@robinandtami: Incorrect. While Dexter usually does use pictures to force his victims to face those they killed, in the very first episode, Dexter captures a child-killing choir leader and forces him to look at the corpses of the children he killed that Dexter had dug up.
This is why we need age ratings on the App Store. The context behind a lot of Dexter's killings as well as the gruesome nature of his disposal methods are not in my opinion suitable for the very young. There should be a process in place for parents to assess the product's suitability for their child without having to pay for it, that process should be one that is instantly familiar as an authorised age rating. Namely the PEGI system.
@tommyscomics: Uhh, if every single app store game had to go through the ESRB there would be considerably less content. Not to mention most of the apps aren't games and would therefore be inappropriate for the ESRB.
The best solution would be to release the game and then let the community rate the game for content after they've played it
@Jeff Paine: No one said every piece of content. Just games would be fine by me. Proivded Apple take responsibility to restrict non-game products such as the Carling iPint to over 18's (over 21's where appropriate).
I strongly believe that parents should have the ultimate choice and of course responsibility over what their children consume, but I also feel that there is a corporate responsibility to furnish parents with the data needed to make informed choices for their children. Part of this is providing information in a form that parents will recognise and digest.
@tslothrop: Wanna bet? This includes iPod Touch as well remember, not just the phones. I reckon there are quite a few young'uns with these new fangled emp players enjoying their murder simulators.
Where did the information about moving it to consoles come from? While I'm not entirely optimistic that this will ever happen (or that the series will even finish its run on the iPhone), I could see myself tooling-it-up and buying this if it came to the 360 arcade or Wii Ware.
You sound a bit more knowledgeable about the show since your last post about the game... did you finally break down and give it a try? Or did you just wiki it?
@AJ Glasser: That sucks. For the first time in a long time, a fair amount of TV shows are rising in quality again. Ah well, that's why DVDs and Netflix exist, eh?
Nice write up AJ, this is exactly what I want from Kotaku previews, no sugar coated PR speak. Really appreciate what you did here.
Dexter as a game could work if they made it a pseudo stealth game where you have to secretly track your opponents, gather clues and then figure out a way of how to trap them. Giving the player different scenarios on how to achieve this goal would make it more exciting. Kind of like Assasin's Creed in the Dexter universe. That's the only way this great show could be translated into a game.
hmm, now, on one hand Dexter is a bad ass show, but on the other hand, iPhone gaming suck serious balls. sorry, i love ya M.E., but this a like a no go for me bro.
I've got to join the folks saying that you should watch Dexter post-haste. No other show has quite the same ability to make you question your own thoughts over and over again.
Who knew it could be so hard to hate a mass murderer?
Best damn crime/forensics show on TV. Mostly because the moment a character starts annoying you, you know they're gonna end up roped down to a table with plastic and then chopped into little pieces.
@Komrade Kayce: For a Prinny-Free Kotaku.: Seriously, that's why I don't want to watch the show. Don't ask me to feel anything for a murderer. I don't care if they're 'bad folks' he kills or whatever. If he's killing outside the law, or killing for pleasure, then fuck that guy. It's a shame, as it's set in Miami, I think, which is one of the few US towns I know.
And yeah, not sure what this has to do with gaming. Are we accepting the iPhone as a gaming device only now, so that any iPhone news is game news? Not sure I agree with that.
Well... the people he kills really deserve it. Moreso than a life in prison. These are child killers, angel of death killers etc etc. He says he recognizes them as other sociopaths like himself... but thats always confused me why he didn't just suicide when he was old enough.
Eh. It works.
Nobody has a problem with the way The Punisher operates, and he kills massive amounts of people. Dexter just does it in the dark, and to people who probably deserve it more than some merc getting his face filled with lead because he decided to work for the wrong guy.
I would implore you to give it a chance. I remember when I first saw the preview for it and went 'no fucking way. thats a stupid idea and gross. i don't want to follow around a serial killer.' But maaaaan... theres somethin' about that Dexter Morgan that changed my mind.
@Komrade Kayce: For a Prinny-Free Kotaku.: I got a problem with the way the Punisher operates. Anybody who has movies that bad should not be running around doing whatever he pleases, lest we end up with another film.
@Agumen: "Dexter for the iPhone features Showtime's psychopathic killer character of the same name. Your job as the gamer is to help Dexter find, incriminate and kill bad, bad people which is somehow supposed to mitigate the fact that you're a murderer."
that sounds like a game. last i checked kotaku covered all things gaming, which it has been doing for a while...
im confused... some of you guys are acting like this is the first iphone game post by kotaku.
