Spiderbait

siempre

Fyren

Spiffyness

You, sir, are win.

Darthvinder

Karlott

beowulfshadow

Gigith

You don't have to go far:
[www.cnsnews.com]

They claim they do not want 'spin' in their news so they did a study. The study was done by none other then themselves, a so called "parent organization" which own them.

The organization is listed as:

"CNSNews.com is a division of the Media Research Center, a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization. Like National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System, CNSNews.com is able to provide its services and information to the public at no cost, thanks to the generous support of our thousands of donors and their tax-deductible contributions."

So basically... some rich white Anglo Saxon right wing Republican conservatives feed the American public what they think is right instead of paying federal taxes.

Draw your own conclusion, I only bring fact.

DigitalisAkujin

cybereality

Melonfodder

What people who do this crap don't realize is that the people they reach are the ones that seem to care(like it makes a difference, kids in kindergarten know exactly what making out is, and they teach the stuff in middle school now) what their kids do and see. I hate people who care because they usually care way too much. The people they don't reach are the ones who frankly don't care, and thus it'll never reach them.

But seriously, morals "they take with them into adulthood and ultiamtely society"?

So we get some morals, become an adult who bases everything on a short scene from one game which we turn into morals, and THEN we enter society, and bring this stuff in, tainting it.

Personally, I don't give a crap about "society". Maybe these people should just do what everyone else does. Stop caring. I bet if they did, then nobody would get hurt and they wouldn't take years off their life when they get stressed out because people who are carefree and just enjoy this stuff as entertainment shrug it off.

Let's see a raise of hands. Who'd let their kids play Mass Effect? *raises hand*

Codexx

xbulletholes

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...HA!

OK, wow, I don't know which is funnier - this board getting all hot and bothered over some obscure conservative pressure group looking for some free advertising or the assertion that Mass Effect, with its plastic dialogue and leaden voice clips, is worth defending as "art."

I have an idea. Let's quit arguing about the split second of blue ass crack that appeared on screen and start arguing about why Bioware spends umpteen million to make this game and doesn't even deliver TV-quality acting. Bunch of pathetic Star Trek wannabe dribble.

soul4sale

Seriously, this is such a non-issue. Ultra-conservative groups are always complaining about things they see as not being Christian enough or what have you. These people are probably further from the mainstream than Jackie boy even.

RawSteelUT

ConstantCupcake

I do a lot of work with Planned Parenthood and their educational department. This is exactly the way sex should be handled; maturely, with great attention to consequences, and in the context of emotional bonding. Throw in a brief shot of a condom and you have an image of exactly how youth SHOULD be approaching sex. Of course again this is in an M rated game that most kids shouldn't be playing anyhow. When will the public come to accept that the Gaming Industry is no more responsible for kids whose parents ALLOW them to play M rated games than the movie industry is responsible for parents who buy their kids porn.

ConstantCupcake

Oh wait...

PurpleSfinx

Eh, big deal, you can see a lot worse and hear a lot worse in school, on the internet, on TV even. Really Sex is the thing that makes anything sell or get ratings.

Shaoko

Amplitude

Nexus6

Wokisan

Ten points to Black_Ops_19 for his summary, which is completely accurate. :P

Noremakk

PainfulPriapism

Well, I learned something today: two consenting adults with feelings for each other having plain, non-extreme and rather ordinary sex is sick and wrong. This is clearly a distortion of real human sexuality and dignity; the developers should have had the common sense to present it as rape instead, that'd be far more true to life.

Rabish12

Fuzi Lojak

Kromis

Oh noes! LOL XD

Yin

Also, excellent quote choice!

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

Interestingly enough, I think the taboo against sex helps to make it much more enjoyable and especially rebellious, the same reasons people were so promiscuous in the 60s. Even well into a relationship, there's still this sense of doing something forbidden and it's exciting. Why do you think married people eventually stop having regular sex? There's no thrill in it when it's suddenly "okay" to do it... and kids are crazy!

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

ChaoticLimbs

Well, I guess you CAN shoot drugs. But that's bad kids. Stay in school! Or don't. I don't really care.

My360broked

Pickens

2) The game is rated for those over 18, for Christ's sake. Has it been marketed to a clearly under-18 crowd?

