Post by Fusion on Apr 26, 2007 14:18:28 GMT -5
I'm going to speak my mind about this.
gamepolitics.com/2007/04/25/breaking-thompson-sues-kotakus-parent-company/
Honestly, Jack needs to take a closer look at the relations between Video Gaming, shooting a gun in real life, and who all he's talking about. Calling the entire gamer populace a "bunch of people ready to go on a killing spree" is a VERY categorizing act, and in some terms can even be taken as racism.
Let's not forget the man's lost just about every case he's played. EA made it free with the The Sims 2 claim, Bully still got released (the judge even told Jack that Bully wasn't that violent at all), and there's no link to the Virginia Tech shooting.
A 'simulator' is a pure simulation, like a flight simulator whose physics and aircraft behavior are closely modelled to be as if you were really piloting a Boeing 767 or such. Specialized flight sticks can enhance the experience, and possibly even provide accurate flight training. All from your computer.
'Murder simulators' in this sense would be like flight simulators, only geared to give the player a real-world aspect of murdering people. What would this entail? That most 'murder simulators' would be compatible with various attachments modeled after weapons that can be used for a murder. Note that the physics and behavior would also act as if you were commiting a murder, if you're going to go to the 'murder simulator' extent.
But however, the games he is attacking are far from any kind of simulation. Grand Theft Auto is far from a murder simulator, while your character may reload the gun or even use one, does he stop to give the player a detailed analysis on how to reload? How to aim? No. You play the game with a controller, which is entirely different from a gun.
How do guns and controllers relate? Think on that. Do you fire bullets with your remote control? Not unless you have a gun attached to it. What remote control has a gun feature? The instant Controllers begin firing real bullets is the instant we may start to believe this guy, and no one in their right mind would design a controller-gun.
gamepolitics.com/2007/04/25/breaking-thompson-sues-kotakus-parent-company/
Honestly, Jack needs to take a closer look at the relations between Video Gaming, shooting a gun in real life, and who all he's talking about. Calling the entire gamer populace a "bunch of people ready to go on a killing spree" is a VERY categorizing act, and in some terms can even be taken as racism.
Let's not forget the man's lost just about every case he's played. EA made it free with the The Sims 2 claim, Bully still got released (the judge even told Jack that Bully wasn't that violent at all), and there's no link to the Virginia Tech shooting.
A 'simulator' is a pure simulation, like a flight simulator whose physics and aircraft behavior are closely modelled to be as if you were really piloting a Boeing 767 or such. Specialized flight sticks can enhance the experience, and possibly even provide accurate flight training. All from your computer.
'Murder simulators' in this sense would be like flight simulators, only geared to give the player a real-world aspect of murdering people. What would this entail? That most 'murder simulators' would be compatible with various attachments modeled after weapons that can be used for a murder. Note that the physics and behavior would also act as if you were commiting a murder, if you're going to go to the 'murder simulator' extent.
But however, the games he is attacking are far from any kind of simulation. Grand Theft Auto is far from a murder simulator, while your character may reload the gun or even use one, does he stop to give the player a detailed analysis on how to reload? How to aim? No. You play the game with a controller, which is entirely different from a gun.
How do guns and controllers relate? Think on that. Do you fire bullets with your remote control? Not unless you have a gun attached to it. What remote control has a gun feature? The instant Controllers begin firing real bullets is the instant we may start to believe this guy, and no one in their right mind would design a controller-gun.