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08/21/09
Is it gold plated?
I kiiid! I kiiid!
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...oh lord! First make something worth playing you pretentious shit!
08/21/09
in fact it says "Unlike Western Developers, IRANIAN DEVS are tapping into THEIR own mythos"
not "we" and "our"
Don't go name calling at someone for what they said, when they didnt, even, say it.
08/21/09
Brian though...
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have a good weekend bro
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No that I'm condoning this, or saying that such an attitude is ok, but simply pointing out that Iranian's aren't Arab isn't going to change people's minds.
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Of course the enemies in those games arent directly identified as Iranians. We usually call em Opfor, or Insurgents, or simply terrorists. I imagine there may be some Libyans, Jordanians, and Iraqis mixed in there as well.
It's just games.
Hell I always play on the terrorist team in Counter-Strike.
08/21/09
'Xplosion Man
Call of Jihad 4: Modern Guerilla
Fallout 4: More americans are bombing us again
Grand Theft Camel 4
Lute Hero 3
Left 4 Million Dead
The Beatles: Rock Band
(Just so we're clear that's tongue in cheek, I'm not trying to be offensive)
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Racism all to the end . good for you.
08/21/09
What the hell is wrong with people nowadays? Look at you, being offended on the behalf of other people all over for a joke. Oh sure, let's go make fun of the fat in the pokemon tournament and be extremely offensive about it.
"BUT OH NO! You're making fun of American views by being a satire of it you say? NO YOU'RE CLEARLY BEING SERIOUS! QUICKLY ALERT THE PRESSES THIS GUY IS A RACIST!" If you weren't allowed to be tongue in cheek in our society then shows like Colbert Report or papers like The Onion would be banned. I think you're ridiculous.
This article needs to be read more often: [stuffwhitepeoplelike.com]
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A joke has the joke itself, and a punch line. Tongue in cheek means subtle, Colbert Show is ironic, and The Onion is parody. Your list of games are just popular games, with words replaced with more stereotypical things. It is funny how when people make a comment making fun of a religion or race of people, their first defense is yelling about the person that called them out (IE: Michael Richards).
In closing, fat people aren't a race or religion.
08/21/09
So mocking the common viewpoint of a stereotypical "patriotic american" would see arabic games is the same as Michael Richards yelling the n-word like an idiot on stage? The replaced stereotypes are NOT the punchline. However I offer the explanation that maybe people saw me as actually saying those instead of mocking the people who would. Perhaps my explanation wasn't well described. But regardless, why is making fun of someone for their weight any better than making fun of someone for their religion anyway?
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Second I don't care what you do, I was explaining the definitions of types of humor so you wouldn't say the wrong one before someone called you out on it in a worse way.
But you didn't do a full Michael Richards. When he got called out by a black man he made fun of him, you got called out and mocked people. I thought the comparison was funny.
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@rosemachinegun
Yeah I know, they're persian, but the original post was regarding the middle east as a whole. Since most countries speak arabic, I just used that phrase instead.
08/21/09
That white people article was racist in itself. I'm white and I found your initial post hilarious, especially the fallout 4 thing. I'm not concerned if other people view me as racist for making jokes like that because I know I'm not racist and wouldn't ever make a decision about someone based on race alone. Why are people afraid to admit jokes about stereotypes are funny? In short, I'm just saying fuck the haters.
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hearty
@MurlocCake
All across Turkey mainly. I want to say I have some relatives in Syria or along the border, but to be honest I'm not sure of that.
08/21/09
hehe. Do you really want anyone to answer that honestly? *cough* No, I mean, bad graphics. Yeah. Bad graphics.
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(Assault on Iran is a game made by Kuma Reality Games, based in new york city.) not from wikipedia, but found on their website.
Kuma Reality Games is a computer games developer. They specialize in developing free episodic first person shooters since 2004. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters.
Read that from Wikipedia.
Funny how we americans and other countries can see games like Assault on Iran, and t.v. shows like 24 as just pure entertainment. But if an Iranian game company or colledge students make one, but where it is reversed, we see it as promoting terrorism.
08/21/09
Because we're AMURICANS! We are here to force, er promote the ideas of liberty, self determination, and democracy, as long as you aren't a dirty muslim terrorist. Extra punishment is included for those homosexual dirty muslim terrorists too. To counter the counter attack on amurican video games, we shall create a game that takes you in control of a solider whose goal is to destroy the game studio that is making the hostage rescue game and kill everyone inside. AND it'll have better graphics. Freedom: 1, Dirty Terrorists: -29,342
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Paul Bunyan 5: Bunyans Of Steel
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Not sure what is meant by "mythology" though, I thought that Iran was strictly Islamic. Surely they don't consider the primary religion to be a myth? Would love for someone to give an example of an Iranian myth.
Does the 1001 Arabian nights count? How about Prince of Persia?
08/21/09
Wow, your history teachers are failures. You've never heard of the Persian empire?
[en.wikipedia.org]
And no, prince of Persia is not even close to Persian mythology and Arabian Nights are ARABIAN, NOT PERSIAN. Please have some knowledge about the region before looking like a complete ass.
08/21/09
Persia existed before Islam. Stories from 1001 Nights are assumed to be much older, as they contain completely different mythologies than those referenced by Abrahamic religions. And no, Disney's Aladdin and Prince of Persia do not count as being authentic in any way.
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I am aware of the existence of Persia and its ties to modern day Iran. Hence my query regarding PoP. Further, I am aware that the Persian empire extended as far as Greece (no, not just from watching 300) as such a degree of bleed through from Persian and Arabian mythology is more than possible, just look to Greco-Roman mythology for example. So I feel my question as to a connection to the Arabian myths are valid. Especially given that (according to Spannu) The 1001 nights stories pre-date Persia.
I'd also like to point out that it is impossible to spontaneously "have some knowledge" when I am not a pre-Islam Iranian. All I can do is ask the question and hope that someone who is not out to score points by name calling actually contributes something of value to the discussion.
For clarity "something of value" is not, in my opinion a wiki link. I'd much prefer someone who actually knows a Pre-Islam Iranian myth, even anecdotally step forward and tell a story.
A good example of what I was hoping for in a response is phicaluk, I'll now go away and learn something about "Zoroastrianism". (I assume it has nothing to do with a masked Mexican hero driving a Vauxhall.) Hopefully I'll then look somewhat less assinine.
EDIT: Removed a rogue apostrophe from an its.
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It's a bunch of short stories/poems.
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One of the largest (purely by scale, not by army or economy or whatever) empires ever to be active in history. Look it up.
But the mythology, is stuff like great battles between sons of Kings and griffins and that sort of thing, stuff with morals intertwined in them you know?
08/24/09
I think you may have misread my posts on the subject, that's ok, they were a bit longwinded. :)
08/21/09
Just pretend it's Metal Gear or something.
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Would be cool.
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Yep, totally didn't see that coming.
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now go back to being a failure and play halo/killlzone or whatever else you think your good at and leave reading to people who actually learned a skill or two in 1st grade.
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Like where you shotgun gay people, throw babies off of balconies, run a nazi extermination camp, and while I've never heard of one I'm sure there's some slavery games out there.
So having a few nutjubs make a game doesn't mean the entire gaming industry (which they're probably not part of) is like that.
and what spannu said ;p
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