Controversy? Or Just Plain Spite?

Wii's reputation under fire
A watchdog group slams the release of a violent video game for Nintendo's "family-friendly" Wii.

The year 2009 wow we've come along way haven't we? In some respects yes and others no. One of the No's is a subject to heated debates, criticism, studies, and "watchdog" groups. If you didn't notice from the above headline I am referring to Video Games. Yes the beloved hobby is again under scrutiny for yet another absurd reason, the release of violent game!? The reason this story bugs me is because the only reason its even a story is because the game in question (Madworld) is being released on a supposedly family friendly console. Why should Nintendo's reputation come under fire for this release? lets look at the facts or blatant only fact that should even be considered shall we......

• The ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) Rated Madworld M - Meaning its rated for mature audiences only. No one under 17 should play this game.

Now of course there will be kids who play this because some parents don't care. Whose fault is that Nintendo's? The Store that sold the game? The easy answer would be to place blame on them when in all actuality its the parents fault for not making sure the game content is appropriate for their children. It upsets me to think the form of media that I enjoy the most is in constant jeopardy since some people want to make an issue out of any small thing and make games a scapegoat to mask the real problem lack of education and responsibility. Now don't get me wrong the ESRB is doing a great job of trying to educate parents and others alike about the rating system and the purpose of it and for the most part it works very well. I know most game stores like Gamestop, Ebgames etc. will let the parent or adult know what the game contains to further make sure they know what the game will show their children. Lets face it we have all seen and heard worse things in every other form of media from movies to music. Yet Those forms of expression are protected from this kind of silly scrutiny and the get away with a ton more. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't let my kids ( if I had any) play games like madworld for the simple reason they are kids. The have no reason to play something like that, which my responsibility as a parent would come in and is it really the Wii's fault its starting to get some M rated games? No! Nintendo is simply trying to utilize and make sure all types young and old alike will be entertained with their fun console. I know this is the first of many stories to come out of this games release and that's a sad day if people just took more responsibility to monitor and understand what the ratings mean issues like this may just go away.

Set In Africa but having black people makes it racist WTF?

Another story that recently bugged me was the is Resident Evil Racist topic. The heat started with Resident Evil 4 where protagonist Leon goes to a country where the natives speak Spanish and he kills them because they're zombies not because they don't speak American. With the announcement of Resident Evil 5 a heated debate has taken almost center stage and stolen some of the games thunder since it is now a concern. So let me tell you the set up of the game so you can have your own opinion. The games for starters takes place in Africa where Chris Redfield is a B.S.A.A (B.S.A.A - Bio terrorism Security Assessment Alliance) operative tasked with investigating an incident in the desert. Soon you find the people of Kijuju are infected and you must unravel the mystery of what is happening and why. You are accompanied by your partner Sheeva Alomar on your journey. the racist topic came up as soon as it had a white guy shooting a group of black guys. Given the fact that A. The game takes place in AFRICA!!!!!! and B. Sheeva your partner is black. You would think the race card would be put away but no. After some time Capcom (games creator) decided to mix up the variety of people. So now even though I'm in a remote African village there an Asian zombie coming at me. I could go on and on with games with much higher racial overtones but who wants to go farther into the negative? I for one given the context was not offended by the game in anyway. True I am not black so my opinion might not mean anything but I think people need to lighten up and not let something like black zombies in Africa of all places spoil the fun.

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Always A Proud Gamer

Josh Out!

