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Have you ever not know the answer to a question that maybe you should have known the answer to? If someone is 'thick' isn't really their fault... after all, we all learn in different ways, and we all have different upbringings! But being 'thick' and simply not knowing something are two completely things.
It's Wednesday, and yesterday I was reading ANOTHER 'letshaveamoanabouthingswedon'tlike' article in the Daily Mail (Yes, the 'Femail' section) and the title of the piece was: 'Do you really know what is on your child's computer screen?' Intrigued, I read the article, which went on to criticise State Of Emergency, GTA3 and Max Payne... (Like Rockstar care!) Anyway, in the opening paragraph, the lady went on to describe SOE. 'Loads of gore. A Scantily Clad Nut-Case Female. "Fair enough.. yep she's right... yep, that's in the game." were my first few comments. But then she went on to say, and I quote: '...It's aimed at children!" "WHAT!" I said.. Obviously this woman has been playing too many games of her own, because her eyesight must be failing her - I mean, how can it not be when there are 2 18 Certificate logos on the box (Front and Spine) and an extra 'Not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18" sticker also on the front!
My first reaction was that this woman was a complete twirp without an ounce of common sense, and because i'm a fast typer and e-mail is sent so fast, these were the comments that I sent to the Daily Mail!... but after thinking about it, maybe this woman just didn't know. Most 'oldies' still think that the gaming world still revolves around Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog! I asked my Grandma what she thought the XBox was, and she replied: "I dunno, some sort of mind control thing?" Well, she's half right!
Quite a number of adults are quite hostile to todays technology. Sure, some (Like Bob and Tony) take it in their stride... but Joe Bloggs and his Missus, who still ride around on penny farthings, maybe don't trust it. And I believe that this results in their lack of knowledge about the games of today.
The gaming industry is forever expanding. Last year saw a $9.1 Billion turnover figure for games industry businesses (The best yet!) And while it still isn't quite on par with the movie industry, or even the music industry, the games industry is certainly a force to be reckoned with! But surely Mario didn't create all this business on his own! Of course not! Gaming is cool now, and people of all ages like to play! Look at the X-Box... there isn't one 'kiddie' game on it! Microsoft isn't stupid, if the games industry only had children to target, Microsoft wouldn't have made such a machine, or the games to go with it! Gaming is for everyone, just like TV, Music and Sport. The problem lies in the fact that most adults are 'against' gaming because they don't know what it's about. We went from Mario to PlayStation in about 6 months, the change was quick... and because it was, the oldies got left behind and have scorned at gaming ever since!
Sure we have violent games, and some cheeky children do sneak a go now and again when the shouldn't, but they watched South Park when they shouldn't... and i'll be dammed if there's a normal teenage lad out there who hasn't watched the free PlayBoy preview at 1:00am on Friday nights with his mates! (Sky Digital Channel 977 if you're interested. :) )
Violent games are no worse than violent movies, rude hip-hop songs or extreme gross-out TV shows... the children of today experience all of these growing up, but not all of them turn out to be Serial Killers, Bank Robbers or Car Salesmen! If only adults knew how good, fun and innocent the majority of gaming was... they wouldn't be half as impervious to it!
If you can, teach your parents about games... ask them to play with you... if we can get them to understand, maybe the world would be a better place!
(Emphasis on 'maybe'. I am not promising miracles. Your statutory rights are not affected.)
Game
It's Wednesday, and yesterday I was reading ANOTHER 'letshaveamoanabouthingswedon'tlike' article in the Daily Mail (Yes, the 'Femail' section) and the title of the piece was: 'Do you really know what is on your child's computer screen?' Intrigued, I read the article, which went on to criticise State Of Emergency, GTA3 and Max Payne... (Like Rockstar care!) Anyway, in the opening paragraph, the lady went on to describe SOE. 'Loads of gore. A Scantily Clad Nut-Case Female. "Fair enough.. yep she's right... yep, that's in the game." were my first few comments. But then she went on to say, and I quote: '...It's aimed at children!" "WHAT!" I said.. Obviously this woman has been playing too many games of her own, because her eyesight must be failing her - I mean, how can it not be when there are 2 18 Certificate logos on the box (Front and Spine) and an extra 'Not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18" sticker also on the front!
