Killographic
Cereal_KillR
Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
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A new word has been invented to describe our lovely games: violent games are <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/09/warning.videogames.reut/index.html' target='_blank'>Killographic</a>
What do you think about this word? :o I think it's totally useless and used by people who don't know what they're talking about (what is the link between killing and playing?)
What do you think about this word? :o I think it's totally useless and used by people who don't know what they're talking about (what is the link between killing and playing?)
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Yeah, it's pretty stupid. I liked MurderSimulators a lot more.
You heard it here first kiddies, CounterStrike encourages Terrorism.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"If pornographic is the 'graphic depiction of sex,' then killographic should enter our vocabulary to describe the 'graphic depiction of brutal violence,"' David Walsh, the institute's president, told a Capitol Hill news conference. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I can't begin to describe why that's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Well, actually I can:
Pornography - [late greek <i>pornographos</i>, adj. writing about/of harlots, French <i>porne</i> (harlot) + <i>graphein</i> (to write) ] 1. The depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement 2. material intended to do the same.\
Just through his OWN definition, killographic (besides being a retarded sounding word) would have to mean 'images of a death' (or 'images of a victorious hunt' or 'images of a score in raquetball'...but that's obscure)...because porn is a noun, and kill would need to be a noun. Generally compound words featuring verbs don't work well in english. Not only that but kill can have absolutely no relation to violence.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->He also pointed out that the industry rates its games on age appropriateness, and that Walsh's institute found most parents are not aware of a game's content. "The message is that parents in many cases aren't doing their job," Lowenstein said. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lowenstein is my new hero <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> .
Walsh = retarded; Lowenstein = the dude who owned David Walsh's stupid word.
It was called "Kill your mom, she has it coming"
I tell ya, right after the game stated there was this hypnotic screen that told me to kill my mom. BEST GAME EVER!
Finally someone who says something about games in the news who actually realizes that they aren't just some dumb thing for 10 year olds.
When it started out I though it was just going to be another "Video games are the source of all our problems" crap. But as I read on, I was horribly mistaken. The entire article was Pro-games, it was talking about how errored alot of other surveys were, and that games like GTA are only what you make of them. The guy stated how diffrent people play games diffrent ways. Like how his daughter, when allowed to play GTA:VC just drove around doing pizza missions for 3 hours... But when given to other people, they went on killing rampages... The guy came to the conclusion that (here comes a great quote, get ready) "Video games are only what the player makes of them" Ta-Da!
Anyway I wish I could find this article on the internet or somwhere... Back then it really renewed my faith in our society.
When it started out I though it was just going to be another "Video games are the source of all our problems" crap. But as I read on, I was horribly mistaken. The entire article was Pro-games, it was talking about how errored alot of other surveys were, and that games like GTA are only what you make of them. The guy stated how diffrent people play games diffrent ways. Like how his daughter, when allowed to play GTA:VC just drove around doing pizza missions for 3 hours... But when given to other people, they went on killing rampages... The guy came to the conclusion that (here comes a great quote, get ready) "Video games are only what the player makes of them" Ta-Da!
Anyway I wish I could find this article on the internet or somwhere... Back then it really renewed my faith in our society. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I read that too, I have it in my TIME pile somewhere, it's one of the main reasons I will always love TIME.
It's not the American goverment read more closely. It's an independant non-profit organization which I imagine was formed by some soccermoms during an inane conversation about their "pwecious ikkle bayuhbees".
I think the TIME is quite uneven. Sometimes it's really interesting something it's plain bad. I won't put out any articles out to avoid tension/flaming, but it involves mostly essays with lack of any support and very biased.
But overall, I still think it's good, that's why I'm subscribed to it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Well someone had to do it <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
You know, I drive around doing cool flips and jumps on motorcycles in GTA:VC...the only time I actually go out of my way to kill people is when the computer has its giant SUVs and wanna-be ferraris cut me off. That's when I get up (from being thrown from your bike, because they just cut me off...) and take out my rocket launcher...
Where I procede to beat them senseless with it.
and then blow up their car....but only when they cut me off <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ....or when someone steals MY stolen car...then you have to blow them up...to teach them...stealing's not right and stuff. That inevitablly leads to accidentally killing 10 gang members as collateral damage, and then they come after you, and they're shooting at you, so what do you do? You have to blow them up too...and then some cop will get in the way, and he'll be engulfed in flames by accident...
...before you know it there's FBI guys and tanks everywhere, and I'm on my motorcycle with 10 health jumping from roof top to roof top trying to avoid plummeting to my death (if not from the fall, from the millions of people with guns below).
My sister on the other hand...she'll run over anyone who doesn't dive out of the way. My cousin and my friend blow up everything they can...EVERYTHING. I think I'm fairly mild tempered in that game.
[on topic] Killographic is still retarded looking and sounding. Why not Brutalalicious...or ?berviolentful...or hey-we're-retarded-so-we-make-up-stupid-words-but-this-game-might-acutally-cool-we-just-don't-want-anyone-to-buy-itness..or maybe, Soccermom-riot-induceic (as in, "that's a Soccermom-riot-induceic video game, man!".
Just throwing the ideas out there.
The previous equivalents of this were long hair, the Beatles, Elvis, etc, etc, etc. Sadly it seems that most of these baby boomer types don't understand that it's THE SAME DAMN GENERATION GAP thing again. They'd happily rabbit on over how silly it was that people were getting upset about "that black music corrupting the youth of today" (I kid you not) but don't understand that they are having the same reaction to computer games.
Sigh.
Lowenstein noted that the average age of those who play video games is 28, and said as adults they should be allowed to pick their entertainment.
He also pointed out that the industry rates its games on age appropriateness, and that Walsh's institute found most parents are not aware of a game's content. "The message is that parents in many cases aren't doing their job," Lowenstein said.
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Give that man a cookie.
When I play GTA:VC, I spend most of my time driving around on my PCJ-600, trying to find more jumps to take at full-speed. and I spend a great bit of my time flying around my Apache/Maverick/Sea Sparrow, trying to find all the hidden packages.
Sadly, I don't have the report, but for some odd reason I still have the references...its from 2000
But bleh, its also IGN....
<a href='http://pocket.ign.com/articles/091/091324p1.html' target='_blank'>enjoy</a>
gg
woot, making up words is fun. how bout "dead-o-graphic"?
because kid plays NS, doesn't shoot up schoo;, Kharaa threat eliminated! does not make CNN
although when a group of idiots start blowing away are heard saying "dude, it's just like the game" or "it felt like a game" everyone's all over it
note how group A is somewhat (thousands of times) larger than B
now, stop preaching to the choir and get something done
Use it in everyday conversation. Ten years from now, we'll be in killographic up to our necks because all the teenagers will be using it.
"Whats up?"
"Nuthin"
"Killographic, man"
"Killographic indeed."
Sometimes I weep for humanity.