• 2Jun 09

  Website

  You can always find me over at NintendoFreaks.com and the adjoined IRC network, NFNet, run by Nintendo Freaks staff.

  NFNet - http://link.nintendofreaks.com

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  Happy gaming everyone!

  • Posted Jun 2, 2009 7:19 am GMT
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• 29Oct 06

  Wii... Huzzah!

  Today I saw a bunch of Wii games (displays obviously) at my local GameStop store. I'm interested to when and if they will have their Wii demo station out... I wanna get my hands on a Wii!
  
  Also, I played some more Guitar Hero 2 at my local GameSpot. The disc contained the two first sections of the actual game. I was quite pleased with the songs and really enjoyed playing on a controller that wasn't all busted to hell... this one was actually pretty new but it wasn't one of the GH2 controllers though... Nonetheless, it was still a fun experience.
  
  That's a descent update, eh?
  -M. Kava
  
  
  • Posted Oct 29, 2006 1:19 am GMT
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• 12Aug 06

  Jack Thompson Strikes Again...?

  
  This is a direct post from my DeviantART journal and my website
  
  Resume normal post.
  
  

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  WARNING: Long rant about some annoying crap that some people may enjoy but its got such a catchy title...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Linky Linky
  
  Attack of the Show's 'The Loop' - Too Much Violence In Video Games?
  
  
  
  First off, I'm also posting this on my site over at
  http://vgp.6te.net/sec/index.htm as well. The news title will be the
  same as this journal entry. Ok, now I can begin what I want to say even
  if it is a very very VERY small piece of what I have to say and will
  say in due time.
  
  
  
  Video games and violence. For the last few years it has been said that
  the violence in video games causes violence in real-life. If somebody
  wanted to really look up any of these keywords: "video games and violence", "violence caused by video games", and even "jack thompson"
  they would find a lot of interesting things scattered across the
  Internet. One of the people who have been pushing this thought has been
  a lawyer located out of Florida by the name of Jack Thompson. A man I
  do dearly hate not because he speaks out against video games but
  because of what he says. I wont go into detail on him right now as I
  have "few" things that I would like to say about him or maybe even
  snail-mail to him. I'd of course be the descent person that I am and
  not outly attack him. That's not a nice thing to do even if he attacked
  me back, it may be easier to get your point across when you threaten
  somebody but sometimes thats not the best course of action.
  
  
  
  Well, back to the point. There is an amazing amount of talk about video
  games causing violence, mainly around the game series of Grand Theft
  Auto (and even some talk about mature content thanks to GTA:San
  Andreas). First off, I can really see where some people are coming
  about violence when they are talking about the GTA series. It is a
  violent series. Plain and simple, there's no doubt about that. Kids
  should not play this series, its not aimed at kids so it shouldnt be
  played by kids. Simple. Very plain and simple. (This doesnt mean that
  games that are aimed at kids cant be enjoyed by everybody else, hehe!)
  On a saracastic note, Poke'mon shouldnt be enjoyed by kids either. A
  game about large furry monsters that look all nice then beat the crap
  out of you shouldnt be in the hands of kids, that could be misleading!!!
  
  
  
  BUT!!!!!! The thing that is very aggrivating to me is people
  blaming the large video game companies (its a corporation.... lets
  blame them!!!! ahh!! ahh!! ahh!!) for making and releasing the
  violent games. Games that are just violent for the sake of being
  violent arent games (but thats another topic for another day). It isnt
  the fault of these corporations that the games get in the hands of the
  youth of this country. Its not the fault of the ESRB, the monitoring
  board for video games - google it if curious, either because they give
  games the proper rating for its content (even if Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion went from Teen to Mature after a week of being out {on the note of Oblivion's rating change, one of the reasons was due to a third party mod
  to allow some characters to be topless.}). There are a few places that
  the blame could be laid. The stores that sell the games, the parents of
  the kids who play the games, and those damn hobos. It has to be the
  hobos fault because they are just an example of a scapegoat. Now... let
  me go into depth about those hobos.. I mean the stores and parents.
  
