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Portal 2 offensive to orphans

  • 18-05-2011 2:44pm
    #1
    Angeles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭


    http://www.destructoid.com/news-station-portal-2-is-offensive-to-orphans-201412.phtml
    A US TV news program has attacked Portal 2 for its "controversial" attack on orphans. WBTV has claimed that Portal 2's jokes are "making fun of adoption," due to the characters of GLaDOS and Wheatley occasionally mocking the player character for being adopted.

    Neil Stapel, who has a ten-year-old adopted daughter, said he was "shocked and surprised" by the game's running joke. He calls it "the worst thing I could possibly have heard."


    I hope steam counter sues the arse out of them for attempting to tarnish a perfectly good game due to lack of basic intelligence and humor.


Comments

  • #2
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Loser gamer's forum that way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    :pac:


  • #3
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    would you ever go ... :rolleyes:

    this is a joke. this is just further proof that you cant say anything in this world without someone twisting it the wrong way and getting "offended"


  • #4
    Captain_Generic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Captain_Generic


    He calls it "the worst thing I could possibly have heard."

    Does this guy live in a box?


  • #5
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Angeles wrote: »
    He calls it "the worst thing I could possibly have heard".

    He obviously wasn't watching the Eurovision.


  • #6
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    oh for fcuk sake. why is it always the people who claim to be offended instead of the people who are being made fun of that kick up the most stink about these things


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  • #7
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    wtf i can have sex witha prostitute in gta and then stamp on her head and take my money back and there complaining over a joke... does'nt make much sense to me...


  • #8
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Complete bull. How can anyone be offended by this?:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOPriRx4PBs


  • #9
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    I love how the kid is STILL playing it while they're trying to get footage of the family.


  • #10
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    There are many people in this world who want to spoil things for everyone else.


  • #11
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    Idiots, frankly. It's a joke, I'm not sure how they're going to get through life if they're getting offended by the script in Portal 2, which is one of the best-written scripts I've seen in a videogame in a very long time.

    Need to get over themselves tbh.


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  • #12
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    wtf i can have sex witha prostitute in gta and then stamp on her head and take my money back and there complaining over a joke... does'nt make much sense to me...

    It's only offensive if the prostitute has kids and you make orphans of them, apparently :rolleyes:


  • #13
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Just daft really. Another example of people being over-sensitive about everything.


  • #14
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    In other news, add me if you have it on Steam and want to play co-op :pac:


  • #15
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Sykk wrote: »
    There are many people in this world who want to spoil things for everyone else.


    i really wish I could come up with some sort of smart assed answer :(


  • #16
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Loser gamer's forum that way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    :pac:

    Dick forum that way
    >

    Here is for discussion. Thread stays.


  • #17
    deathrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Video games being attacked, and people having NO sense of humour? How is this news?


  • #18
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    This game looks gay -

    Isnt the homosexual forum that way
    >

    Or alternatively pro wrestling forum that way <


  • #19
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    I knew it. I absolutely knew when I heard the orphan jokes that somebody somewhere would kick up a stink. Not because they were offensive, they weren't, but I just knew some hyper-sensitive git would take on this cause.

    Some people are just itching to cause shìte. In this case it's a TV report clawing for some ratings.


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