to open a new thread about). The first bad review of MW2.....:pac:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R7U805PXC1BPY/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00269QLI8&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful

lmao! Was this review helpful to you? Yes, I haven't laughed this much in a while! lol :D

Thanks chavezychavez!

Gunmonkey

Wait.....Xbox's arent forward compatible????? Biggest ripoff EVAR.