Comments on: Mass Effect: “Star Wars Meets Debbie Does Dallas” http://www.independentcreator.com/2008-01-22/mass-effect-star-wars-meets-debbie-does-dallas/ Diary of an Indie Game Developer Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://www.independentcreator.com/2008-01-22/mass-effect-star-wars-meets-debbie-does-dallas/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Geoff Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:13:03 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2008-01-22/mass-effect-star-wars-meets-debbie-does-dallas/#comment-2311 I suppose fear-mongering has often been a successful "rally the troops!" political tactic. I'm honestly more disappointed that the sex/nudity angle gets these people more riled up than the violence. I guess I just think seeing some boob is a more normal experience than a headshot - given the two, I know which one I expect (and hope) Johnny Teenager does more often in reality. Well, until a class 5 Zombie outbreak, then every survivor needs to learn to aim for the head. My rational mind wants to tell these people about the ESRB, and how they can purchase games from responsible vendors that card young people when buying games over a certain rating. Its usually then that I remind myself that they have no interest in having a rational discussion, and are just trying to get some segment of the population riled up. In the end, it is more important to have people all upset over a trivial things than focused on solving real problems I guess. I suppose fear-mongering has often been a successful “rally the troops!” political tactic. I’m honestly more disappointed that the sex/nudity angle gets these people more riled up than the violence. I guess I just think seeing some boob is a more normal experience than a headshot – given the two, I know which one I expect (and hope) Johnny Teenager does more often in reality. Well, until a class 5 Zombie outbreak, then every survivor needs to learn to aim for the head.

My rational mind wants to tell these people about the ESRB, and how they can purchase games from responsible vendors that card young people when buying games over a certain rating. Its usually then that I remind myself that they have no interest in having a rational discussion, and are just trying to get some segment of the population riled up. In the end, it is more important to have people all upset over a trivial things than focused on solving real problems I guess.

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