Nice, ever wanted to talk to a real person because none of the 64,00,000 options you're presented with when trying to press 1 for this and 3 for this match up?
Try this then, great site.
read more | digg story
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
Sex in videogames: It's time to grow up
At a time when we're told by the industry that the average gamers are pushing 30 rather than 13 how is it that a pair of bare naked breasts and the thought of hardcore sex got more people riled up about Grand Theft Auto than the fact that is one of the most reprehensively violent games out there?
Except...
The article so nearly gets it, then veers away like a 4 year old playing hot or cold.
Why does the writed feel concern over sex, that he doesn't over violence?
Why does this attitude, predominantly come from the US?
As the author points out, he'd rather his children make love than war, but only in the real world?
We'd all rather little johnny was into condoms than guns, and if you look at a really hard real world example, think of the women in your life you love the most. Now pick, rape or murder?
Now I'm not saying that sex in games always equates to rape, but rape is a lot less permanent than murder, which is very very final.
So the question that's not answered is probably the hardest and more difficult one.
If you had two rooms, one showing hardcore porn, and one with the scene in robocop where the guys gets slowly blown apart with a shot-gun.
Which one do you think American Mum's would complain about if their 16 year old saw it?
Given that they're legally able to do one, and would face death-row if they did the other, I think it makes for a stage juxtaposition that I think most of the mums wouldn't blink an eye at the scene in robocop.
I'm also not saying this is a USA only phenomenon, but seems to be strongest there.
read more | digg story
Except...
The article so nearly gets it, then veers away like a 4 year old playing hot or cold.
Why does the writed feel concern over sex, that he doesn't over violence?
Why does this attitude, predominantly come from the US?
As the author points out, he'd rather his children make love than war, but only in the real world?
We'd all rather little johnny was into condoms than guns, and if you look at a really hard real world example, think of the women in your life you love the most. Now pick, rape or murder?
Now I'm not saying that sex in games always equates to rape, but rape is a lot less permanent than murder, which is very very final.
So the question that's not answered is probably the hardest and more difficult one.
If you had two rooms, one showing hardcore porn, and one with the scene in robocop where the guys gets slowly blown apart with a shot-gun.
Which one do you think American Mum's would complain about if their 16 year old saw it?
Given that they're legally able to do one, and would face death-row if they did the other, I think it makes for a stage juxtaposition that I think most of the mums wouldn't blink an eye at the scene in robocop.
I'm also not saying this is a USA only phenomenon, but seems to be strongest there.
read more | digg story
Saturday, February 11, 2006
It's a calendar
Why's it so difficult?
www.airset.com nearly have it, www.30boxes.com looks good, www.xcnetwork.com seem to have it but at $125 a pop can keep it.
What am I raving about, keeping calendars in sync.
I use Ical at home, Outlook at work, why's it so difficult to keep them in sync, and even better, allow people I want to see where I am when I want to?
www.airset.com nearly have it, www.30boxes.com looks good, www.xcnetwork.com seem to have it but at $125 a pop can keep it.
What am I raving about, keeping calendars in sync.
I use Ical at home, Outlook at work, why's it so difficult to keep them in sync, and even better, allow people I want to see where I am when I want to?
Monday, February 06, 2006
Expenses
Thought for the day.
Expenses Suck. We all know they do, why can't we have a daily
allowance per dium like the rest of Europe Does?
Do you know what sucks more than expenses? Japanese expenses, so now I
have a bunch of receipts, where I can't even tell wether I've just put
through deoderant as breakfast, or a bottle of sake as lunch.
And finally, what's worse than Japanese expenses?
No, you didn't guess it, Japanese expenses with no date on them, yup,
just a what and when.
It's enough to drive a man into his Sake cup...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)