Who Watches The Watchmen? More Like Why Should I

Ok so I'm not one to write reviews or anything like that so I'll keep this short, Wait for the watchmen on dvd! The movie was long and arduous, the ending was anticlimactic, There is way too much blue cock, and the only real saving grace if any is the character Rorschach. First off the movie is like 3 hours long and I gotta say about two thirds of it is boring. Don't get me wrong when there was action it was good. damn good. but having never read the graphic novel which the film is based off I cant attest to how much exposition is in that. but if you go see the movie expect 2+ hours of talking and maybe 15 minutes of action. I went with a few people to see the movie and they loved it I don't see how. the ending was just trash there was no epic finish when you find out who's behind it all and that just outright pissed me off I mean I understood the ending but it was stupid in my opinion. Now I for one have seen plenty of cock in my day thanks to porn but The Watchmen decided to spring on me some shiny blue cock, alot of it. In almost every scene Dr.Manhattan (the blue guy) is in he's nude now the first time was ok it had context but I mean come on I don't really need to see that much full frontal male nudity unless I'm watching porn. Which leaves me with the one reason I actually enjoyed the movie and didn't fully hate it, Rorschach. Way back when I saw pictures of the Watchmen the rorschach character immediately caught my eye because of the mask. Which has an ever changing ink blot on it. Every scene Rorschach is in he is captivating not once have I wanted a movie about multiple characters to have them go away so I could see more of one, Rorschach was that compelling to me. His story arc was understandable and he was appropriately vicious, especially when you find out when and why Rorschach became Rorschach. I know I said I'd keep this short so I apologize but all in all the movie wasn't all that bad it wasn't that good either I left the theater with a sense of disappointment which I usually don't leave "super hero" movies with I don't know maybe I went in with the wrong idea like I was expecting alot more action or something but the movie (other than Rorschach) just didn't land with me I know I'm not the only one who didn't like it so at least I'm not alone in that regard. So the end was nigh with the watchmen it just took a long time to get to it.

Josh Out

It Feels Like Strings Are Holding Up My Eyes

So here I am once again sitting, writing in what I would call my most at ease when I'm a tad tired since usually when I write when I'm tired the line between insanity and rationality gets all blurred. Its in this state where my imagination flourishes, many of the ideas and sorted stories come from this place in my head. I mean where else would something I call scenario game come from? what is that game you might be asking, well I'll give you an example. A typical scenario game starts off with an absurd scenario like - So there we are swimming in the ocean after a good snorkel session and we're wading in the water when all of a sudden a shark attacks me! luckily I manage to escape but I am still bleeding so we start to swim for the boat when we get close what do we see? terrorist have taken over the boat! what do we do? do we stay in the now blood filled water with hungry sharks? or do we risk it and try to get the boat back from the terrorists? Now after the scenario is said it is up to whoever is playing to thing of fun and creative solutions to the scenario the outcomes are often hilarious. The reason I like this game is its exercises your imagination and it can be pretty fun depending on who you play it with as with most games. the scenarios can be anything you can think of which makes it a blast. So I think thats all for now of course I could ramble on forever but I will save that for another day.

Josh Out!

Germs Sometimes Its Better If You Dont

So as an arrogant person that I am I have this whole ego problem and I like to say "Oh I never get sick I haven't been sick in blah blah" and now that I have a sort of head cold thing Im wondering if its better I dont say that anymore or just stick to my egocentric guns and once I heal be an ass like before. One has to wonder did I get sick because I thought I was in no few words invincible to germs? I mean a girl I work with is terrified of germs and if anyone so much as coughs she is all over the place with disinfectant, and there I am licking my ball that I was bouncing on the ground outside no more than a few minutes prior to prove my lack of fear when it comes to germs. Foolish? Gross? I'd say so. So why the brash lack of respect for germs? I dont know I mean I should be much more hesitant about things like licking a dirty ball since I like most folks in my age range dont have any form of health insurance. Why you may ask? is it a matter of money? principle? or some other factor? To answer that question my response would be I dont know. I mean money for the first time since I can remember is not an issue so why dont I get some form of protection? The reason is unknow maybe I dont want anymore bills to have worry about or maybe I dont want to have something I wont use except rarely. The questions sometimes dont have answers even though the question isnt a difficult one. I know its weird Hey thats pretty much what I do. so I dont know if this has made any sense or not but I will summarize to these few words............Respect The Germ! they may be small but they can mess you up like an angry midget.


Josh out!