GorbyGipper

lynxij

Wow. I admire your persistence and your noble efforts, but I will outright simply say that sex before marriage is not wrong and is most certainly not harmful... unless you do it with diseased hookers.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

Someone should probably break the ice to this guy that the concepts of heterosexuality outside of marriage and homosexuality in and of itself existed long before there was any moral stigma against them.

OUberLord

Infradead

It sucks.

A lot.

Because sex is within our nature.

However, it's the right thing to do, and thus I try and do it. I've been successful, so far. If I fail, there will be problems on a number of levels, but the best thing to do then is to try again. Nobody's perfect, but it's the honest attempt that counts.

TalKeaton

Blake Snow

Also, what about books? Those who bring up issues such as this one often site a lack of credibility in the rating system, sexual content and a lack of artistic value. Well, books aren't rated, thank God, there are more romance novels shat out each year than good novels in a DECADE, and most of those are just... awful. But nobody worries about that because WHAT THE HELL KIND OF MESSED UP KID wants to read "In the valley of the sexy, oiled-up men?"

dancinbojangles

crazyscreenwriter

What The Geek

This is marketed towards children:

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This is marketed towards adults:

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It's not a very hard concept to understand really.

Pickens

We do appear to be on opposite sides of the fence on at least this issue.

If you'll indulge me by answering another question then, If you were told that your attraction to the opposite sex was wrong, and somehow harmful (an unlikely scenario, I know - but bear with me) and that you had to abstain for the greater good, would you be able to? Would it seem fair to you? Or would you feel that you were being forced to go against your nature?

What The Geek

As for the post above that, that's usually how I approach such conversations as well, though I expect we're not of the same philosophy. :)

TalKeaton

"...while many would say homosexual feelings aren't either, the choice still lies ultimately with the person on whether or not to act upon those feelings."

Could you make the decision not to be attracted to the opposite sex?

What The Geek

Don't take me wrong - I feel very much the same about life as you do - I spend a lot of time looking for answers that most people are comfortable without.

My philosophy on differing worldviews is very much the one stated in my "toaster messiah" example. My personal approach when actually confronted with someone of a differing view is a bit different - when it comes to a one on one conversation, I try to keep a very Zen attitude about it. I try to treat it as though that conversation is the first time I've ever been exposed to their way of thinking, and I ask questions. When an answer I disagree with comes out, I do my best to calmly and logically refute it. At the end of the conversation I often find that they understand my point of view a little better - and in some cases, I've gotten them thinking about things they hadn't though about in great detail before. Also, while I may still not agree with them, I walk away with a greater understanding of their take on things. It's a win - win way to handle things.

What The Geek

Not acting upon those feelings is undoubtably difficult... but if that is in fact the right thing to do, no one said the road would be easy.

TalKeaton

crazyscreenwriter

It could be just the way my mind works, but the philosophy that conflicting views can coexist never sat well with me- if you have two gods that say they are the one and only god, either one of them is right, or neither is (not existing would fall under that category as well).

I see life as the pursuit of truth- trying to get to the bottom of these sorts of things, and although definitive answers may not be obtainable, there's certainly enough to work from.

So yes, respect the views of others, but challenge those views as well- otherwise, mankind becomes complacent. It's like if you were never tested in a class, you might get by not really knowing the material all that well.

TalKeaton

In answer to Ruse, I HAVE played the game, but I obviously made bad choices, because I NEVER saw a sex scene in Mass Effect. At one point Sheppard and Liara were close to touching, but my decisions led to a different result. Regardless of how you choose to play, ME is one of the best games that I have played in a long time, and, to me at least, is GOTY, regardless of how you choose to play the game.

bornonce

However it's not marketed to children in the first place.

thereturnoftheufo

The scene(s) in Mass Effect are so not "R" that it's ridiculous to even be ticked about. (Not to mention it's an "M" rated game)

ti2k

The funny thing is that ME is hitting on many touchy subject (What's the point of a good scifi book after all if it isn't to point out issue in societies...), like Euthanasia, genetic ameliration prior birth, xenophobia etc. But no, all you hear i about random sideboobs and female on female sex. Now that's simp laughable.

Fabrice

I don't really have the time to solve philosophy. That argument can be made for any rule/law. "Who is to say that murder isn't a good thing, if that is your worldview."

