The Houston Chronicle - Racism in video games? The new norm? Thanks GamePolitics.
One of the games that comes to mind is "Left 4 Dead 2." Though the game isn't out yet, it's already causing an uproar. Set in New Orleans, players will have to fight their way through hordes of zombies - with several of them who appear to be African-Americans. When I saw the first trailer for the game, all I could think about was Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath. Setting the game in a city that was scene of dead, bloated bodies floating by so soon afterward was a bad call, IMHO. The city has had enough to deal with -- Valve, you should have spared them, even if it's just a video game.Sessler's Soapbox - Indie Games Are Important.
The Sess wanted to explain why he thinks games coming from independent developers are so important for the industry and gamers alike. If you bring more creative voices to the table, everyone else has to match their game and be just as innovative, creative and interesting as the other guy. So press play and find out what Adam has to say on the subject.IncGamers - WoW is Killing Itself.
Essentially, the problem is that WoW has gone off the track. The game gained popularity because it appealed to normal gamers, willing to devote a few hours a day running dungeons and completing quests in a game they really enjoyed. However, WoW has evolved. The game is now catering to a small minority of so-called 'hardcore' players - according to one developers' research, these make up less than 5% of the overall population. The WoW developers have repeatedly discussed the fact that the hardcore players experience is the best, most challenging content in the game; have more skills than 'casual' players, and therefore receive the best rewards. Even normal, average players now accept these ideas as fact.IncGamers - WoW Is Not Killing Itself.
In Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard really went to town and introduced 10 man raids alongside 25 man ones. When this announcement was made at the WWI in Paris last year the cheer from the crowd was deafening. Bleeding edge guilds certainly weren't happy with losing their exclusive access to the hardest encounters in WoW, but this change meant the majority of level cap players would finally get the chance to see end game content.
OMG A black zombie? Wait... were there white zombies? How dare we have a black zombie. Wait if we really do not see color...why do we always separate? If there are white zombies...and black zombies....bingo! Anyone can be a zombie!
Still, all that aside, this was me playing off you telling whathisnuts what to believe. Maybe going a bit too deep in fucking with the original concept of being told what to do.
In the beginning of Christianity? I'm afraid history disagrees as the founders of that religion most probably had a legitimate belief in their organization. As is a prime example in the amount of splinter factions of Christianity and Islam, the real lunatics came out when the issue of interpretation reared its head.
disregarding the afterlife version, plenty of psychotics and schizophrenics would probably beg to differ
Hah hah, WOW fanyboys crack me up. Say anything slightly negative about "MY PRESHUSSSS" and their panties get all in a bunch.
disregarding the afterlife version, plenty of psychotics and schizophrenics would probably beg to differ
They're like racism consultants..
Hell was invented by lunatics and propagated by scam artists, err "churches", to pick your pocket clean and enforce their social order.
A casual player is not going to see the end of Ulduar; they aren't even going to see all of Naxxramas or Malygos unless they have more hardcore people to run them through it.
Lies.
There is no Hell.
Would be nice if the people writing these OpEds actually knew what they were talking about.
I'd guess you're a hardcore player, right? Because that sort of player is the only sort that seems to believe that just because you can complete a raid dungeon after running it every week for a month or two that it's too easy.I was. I was "hardcore" until about 2 months ago. The guild I was in was a top 50 US guild to clear Sunwell Plateau, we cleared Naxx less than a week after WotLK's release, we had most of the achievements done (including 3 drake Sartharion) within a month of WotLK's release.
The Civil War is still a touchy subject? Maybe if you're a deep south redneck that still believes the Confederacy never lost and the war is still ongoing.
Someone tell me what to believe!
worship jesus or you will be tortured and burned in the fires of hell forever
Someone tell me what to believe!