When did control pads become dangerous weapons?
This is getting out of hand.
There is a post up at GamePolitics about the bad timing of the Red Dead Stats announcement in regards to the Schwarzenegger v. EMA SCOTUS ruling. As I understand it the issue here is, there are some concerns that the recent RDR stats announcement (players have murdered over 132 million virtual characters in-game since release) may back up claims regarding violence in entertainment, which may then have knock-on effects for the Schwarzenegger v. EMA SCOTUS outcome.
Firstly, Schwarzenegger, I’ve watched you;
- Throw a steel pipe through a guys chest (Let off some steam Bennet!)
- Murder innocents without a moments pause (Sarah Connor? BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!)
- Pin a guy to a wooden pole with what appears to be a 2 foot machete (Stick around!)
In fact hasn’t most of your money come from glorifying violence in entertainment?
Yeah yeah, ok that was shooting fish in a barrel so how about this…
If the RDR stats are shocking these mouthbreathers, can someone give a ballpark figure how many virtual soldiers lives have been lost in the boardgame, Risk? Should we start making a fuss about Risk teaching our kids to invade foreign countries and become powerful wartime strategists?
I’d like to know… At what point did control pads become dangerous weapons?