Simply put, the whole anti-gay view holds about as much water as an anti-woman view or an anti-*insert race here* view. Denying someone rights or condemning them as immoral based on small differences is not something that *anyone* should be doing.

zegota

Let's say your neighbor believes his toaster is the messiah. I mean, really believes it - prays to the thing, carries it around on a velvet pillow - REALLY believes his toaster is the messiah. Now let's say that in the name of his toaster, he spreads ideas and philosophies of love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, and kindness. While we can all agree that this man's toaster is, in fact, not the messiah, his ideals aren't harming society as a whole. In fact, he might be doing some good.

Now let's go a different direction here. Bear with me, I promise I'm going somewhere with this. Now let's say that instead of peace and love, your neighbor's toaster tells him to preach hate and intolerance. Perhaps the toaster tells him that cashiers need to be exterminated for the greater good. In this example, your neighbor is now harming individuals, as well as society as a whole.

The point I'm getting at is this: It doesn't matter what you believe - everyone's entitled to their opinion, regardless of what the rest of us think of it. However, when those opinions make that person a danger to individual persons, or society as a whole, they've taken their beliefs too far. What I'm saying here is that there's a big difference between the guy who is uncomfortable with homosexuality, but treats homosexuals with respect, and in some cases, friendship, and the guy who hates gay people and goes around committing hate crimes. It's not the opinion that's harmful, but what actions you take in support of it, and how far you take that opinion that can be harmful.

What The Geek

TalKeaton

Agnostic

Narb

Fabrice

See, now we enter the realm wherein not all worldviews are valid- where not everything is relative, where one view might be more right or valid than another.

If that's the case, then what determines which worldview is more correct, or better than another?

If it's basic human rights, who determines what those are, and why are we entitled to them?

TalKeaton

"What we have here is a 'Bucharest Simulcast'. As you're seeing the show live here in Long Beach, it's being broadcast all over Romania'"

@peacefuloutrage:

It's funny you mention libraries. I read Deenie when I was a kid specifically BECAUSE all the controversy it caused. It was temporarily banned where I lived at the time (Alabama) and as it was, I had to ask for it, and the librarian went and got it out of the back like it was being kept in the "porn room".

Billkwando

Best Buy also list games with toys, not as toys. Recent article here pointed out that Best Buy specifically rule video game out as toys. They are clearly games, not toys.

Necroscope

天雷

That was just terrible. Not even just because it was a sex scene, but because it came completely by surprise and for no good reason.

TalKeaton

Hmm... for all the talk of open-mindedness and equality, there sure seems to be a lot of bashing against the view that slavery is wrong.

It's a valid view, after all, with reasons behind it (though not everyone agrees that they're good reasons, hence the difference in opinion.)

If you're going to be open-minded about worldviews, you must bear in mind that this involves ALL worldviews, even those that seem dated and stupid to you. It could just be that you don't understand where they're coming from.

(In short -- to be tolerant, it is not required to tolerate intolerant ideas)

zegota

LMFAO

Billkwando

San

ThE mOsT hIgH

Video games (and Comics, but that's for another day)need to be view just like Movies, Books and TV shows. They are not toys. They are not generally for kids anymore than the others are. There ARE games for kids, just as there are movies, books and TV shows for kids.

Until retailers, the media, parents and a lot of society in general stop viewing video games as "for kids" or likened to Toys, then these people will keep on with comments like this. AND THEY SHOULD.

We gamers don't like it because of the light that it puts the gaming industry in (which is often negative), but hopefully the light being put on it will ENLIGHTEN people about the things I stated above.

DARTH_TIGRIS

It's a valid view, after all, with reasons behind it (though not everyone agrees that they're good reasons, hence the difference in opinion.)

If you're going to be open-minded about worldviews, you must bear in mind that this involves ALL worldviews, even those that seem dated and stupid to you. It could just be that you don't understand where they're coming from.

ANYWAY, to get back to Mass Effect... I don't think Bioware marketed this to kids, really, it seems that it's more the retailers' doing, putting all video games together. IMO, game displays in stores and websites should have games arranged by Rating, so parents can see that "This ENTIRE part of the games section is rated 17+".

TalKeaton

GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE!

KK

KittenKiller

"A new, best-selling video game, Mass Effect, made for the Microsoft Xbox 360 console, allows the characters to engage in explicitly graphic sexual intercourse."

If that's explicitly graphic sexual intercourse, then god forbid these people find out about the internet.

tk.

Tali gets a lot less interesting after you complete her sidequest, though-- doesn't she have anything else to talk about?

tk.