  
  
  First off, the stores. Having been a gamer for more than half my life
  and having bought the games I pay for the last three years at the least
  (even if my dad was there too, last year havent) I know what happens
  when somebody buys a game at a store. They dont check your age. Now, I
  can see if a parent is there, sure, then its alright since the parent
  is there. They should know whats going on. But if its some little kid
  who is twelve years old trying to buy Unreal Tournament 2004 (a violent
  and gory yet enjoyable game of stragety in a first-person-shooter cake
  of joy) at his/her local gaming store. The clerk should look at the box
  and the kid and think in his head "No. This kid isnt old enough for the Mature rating, obviously. I can't sell him this game. That'd be morally wrong."
  and then tell the youngster that he/she can't buy the game. (I put in
  his/her and he/she not because its 'politically corrent' but because
  there actually ARE girl gamers out there. I know, its amazing.) That'd
  be the correct thing to do. But be it laziness or just frankly not
  caring, the clerk will simply sell the game and go back to work. I know
  this may seem alittle extreme but sometimes taking the mundane and
  expanding on it within reason helps push forth an idea to others.
  
  
  
  Since I just talked about stores and their role, I'll expand upon that
  and include the parents. Yes, the parents. The first step, the kid
  wants to buy a game at the store but doesnt have the money so they beg
  their parents (mom or dad, doesnt matter. it happens both ways) to buy
  the game for them. The parent can either simply say No, buy the game
  for their child, or look at the game and inspect it, see if it
  is suitable for their child to be playing, then decide to buy the game
  or not to buy the game. I would bet that more often then not, the first
  two happens much more often then the latter. Parents seem to just be
  lazy about taking care of business when needed then they should be. I
  know parents can have a very full life. Not because I am one but
  because I watch. Life isnt an easy thing. But it just seems that the
  easy way out is taken by the parents. And the stores included. Cant
  forget them. Parents need to take an active role in their kids, and in
  this spot specifically because video games, just like sports and the
  books they read (if they do, that is) and the people they are around,
  affect their children. Maybe it looks like an indirect way at times but
  yes, video games do change us. That is, if we let them. And as we all
  should know, children are very impressionable. Any outward force can
  change them greatly. OK, now back to the main topic (there's a thousand
  small topics floating around, maybe.).
  
  
  
  Parents and the stores have to work together. The store can do very
  little to say anything about the game directly (they cant have somebody
  standing there, talking bout their games and stores are out to make
  some cash in the long run but the parents can read the game box and
  even talk to the employees to really hear about the game (if the
  employees know the game, given that may not be the case). The parents
  can also check out gaming sites if they know about them. Ones such as GameSpot and IGN
  are good sites for information about a new video game. If parents knew
  about these sites, that could be helpful, no? Thats just another way to
  learn about the games and yes, another scapegoat. Lack of knowledge.
  Still no excuse. When in doubt, better safe than sorry, no? I've gotten
  by that way. My parents got by that way. My grandparents got by that
  way. Must work alittle bit.
  
  
  
  All in all, parents need to work with their kids so that their kids get what they should and not some Hot-Coffee bull.
  
  
  
  To finish, video games is being pinned as another reason for violence
  in today's society. Be it because of its violent content at times, or
  its supposed mature content, or its easiness to blame it, it is being
  said to be a cause. Thats what I think. Now, you decide. You can take
  what I've said as you will but dont follow something you believe
  blindly, form your own opinion. I encourage you do so.
  
  
  
  Lastly, I found this interesting while I was searching for links. Sims 2 content "worse than Hot Coffee".
  I got a good laugh out of that. I stand on middle ground as I have not
  seen the Sims2 content but from playing the past Sims games, I'm
  certain that the body models are not that detailed. C'mon, its EA after all.
  
  
  </end rant>
  
  
  
  About that video (way at the top... way up there...), I applaud you
  Adam, I may disagree with you on most things but you did well against
  the Jackster.
  
  
  
  
  
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  ~SSEmpire.
  
  • Posted Aug 12, 2006 3:23 am GMT
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