@Agumen: I think a lot of people who currently watch it felt the same way you do.
It's a terrificly written show that might make you question your views, or at least make your forget about them for 45 minutes. Yes, it is that entertaining.
I say you should at least trying watching a couple episodes.
@NoBullet: It's game related since this is tie in merchandise/swag to the game mentioned in the article. Would you've been happier if instead of this post nothing had appeared on the site at all between the last post and the next? Some people are interested in gaming on the iphone along with all of the related posts that come along with it. I personally don't own an iphone or care too much for most portable gaming anyway but I appreciate the coverage that kotaku provides on the gaming industry as a whole even when it isn't of a sector that I personally am most interested in(PC, some console). Usually I wouldn't reply to a whiner such as yourself but I'm drunk and you're annoying. Thanks for playing though, and at least you tried to use their sister site(gizmodo, not gizmondo what ever the fuck that is) rather than say, engadget...
P.S. if you were serious I apologize and would like to inform you that you are indeed "on kotaku" and not gizmondo(again, whatever the fuck that is).
@SketchyIndividual: There have been plenty of movies that the games have also been good. It doesn't have to be bad, especially on wii, you could sneak up behind people and strangle them or jab them with a knife!
But dexter isn't about action. It's about drama. The most action you get is injecting a guy in the neck. After that, he's wrapped in cellophane and tied to a stretcher, and you get to torture him. That sounds like an insta-banned game... especially in the godforsaken country of Australia.
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The best solution would be to release the game and then let the community rate the game for content after they've played it
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I strongly believe that parents should have the ultimate choice and of course responsibility over what their children consume, but I also feel that there is a corporate responsibility to furnish parents with the data needed to make informed choices for their children. Part of this is providing information in a form that parents will recognise and digest.
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P.S. It's *super* hard for me to watch TV anymore. Graduate school pretty much killed my free time :(
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Dexter as a game could work if they made it a pseudo stealth game where you have to secretly track your opponents, gather clues and then figure out a way of how to trap them. Giving the player different scenarios on how to achieve this goal would make it more exciting. Kind of like Assasin's Creed in the Dexter universe. That's the only way this great show could be translated into a game.
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So what game is this?
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Who knew it could be so hard to hate a mass murderer?
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I know it's been brought up before, but the idea is actually getting some legitimacy with Apple's current strategy.
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Best damn crime/forensics show on TV. Mostly because the moment a character starts annoying you, you know they're gonna end up roped down to a table with plastic and then chopped into little pieces.
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Um... I think I'm going to go book an appointment with a therapist right about now...
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And yeah, not sure what this has to do with gaming. Are we accepting the iPhone as a gaming device only now, so that any iPhone news is game news? Not sure I agree with that.
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Well... the people he kills really deserve it. Moreso than a life in prison. These are child killers, angel of death killers etc etc. He says he recognizes them as other sociopaths like himself... but thats always confused me why he didn't just suicide when he was old enough.
Eh. It works.
Nobody has a problem with the way The Punisher operates, and he kills massive amounts of people. Dexter just does it in the dark, and to people who probably deserve it more than some merc getting his face filled with lead because he decided to work for the wrong guy.
I would implore you to give it a chance. I remember when I first saw the preview for it and went 'no fucking way. thats a stupid idea and gross. i don't want to follow around a serial killer.' But maaaaan... theres somethin' about that Dexter Morgan that changed my mind.
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that sounds like a game. last i checked kotaku covered all things gaming, which it has been doing for a while...
im confused... some of you guys are acting like this is the first iphone game post by kotaku.
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It's a terrificly written show that might make you question your views, or at least make your forget about them for 45 minutes. Yes, it is that entertaining.
I say you should at least trying watching a couple episodes.
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Kotaku rarely even gets gadget crazy, unless its game involved. not too sure what you're talking about.
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P.S. if you were serious I apologize and would like to inform you that you are indeed "on kotaku" and not gizmondo(again, whatever the fuck that is).
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Obviously I meant Gizmodo. But I guess it was freudian slip since Gizmondo was also a joke game system.
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If a show is particularly good, then it has potential for a really terrible game.
Specifically a show like Dexter. It doesn't really translate very well into gameplay.
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But dexter isn't about action. It's about drama. The most action you get is injecting a guy in the neck. After that, he's wrapped in cellophane and tied to a stretcher, and you get to torture him. That sounds like an insta-banned game... especially in the godforsaken country of Australia.
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Yes. It's wrong. I swear, I'll mention the show to somebody and they'll go "Dexter boy genius?"
I then initiate the ceremonious face-palm