My first reaction was that this woman was a complete twirp without an ounce of common sense, and because i'm a fast typer and e-mail is sent so fast, these were the comments that I sent to the Daily Mail!... but after thinking about it, maybe this woman just didn't know. Most 'oldies' still think that the gaming world still revolves around Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog! I asked my Grandma what she thought the XBox was, and she replied: "I dunno, some sort of mind control thing?" Well, she's half right!
Quite a number of adults are quite hostile to todays technology. Sure, some (Like Bob and Tony) take it in their stride... but Joe Bloggs and his Missus, who still ride around on penny farthings, maybe don't trust it. And I believe that this results in their lack of knowledge about the games of today.
The gaming industry is forever expanding. Last year saw a $9.1 Billion turnover figure for games industry businesses (The best yet!) And while it still isn't quite on par with the movie industry, or even the music industry, the games industry is certainly a force to be reckoned with! But surely Mario didn't create all this business on his own! Of course not! Gaming is cool now, and people of all ages like to play! Look at the X-Box... there isn't one 'kiddie' game on it! Microsoft isn't stupid, if the games industry only had children to target, Microsoft wouldn't have made such a machine, or the games to go with it! Gaming is for everyone, just like TV, Music and Sport. The problem lies in the fact that most adults are 'against' gaming because they don't know what it's about. We went from Mario to PlayStation in about 6 months, the change was quick... and because it was, the oldies got left behind and have scorned at gaming ever since!
Sure we have violent games, and some cheeky children do sneak a go now and again when the shouldn't, but they watched South Park when they shouldn't... and i'll be dammed if there's a normal teenage lad out there who hasn't watched the free PlayBoy preview at 1:00am on Friday nights with his mates! (Sky Digital Channel 977 if you're interested. :) )
Violent games are no worse than violent movies, rude hip-hop songs or extreme gross-out TV shows... the children of today experience all of these growing up, but not all of them turn out to be Serial Killers, Bank Robbers or Car Salesmen! If only adults knew how good, fun and innocent the majority of gaming was... they wouldn't be half as impervious to it!
If you can, teach your parents about games... ask them to play with you... if we can get them to understand, maybe the world would be a better place!
(Emphasis on 'maybe'. I am not promising miracles. Your statutory rights are not affected.)
Game
Or†ega wrote:
> What er-no said really...
I remember when SOE first came out and reading
> posts about it in the Sony room. Only people who seemed to actually like it were
> people who were under 18. Think Goatboy was the only person over 18 to like
> it...
Kids younger than 18 like it so much because it is an 18 certificate. I don't know, maybe they think they are 'cool' playing an 18 game. Like The Game, I too read tht article and for me it just confirmed the miseducated, ill-informed rubbish written by some so called journalists. Unfortunately, until rubbish like this isn't written games will never truly have an accepted place in mainstream entertainment.
> What er-no said really...
I remember when SOE first came out and reading
> posts about it in the Sony room. Only people who seemed to actually like it were
> people who were under 18. Think Goatboy was the only person over 18 to like
> it...
Kids younger than 18 like it so much because it is an 18 certificate. I don't know, maybe they think they are 'cool' playing an 18 game. Like The Game, I too read tht article and for me it just confirmed the miseducated, ill-informed rubbish written by some so called journalists. Unfortunately, until rubbish like this isn't written games will never truly have an accepted place in mainstream entertainment.
What er-no said really...
I remember when SOE first came out and reading posts about it in the Sony room. Only people who seemed to actually like it were people who were under 18. Think Goatboy was the only person over 18 to like it...
I remember when SOE first came out and reading posts about it in the Sony room. Only people who seemed to actually like it were people who were under 18. Think Goatboy was the only person over 18 to like it...
