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Posted March 23, 2010
... yet totally expected. I point you to: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/22/the-alan-titchmarsh-show-on-videogames/
and http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/03/20/an-open-letter-to-itv/
Posted March 23, 2010
Wait a second.....I haven't watched the video but they reference the "Bulger" killing. Are they seriously referencing the James Bulger kidnapping/murder from 1993? Or was there another incident with the same name?
If it is the 1993 case, I can't even fathom how they could link it.
Posted March 23, 2010
Must... not... laugh....
Posted March 23, 2010
Yes, they are indeed referencing a 17 or so year old murder case as being caused by violent video games (that has *never* even been considered before, and certainly not proven).
Posted March 23, 2010
Never underestimate the power of revisionist history.
Posted March 23, 2010
I hate the audience.
Posted March 23, 2010
The Lone Ranger wasn't that bad? He had an aboriginal companion named 'Idiot.'
Posted March 23, 2010
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Darling_Jimmy: The Lone Ranger wasn't that bad? He had an aboriginal companion named 'Idiot.'

Only in certain languages. Compare also the word Gift in English to German.
Posted March 23, 2010
I love how the audience cheers at what they want to hear. "I recently found a study that shows children react violently to violent video games." WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Actually that study showed the opposite results..."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted March 23, 2010
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ovoon: I love how the audience cheers at what they want to hear. "I recently found a study that shows children react violently to violent video games." WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Actually that study showed the opposite results..."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

games bad - woooooooooooo
games good - booooooooooo
That's about the extent of their intelligence.
Posted March 23, 2010
I like how they defend violent movies yet think that ANY violence in any game ever is the devil even for adult players. Idiots. This world is full of em.
Posted March 23, 2010
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Darling_Jimmy: The Lone Ranger wasn't that bad? He had an aboriginal companion named 'Idiot.'
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Wraith: Only in certain languages. Compare also the word Gift in English to German.

That is mildly amusing but I don't see the connection. Does 'tonto' have a different meaning in another language?
Posted March 23, 2010
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Darling_Jimmy: The Lone Ranger wasn't that bad? He had an aboriginal companion named 'Idiot.'
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Wraith: Only in certain languages. Compare also the word Gift in English to German.

Danish too. For those who don't know, in Danish, "gift" can mean both "poison" (noun) and "married" (adjective). How's that for irony?
Posted March 23, 2010
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ovoon: I like how they defend violent movies yet think that ANY violence in any game ever is the devil even for adult players. Idiots. This world is full of em.

It's mainly the woman. If she actually played a game instead of getting off on convincing people of her ignorant opinion, she'd know better. But that'd require a fully functional brain.
Posted March 23, 2010
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Wraith: Only in certain languages. Compare also the word Gift in English to German.
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Darling_Jimmy: That is mildly amusing but I don't see the connection. Does 'tonto' have a different meaning in another language?

According to wikipedia, Tonto means stupid in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, not the native language.
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