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flamingdog · 12-22-2005, 06:14 PM

I'm with Cyn, what's the point in posting 'asshat' and nothing else? You're wasting power, making my monitor fire useless pixels. It hurts everyone.

I feel oddly conflicted about Thompson, because while I disagree with his methods, his bilious invective, and a lot of his opinions about specific games (the Flight Simulator/Twin Towers thing is not only bullshit, it's old hat bullshit), I do find myself agreeing that kids/teens should be protected from violent games. I don't for a second believe that playing violent games makes you into a killer, but there are degrees of anti-social behaviour. I just don't think kids (and some adults) have the maturity to deal with these things effectively.

Reference:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=98407
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=98323

And games with the tone of Postal 2, a particular bug-bear of Thompson's - I just don't see the need for at all. It's juvenile. Games like that actually make me embarrassed to call myself a gamer just in case some of the stink rubs off on me.

12-22-2005, 06:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
flamingdog Still fighting it.	I'm with Cyn, what's the point in posting 'asshat' and nothing else? You're wasting power, making my monitor fire useless pixels. It hurts everyone. I feel oddly conflicted about Thompson, because while I disagree with his methods, his bilious invective, and a lot of his opinions about specific games (the Flight Simulator/Twin Towers thing is not only bullshit, it's old hat bullshit), I do find myself agreeing that kids/teens should be protected from violent games. I don't for a second believe that playing violent games makes you into a killer, but there are degrees of anti-social behaviour. I just don't think kids (and some adults) have the maturity to deal with these things effectively. Reference: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=98407 http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=98323 And games with the tone of Postal 2, a particular bug-bear of Thompson's - I just don't see the need for at all. It's juvenile. Games like that actually make me embarrassed to call myself a gamer just in case some of the stink rubs off on me.