Game, when the women was saying 'its aimed at children'. It is. Yes, although it has the lovely '18' stamped on its front and the 'not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18' placed across its cover... its still directed at people aged 16-21, and the majority of its buyers would be in the 16-18 age range. Just like alcohol in this country and the US is directed at children, so are many 18 rated games.
That 18 rated sticker is just to cover the manufactures back from any court case, they can still advertise and promote their product towards any audience.
An example, well Kingpin was rated 18, but it was reported in PCGamer a long time ago that more than 80% of the buyers of that game were under the age of 18 because the game itself was completely what they wanted.
The women probably does go too far, as does she want to lock up the child in his/her room for the rest of their childhood life and hold them back from violence. Infact violence is only how people are taught. Without games the level of violence on the streets would probably be even bigger than it is at the moment.
Gaming doesn't add to violence, I wish people would bloody get that through there heads, if anything, it decreases it.
:)
That 18 rated sticker is just to cover the manufactures back from any court case, they can still advertise and promote their product towards any audience.
An example, well Kingpin was rated 18, but it was reported in PCGamer a long time ago that more than 80% of the buyers of that game were under the age of 18 because the game itself was completely what they wanted.
The women probably does go too far, as does she want to lock up the child in his/her room for the rest of their childhood life and hold them back from violence. Infact violence is only how people are taught. Without games the level of violence on the streets would probably be even bigger than it is at the moment.
Gaming doesn't add to violence, I wish people would bloody get that through there heads, if anything, it decreases it.
:)
Have you ever not know the answer to a question that maybe you should have known the answer to? If someone is 'thick' isn't really their fault... after all, we all learn in different ways, and we all have different upbringings! But being 'thick' and simply not knowing something are two completely things.
It's Wednesday, and yesterday I was reading ANOTHER 'letshaveamoanabouthingswedon'tlike' article in the Daily Mail (Yes, the 'Femail' section) and the title of the piece was: 'Do you really know what is on your child's computer screen?' Intrigued, I read the article, which went on to criticise State Of Emergency, GTA3 and Max Payne... (Like Rockstar care!) Anyway, in the opening paragraph, the lady went on to describe SOE. 'Loads of gore. A Scantily Clad Nut-Case Female. "Fair enough.. yep she's right... yep, that's in the game." were my first few comments. But then she went on to say, and I quote: '...It's aimed at children!" "WHAT!" I said.. Obviously this woman has been playing too many games of her own, because her eyesight must be failing her - I mean, how can it not be when there are 2 18 Certificate logos on the box (Front and Spine) and an extra 'Not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18" sticker also on the front!
My first reaction was that this woman was a complete twirp without an ounce of common sense, and because i'm a fast typer and e-mail is sent so fast, these were the comments that I sent to the Daily Mail!... but after thinking about it, maybe this woman just didn't know. Most 'oldies' still think that the gaming world still revolves around Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog! I asked my Grandma what she thought the XBox was, and she replied: "I dunno, some sort of mind control thing?" Well, she's half right!
Quite a number of adults are quite hostile to todays technology. Sure, some (Like Bob and Tony) take it in their stride... but Joe Bloggs and his Missus, who still ride around on penny farthings, maybe don't trust it. And I believe that this results in their lack of knowledge about the games of today.
The gaming industry is forever expanding. Last year saw a $9.1 Billion turnover figure for games industry businesses (The best yet!) And while it still isn't quite on par with the movie industry, or even the music industry, the games industry is certainly a force to be reckoned with! But surely Mario didn't create all this business on his own! Of course not! Gaming is cool now, and people of all ages like to play! Look at the X-Box... there isn't one 'kiddie' game on it! Microsoft isn't stupid, if the games industry only had children to target, Microsoft wouldn't have made such a machine, or the games to go with it! Gaming is for everyone, just like TV, Music and Sport. The problem lies in the fact that most adults are 'against' gaming because they don't know what it's about. We went from Mario to PlayStation in about 6 months, the change was quick... and because it was, the oldies got left behind and have scorned at gaming ever since!