Please include your first name, last initial, and your city and state of residence to have your letter considered for publication. Thank you!

Jeremy Z.
Las Vegas, NV

You do realize that the scenes in Mass Effect aren't explicit at all right?

The reason it was allowed for release in Singapore was after they realized that the so called 'nudity' was nothing more than one slight side view. It does not show breasts, nor does it show actual full-on nudity. There is nothing explicit in this game at all. In fact, compared to games that had been made in the past and had next to zero controversy going against them, Mass Effect has even less 'nudity' than these previous titles.

The whole hoorah regarding this game basically amounts to moments that, if it were a film or tv show, would probably have been considered not warranting even an 'R' rating. If anything, the furor over all this has been generated more by people who haven't even played the game, nor done the basic research. The scenes in question are easily found online, and amount to nothing. It isn't a 'Hot Coffee' moment, nor is it even that shocking, BioWare has gone to the trouble, and since this game is rated appropriately for adults, to give gamers an option to play a game like an epic space-opera, complete with adult subject matter and plotlines. This includes a romantic subplot, easily avoidable if one was so inclined.

As far as being marketed to children, I'd like to know how you get that impression? Mass Effect is clearly marked as a Mature game, the rating is blatant and the commercials themselves and advertising supports this. The game is complex and story-driven, hardly the kind of game that a child would pick up and be able to pursue easily, especially in times like this where accountability, maturity and an appreciation of complex literature is becoming almost obsolete. The game is nothing like many FPS or action games that provide nothing but monotonous killing; in fact, many situations in the game can be avoided without any bloodshed allowing a player to persevere through empathy and reason, especially laudable in an industry decried as offering nothing more than 'I see a problem, let me shoot it.' The only times a player is forced to kill are almost exclusively against an implacable, robotic enemy; who is a true evil unleashed on the universe, threatening a galaxy wide genocide against various alien races, including humanity. You could go as far to label them 'Space Nazis.'

If anything, parents and critics that actually spend time with the game and actually play it instead of just looking at 12 seconds of game play and basing their opinion on those 12 seconds, should applaud BioWare for making a game that actually evolves the art of telling a story in a game, instead of just offering mindless killing and bloodshed.

While I agree that this game shouldn't be sold to minors, it is after all clearly marked Mature, most of the bad press surrounding it amounts to fear mongering, and instead of appreciating a game that rewards exploring an wide universe and helping to fight an evil menace while still allowing players an option to play a peace-maker in many situations through intelligent discourse or descision making, we have a media situation that does little or no actual research into the game aside from You-Tubing it.

This game is hardly 'porn, marketed to minors.'

Sincerely,

Jeremy Zerfoss

Tenno

I disagree. And seriously, she looks like she's coked up all the time.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

Pfft. Not only is Tali the most interesting and least self-centered (how noble is she not to abandon the party when she can easily go home and claim a starship), she's also the smartest. Doctor or not, the blue bimbo has ZERO street smarts. Plus, she's got the proportions of a Barbie doll. haha

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

Mass Effect has already been deemed inappropriate for children by the ESRB, according to the M (for Mature) Rating they've given it. The only people that could be considered at fault for "feeding porn to kids" would be any parents responsible for what said kids play that totally ignore the rating on the front of the game's case along with the content descriptors on the back of the case, and let them play something that the ESRB clearly advises that they are not old enough for.

And I'd love to see the proof that Mass Effect is actually being marketed towards minors.

There's no argument here.

Draconis

Pinhead

Any kid can walk into a public library and get books with graphic sex, violence, violence, and morally frowned upon views. The only reason why this is being made an issue is so the general public doesn't have to think about their actions and take responsibility for their families and the situations the put their families in. Don't like what's on TV? Screen it -- or get rid of the thing altogether. The most important thing any parent can do is to (really) love their children and tell them why they can or can't have/do something. Kids aren't fools. They know when someone cares about them, and do take that into consideration before doing anything rash.

peacefuloutrage

Just saying...

KK

KittenKiller

I totally thought I was the only one w/ a thing for Tali - good to know I'm not alone here. She did have the most interesting personality of the three, and I suspect she was quite attractive under the mask. Shepard's got no taste in women. Plus we missed out on the sexy, sexy removal of her suit and mask.

What The Geek

Garro

Fabrice

What about the doctor! Although shes a bit old lol.

Witzbold

All I can say is someone needs to ship them a copy of Rapelay and see what happens.

