"Rockstar... co-founder Terry Donovan was recently quoted as saying, 'I think if the entertainment industry had always chosen the path of least resistance, I think we would have missed out on some incredible films, a load of life-altering records and a host of books that changed literature forever.'"
"Whatever, dude. That's the kind of argument violent video game manufacturers always seem to fall back on to support their products.
Which is a correct, and effectivly solid argument. The only reason Shakespeare's works are still treated as excellent plays is because the same critics don't understand the content. The greatest example is MacBeth, where a filler character drunkenly acts as if he were the gatekeeper of hell. This was at a time where plays were being berated by most churches as places of sin.
While the entertainment industry generally doesn't go out of its way to cause public commotion, the lack of informaton about these games have the same effect - GTA3 was reported to permit killing cops without incident (ignoring the threat-level that gets assigned), 25 to Life was declared the same (ignoring the fact that they don't act like cops, and that the game isn't good either). From these two points, Bully will be the same - claimed to be bad but only if you omit facts.
"Meanwhile, word about "Bully" has been quietly spreading. Maybe if there's enough uproar about the game, Rockstar can be bullied itself - into keeping the game off store shelves."
It hasn't been quietly spreading - it is noisingly spreading because of the controversy from that game. People will buy it to see what is going on, and will wonder what these guys were talking about as they try to reproduce the alleged situations.
"Whatever, dude. That's the kind of argument violent video game manufacturers always seem to fall back on to support their products.
Which is a correct, and effectivly solid argument. The only reason Shakespeare's works are still treated as excellent plays is because the same critics don't understand the content. The greatest example is MacBeth, where a filler character drunkenly acts as if he were the gatekeeper of hell. This was at a time where plays were being berated by most churches as places of sin.
While the entertainment industry generally doesn't go out of its way to cause public commotion, the lack of informaton about these games have the same effect - GTA3 was reported to permit killing cops without incident (ignoring the threat-level that gets assigned), 25 to Life was declared the same (ignoring the fact that they don't act like cops, and that the game isn't good either). From these two points, Bully will be the same - claimed to be bad but only if you omit facts.
"Meanwhile, word about "Bully" has been quietly spreading. Maybe if there's enough uproar about the game, Rockstar can be bullied itself - into keeping the game off store shelves."
It hasn't been quietly spreading - it is noisingly spreading because of the controversy from that game. People will buy it to see what is going on, and will wonder what these guys were talking about as they try to reproduce the alleged situations.
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