Sure we have violent games, and some cheeky children do sneak a go now and again when the shouldn't, but they watched South Park when they shouldn't... and i'll be dammed if there's a normal teenage lad out there who hasn't watched the free PlayBoy preview at 1:00am on Friday nights with his mates! (Sky Digital Channel 977 if you're interested. :) )
Violent games are no worse than violent movies, rude hip-hop songs or extreme gross-out TV shows... the children of today experience all of these growing up, but not all of them turn out to be Serial Killers, Bank Robbers or Car Salesmen! If only adults knew how good, fun and innocent the majority of gaming was... they wouldn't be half as impervious to it!
If you can, teach your parents about games... ask them to play with you... if we can get them to understand, maybe the world would be a better place!
(Emphasis on 'maybe'. I am not promising miracles. Your statutory rights are not affected.)
Game
It's Wednesday, and yesterday I was reading ANOTHER 'letshaveamoanabouthingswedon'tlike' article in the Daily Mail (Yes, the 'Femail' section) and the title of the piece was: 'Do you really know what is on your child's computer screen?' Intrigued, I read the article, which went on to criticise State Of Emergency, GTA3 and Max Payne... (Like Rockstar care!) Anyway, in the opening paragraph, the lady went on to describe SOE. 'Loads of gore. A Scantily Clad Nut-Case Female. "Fair enough.. yep she's right... yep, that's in the game." were my first few comments. But then she went on to say, and I quote: '...It's aimed at children!" "WHAT!" I said.. Obviously this woman has been playing too many games of her own, because her eyesight must be failing her - I mean, how can it not be when there are 2 18 Certificate logos on the box (Front and Spine) and an extra 'Not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18" sticker also on the front!
My first reaction was that this woman was a complete twirp without an ounce of common sense, and because i'm a fast typer and e-mail is sent so fast, these were the comments that I sent to the Daily Mail!... but after thinking about it, maybe this woman just didn't know. Most 'oldies' still think that the gaming world still revolves around Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog! I asked my Grandma what she thought the XBox was, and she replied: "I dunno, some sort of mind control thing?" Well, she's half right!
Quite a number of adults are quite hostile to todays technology. Sure, some (Like Bob and Tony) take it in their stride... but Joe Bloggs and his Missus, who still ride around on penny farthings, maybe don't trust it. And I believe that this results in their lack of knowledge about the games of today.
The gaming industry is forever expanding. Last year saw a $9.1 Billion turnover figure for games industry businesses (The best yet!) And while it still isn't quite on par with the movie industry, or even the music industry, the games industry is certainly a force to be reckoned with! But surely Mario didn't create all this business on his own! Of course not! Gaming is cool now, and people of all ages like to play! Look at the X-Box... there isn't one 'kiddie' game on it! Microsoft isn't stupid, if the games industry only had children to target, Microsoft wouldn't have made such a machine, or the games to go with it! Gaming is for everyone, just like TV, Music and Sport. The problem lies in the fact that most adults are 'against' gaming because they don't know what it's about. We went from Mario to PlayStation in about 6 months, the change was quick... and because it was, the oldies got left behind and have scorned at gaming ever since!
Sure we have violent games, and some cheeky children do sneak a go now and again when the shouldn't, but they watched South Park when they shouldn't... and i'll be dammed if there's a normal teenage lad out there who hasn't watched the free PlayBoy preview at 1:00am on Friday nights with his mates! (Sky Digital Channel 977 if you're interested. :) )
Violent games are no worse than violent movies, rude hip-hop songs or extreme gross-out TV shows... the children of today experience all of these growing up, but not all of them turn out to be Serial Killers, Bank Robbers or Car Salesmen! If only adults knew how good, fun and innocent the majority of gaming was... they wouldn't be half as impervious to it!
If you can, teach your parents about games... ask them to play with you... if we can get them to understand, maybe the world would be a better place!
(Emphasis on 'maybe'. I am not promising miracles. Your statutory rights are not affected.)
Game