KK

KittenKiller

Also, it's rated "M" so kids shouldn't be playing it anyway.

7ucky

Oh, and that every planet, including earth, is a wasteland and that attempts to explore them are exercises in frustration.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

In other news, R-Rated movies are dirty and violent.

Chimaera

So, if you're views on sex are not consistent with those of christian fundamentalism, its wrong?
This kind of religious rhetoric has NO PLACE in the world of gaming! Lets maintain the separation between church and console, huh?

BruzeWayne

Garro

"I'm just sayin, if I'm never going to be given the benefit of the doubt for blunt, loose comments, why should I give anyone who openly hates my political party, religion, and (sometimes) country the same?"

Simple - Two wrongs don't make a right. Lead by example - the best way to see to it that the racist hateful fire and brimstone conservative stereotype goes away (or at least gets pinned on the neocons who's actions created it in the first place) is to be open about who you are, and who you relate to, and who you don't. I could be wrong, but you don't strike me as one of the "burn the video games - they're hurting the children" types - but you are a conservative. By being who you are, and correcting someone who has you pegged wrong you're taking a step to break the stereotype. By meeting a closed minded attitude with a closed minded attitude, nothing changes or improves for anyone.

What The Geek

crim

firesign

If media types like this can't grasp the concept of ratings they deserve only to be ignored.

3BD

@What The Geek: I get that they usually have some thought out reasons behind blunt words, that I don't have a problem with, it's just the double standard that get's to me. Honestly, I'd love it if everyone could give people the benefit of the doubt when thoughts weren't completely articulated. Why? Because if I really did say, "I hate gays," no one assumes I mean, "I have strict, personal ideals about sex and the concept of homosexuality makes me seriousley uncomfortable, even though 10 times out of 10 their sexual prefernces would not be a factor in my civility and friendliness towards them."

I'm just sayin, if I'm never going to be given the benefit of the doubt for blunt, loose comments, why should I give anyone who openly hates my political party, religion, and (sometimes) country the same? I do, usually, I just hate the double standard.

Garro

Yeah but you're talking about a conservative news site that pretty much cateres to fundamentalist christians and neocons who'd rather see someone getting killed on TV than seeing a womans breast.

dead_red_eyes

smitty1123

How many times did I see kids of around 6yo get out of a gameshop with a copy of resident evil 4 in hands?
I mean -please- read the codes the esrb gives. They work for it, and game companies pay for it.

Phibius

UncleScrotar

Damn the lack of an edit button!

dead_red_eyes

"I identify as politically moderate leaning towards liberal. I'd rather hand a conservative my money, and I'd rather hand a liberal my civil rights."

I feel the same way really.

@What The Geek:

"When someone says "I hate conservatives" what they generally mean is "I really wish closed minded neocons would stop trying to muck things up for the rest of us."

Well said. I don't hate all conservatives, that's a bit harsh. Do I hate my grandparents because they're racist fundamentalist christian republicans? No. I still got love for them. Even tho their views make me seriously unfomfortable.

dead_red_eyes

Argyle

sj4iy

I am putting an edit to this statement I made. I inteded to put homosexuality and heterosexuality in that statement. My apologies if anyone felt singled out disrespected by that sentence.

R3load

Generally speaking, I identify as politically moderate leaning towards liberal. I'd rather hand a conservative my money, and I'd rather hand a liberal my civil rights.

That being said, I see it all over the internet - people don't articulate their distaste for neoconservatives properly at all. They lump all conservatives together into one big ball of hate and prejudice, and you're right - that's not fair. However, try not to hold it against anyone - by that I mean try not to take their words at face value. When someone says "I hate conservatives" what they generally mean is "I really wish closed minded neocons would stop trying to muck things up for the rest of us."

To everyone else: remember - conservative doesn't mean "hate monger". Just like every other group people can be lumped into, conservatives consist of some winners and a bunch of losers - the people in the cited article fall into the "loser" category IMO

What The Geek

I'm not a liberal BUB. And I'm FAR from close-minded.

dead_red_eyes

TitillatedOcelot

smitty1123

Igarashi

Wookiee1

This is truly what boggles me to this day with the media. This would not have been an issue had it been a movie instead of a video game. We all need to realize that games have a rating also. Mass Effect is rated "Mature" 17+ years of age, so what exactly is the problem? This is getting out of control within the media.

