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    Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games

    Despite the Trash Talk, No Taunt Button in Rogue Warrior

    House of the Dead: Overkill Breaks F-ing Record

    Swears in Text Adventures
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    Perhaps I will now fill my comment with excessive cursing in response to the article being about excessive cursing! Hot diggity fuckety fuck, I'm a pioneer of humor!
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    Image of jBusiness jBusiness
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    I just think of the Lewis Black stand-up where he suggested that someone would lose their job and pension only to say something like 'Pussyfeathers' or 'Sassafras'.
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    Image of (Zombie) Jölan (Zombie) Jölan
    06/11/09

    @jBusiness:
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    Image of (Zombie) Jölan (Zombie) Jölan
    06/11/09

    @Jolan: obviously this is Patton Oswalt, but the premise is similar
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    Image of someone_else someone_else
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    I have never understood the American obsession with swearing, and it being such a offensive thing, sure swearing often shows a poorly developed vocabulary,


    but if I was a parent (I am not) I would be more concerned with exposure to guns, and violence than swearing or nudity/pornography (I know this article has nothing to do with that)


    still fuck it what do I know?

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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    06/11/09

    @someone_else: We have a lot of things backwards compared to the rest of the world. Remember, we're like the only country that doesn't use the metric system...that should tell you where our heads are at.
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    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    What exactly qualifies as "network TV"? Because my girlfriend watches shows like House, nip/tuck, and How I Met Your Mother, and I'm sure I've heard "shit" (and a hell of a lot worse) in all of them.
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    06/11/09

    @UltimatePancakeSensation: not in House or How I Met Your Mother you haven't.
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    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    oh no. Suckerpunch has to make a carebears game to apologize to all those parents/nuns out there.
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    Image of (Zombie) Jölan (Zombie) Jölan
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    Well golly gee whillikers if that don't beat all. Shucks, I thought all that was horse-plop!
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    Image of (Zombie) Goldwings (Zombie) Goldwings
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    "Shit" has become a everyday word and I think it is starting to lose its curse status (very) slowly. Just the other day I heard a small child exclaim "shit" when he bumped into my desk and for some odd reason I wasn't so shocked when I heard it. That's not to say I wish every single person said it freely, but it's starting to happen.

    Besides what other word other than shit can you use that won't make you seem like a dork?

    "Ah poo. I messed up?"

    "Oh monkey nuts?"

    "Cooper Lawrence(actually that might work)!?"
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    06/11/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: crap?
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    06/11/09

    @Jolan: pfffft. Everyone uses crap nowadays.
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    06/11/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: OH FECAL MATTER!

    HOLY EXCREMENT (BATMAN)!

    GREAT ODIN'S RAVEN!

    BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS!
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    Image of dry-roasted-peanuts dry-roasted-peanuts
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    I like how you can say "fuck" only once in a PG-13 movie, provided it's only used as an expletive and not directed at an individual.
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    06/11/09

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: I think Hancock had it 4 times, and at least one other movie I've seen had it 4 times.
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    Image of OtakuMan24 OtakuMan24
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    And it's not just games either where the "S" word is popping up more and more in an unbleeped fashion, but TV as well.


    My wife and I were watching a rather nice episode of "The Closer" on TNT (one of their many marathons), and one of the cops explicitly let out the "S" word when things went bad. (Like cop having their car which contains vital evidence stolen)


    Now that's not to say that it was a constant swear, but it's one I've heard pop up more frequently on shows I wasn't expecting it.


    Also, "Network" television is about the only place left where sanctity is maintained... during certain hours of the day. But even that seems to be creeping back more and more.


    Soon ABC's TGIF will be TFBSF,


    "Too Fucking Bad, Shit Face"


    At least it means we can finally see Bob Sagat doing what he does best (after being a bland Dad on Full House and giving $10,000 to stupid videos of someone's kid).


    ~Otaku-Man

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    Image of pandafresh pandafresh
    06/11/09

    @OtakuMan24: i'm sorry, fuck Bob Sagat. he isn't funny, not at all. some washed up ashhole cursing on stage over and over again isn't funny, it never will be. his whole bit is "OH HEY IM THE DAD FROM FULLHOUSE BUT NOW IM GUNNA SAY FUCK, WATCH! FUCK!"


    fuck that shit


    TV is trash, its getting trashier.

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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    06/11/09

    @pandafresh: I agree... Bob Sagat wasn't that bad until he tried to go solo. I saw his "comedy" routine, and I realize now he's simply a waste of carbon and is using up all of our oxygen. Not to mention the Hydrogen we could be using to power our cars that's going into water that's wasted on him, and... Um... Nitrogen we could be making fertilizer and... explosives with...
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    Image of trunkenmath trunkenmath
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    Just a side note: Nothing annoys me more than when people use asterisks or symbols to block out a few letters in profanity. The whole reason you don't say the words is because they are considered vulgar and low brow. If you just block 2 letters out but we can clearly see what was intended then what was the point of even censuring yourself anyways.
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    Image of Sutekh_Slain Sutekh_Slain
    06/11/09

    @trunkenmath: In the same vein, it annoys me when somebody says "snap."
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    Image of an gucci skyline mane an gucci skyline mane
    06/11/09

    @Sutekh_Slain: Oh snap.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    06/11/09

    @Sutekh_Slain: I love me some gingers**ps.
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    Image of Sutekh_Slain Sutekh_Slain
    06/11/09

    @an skyline: @Kobun: *wags finger* NO. BAD KOTAKUITES BAD!!!
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    Image of CoffeyWasHere CoffeyWasHere
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    p**s? d**n? what the fuck are these fuckin shits?
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    06/11/09

    @CoffeyWasHere: piss, damn
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    Image of iizcallum iizcallum
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    It's a 16+ in the UK so I wasn't very shocked at the use of it. I thought it was wierd that it was a 16 here and a Teen rated game in America. I suppose it's because they aren't allowed swearing in 12+ games here or something.
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    06/11/09

    @iizcallum: Or because the UK is more strict about violence in games than the US.
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    Image of killah101 killah101
    06/11/09

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    You've got to be shitting me
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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    06/11/09

    @killah101: I shit you not mother fucker.
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    Image of CosmicElement CosmicElement
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    Don't forget about when Zeke says that taking the stairs "sucks donkey balls."
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    06/11/09

    @CosmicElement: I can't get over how many times Zeke uses the "word" hellacious.


    Ugh.

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    Image of Malfunktion v2 Malfunktion v2
    06/11/09

    In reply to Rise Of The S-Word In T-Rated Games
    Am I having a retard moment because I can't think of what the Hell "d**n" could possibly be.
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    Image of Sutekh_Slain Sutekh_Slain
    06/11/09

    @malfunktionv2: it's darn
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    Image of RyuuzakiBjorn RyuuzakiBjorn
    06/11/09

    @malfunktionv2: Same. Maybe it's Down?
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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    06/11/09

    @malfunktionv2: It's not retarded; it took me 3 minutes to figure it out.


    "Doon?"


    Stupid silent N!

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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    06/11/09

    @malfunktionv2: If the ** equated to any and all potential variables, as opposed to fill in two blanks, you could have a lot of options.


    Like dickmuffin, for instance.

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