"Unfortunately," he said, "Mass Effect doesn't do that and even goes so far as to allow homosexuality to be on par with heterosexuality and heterosexuality outside of its proper context of marriage."

Once again, we have seen more than enough homosexuality in movies which seems to be no problem. What is the big deal with someone choosing their own sexual preference. As far as premarital sex goes I guess it's up to the person. Luckily my friend girl doesn't have a problem with premarital sex, that would have sucked for me, Lol.

R3load

rlh445

TitillatedOcelot

Conservatives are people, and just like any group of people, they have a broad range of thoughts and morals. Oh but nevermind that, let's just stay ignorant and talk crap about them. Just as long as they're white, Christian, and conservative, you can say anything you want ; ) Everyone else is off limits, completely.

Okay but seriousley guys, what if I said I hated X group? If it was gays I'd be homophobic, blacks I'd be racist, liberals I'd be close-minded.

Double standard much?

Garro

Because a post tangentially related to gaming that serves no absolutely purpose other than to generate yet another 250-reply pissing match qualifies as "culture".

SolCutter

Also, the scene takes place between a human female and an Asari correct? The asari are monogendered, are they not? Neither male nor female.

levarien

Wargamer234,Sieg Zeon!

Horhay2313

TheDollHouse

ShadowFFVI

smitty1123

Witzbold

It's fine to strangle your friend with a wiimote, kill a thousand nazis or aliens but when it comes to showing a bit of arse it's super dangerous for kids. Horray for moral values.

Fabrice

rainofwalrus

Two things:
1. Have you played Mass Effect? The sex scene is relevant to the plot - it is also optional depending on how you play the game.

2.I believe the WHOLE point most everyone here is trying to make is that, while video games are viewed by many as kids toys, this is untrue. M-rated video games are not created for children, nor are they marketed towards them. If you feel an M-rated game is a children's toy you are ignorant of the content contained within an M-rated game. That isn't the fault of the publisher, the developer, or the ESRB.

What The Geek

MajorMcMuffin

Waliszewki basically said, "two girls kissing will destroy children's minds, because only a child would buy this game, and therefore homosexuality will take over the land!"

People never learn. Don't attack something until you can actually back up your words.

Black_Ops_19

@ZenGrenadier: No, no, no. You can't give a grosssssss explanation of nasty sex and then just respond to the article as if nothing happened. Are you one of those people who farts loudly at the dinner table and then asks someone to pass the mashed potatoes? For shame.

rlh445

z3ntn3l

Because that's what *I* always say!

razorangelwings

Obviously these people know nothing more about the game than that it features homosexual sex.

I honestly think their anger and outrage is more directed at the homosexuality aspect.

Pathetic.

mordennight

Deus Ex Machina

Me too.

dead_red_eyes

Hylian

This BLOG has to do with Video Games and Video Game Culture. If you want to read a website that's all about games and that's it, then go over to IGN or Gamespot or something.

dead_red_eyes

Heaven forbid children realise you can have sex without being married, or even worse, you can be GAY and be deemed equal to a straight couple! ("allow homosexuality to be on par with heterosexuality")

Bladeneo

TheDollHouse

I just think that this type of attention is greatly unfortunate, simply because one of the best aspects to Mass Effect is it's romance subplot, which strengthens the story and gives a further connection between you and your characters.

Romance is an aspect to video game storytelling that is rarely used, and I for one am in favor or furthering it even more. I know Bioware won't let pot shots like these slow them down either.

KevinSetzer

MugiMugi

jacksons98

Buuuuuut.... yes, there are ratings that are on these games. Parents should regulate their children's content more. That means NO HALO 3 with a mic.

Sick bastards.

Zen Grenadier

American's... They are special like that. Remember, our ancestors left your land because you guys were to wild for their Puritan ways.

And although most everyone here in the States scoff at the Puritans backwards and willfully ignorant ways, a good many of us still inadvertently stick to the old stupid ways.

PapaBear434

Intellectualdiot

yet another reason i love kotaku and its writers.

geekgrrl

I was going to mention that as well. It's M rated so kids shouldn't be playing it in the first place.

dead_red_eyes

Read my last comment

What The Geek

SolCutter

TrettOff

*ME SMASH THINGS! ME ANGRY!*

dead_red_eyes

LOL this is in the link... She thinks M stands for MINORS. Again...Dumb bitch.

droideka

What a ridiculous idea.

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