GP on Joystiq: Stand Up & Be Counted
GP on Joystiq: Stand Up & Be Counted
January 25, 2008
...the one in which GP explains why EA's decision to fight for Mass Effect means as much to gamers as it does to the video game industry.Catch it only on Joystiq...
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Posted 10/11/08 at 06:02pm
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
Posted 10/11/08 at 05:16pm
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Posted 10/11/08 at 03:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:19pm
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:59pm
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:47am
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:09am
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:07am
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:06am
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
Posted 10/11/08 at 10:13am
gamepolitics: if you are having problems getting registered for GP, shoot me an e-mail : dennisATgamepolitics.com
gamepolitics: if you are having problems getting registered for GP, shoot me an e-mail : dennisATgamepolitics.com
Posted 10/11/08 at 08:07am
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Posted 10/11/08 at 06:04am
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:14am
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
Posted 10/10/08 at 11:36pm
GoodRobotUs: http://tinyurl.com/3qqvb4 LOL
GoodRobotUs: http://tinyurl.com/3qqvb4 LOL
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:49pm
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
Posted 10/10/08 at 09:46pm
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
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The last few weeks have been an excellent example of how well spoken gamers can change people's minds, and its excellent to see a game company finally wading in and helping out.
Its time the video game industry as a whole started acting against the stereotypes and false information. When a video game is attacked, it should be the makers and publishers standing at the forefront defending it.. by not doing so, they only send the message that their critics are correct.
*pops in Ear-buds and turns on Guerilla Radio by Rage against the Machine"
'Cuz that's a line from one of their songs..
It is nice to see an industry big wig snap at those who do nothing but spout incorrect nonsense. I'm hoping 2008 will be the year of the gamer.
they feel threatened by us that's why they likened us to those they don't understand. they see us killing things in game and having fun doing it so they think we are serial killers and dangerous.
They make me think of the book Farenheit 451woh right I'm a 13 years old hyperactive teen who's drooling in front of my TV I don't read books). they are fighting what they don't understand.
Well said Dennis. Facts are our greatest weapon against these ignorant fools.
Great article, GP. I hope this sort of thing happens more often.
Funny thing is, Fox News' own website tends to have good game coverage... for a mainstream outlet, and gave Mass Effect high marks. They should have known better than to smear the game like this.
Sure, when they bash GTA or Manhunt for being bad for kids, I can let that slide because, yes those games are bad for children. Yes, they border on the gratuitous and you can make the argument their only redeeming quality is the shock value--But Mass Effect is a freaking crown jewel of the industry, a true masterpiece of the art form--and these people are taking a sh!t on it based on total exaggeration and outright falsehoods.
We aren't going to let this one skate by. What we're seeing now on the news and blog pages is like the public demonstration of the internet age. What we're seeing on the Amazon book reviews and the panelist's MySpace page is the like the civil disobedience of the new millennium. I just hope it doesn't become an all out riot. I will be watching :)
I'm glad to see companies finally standing up to this ridiuclous nonsense and join the voice of th consumers.
I've been thinking that as well. The whole thing reminds me of the one time I ever got kicked out of class and sent to the principal. The teacher who did it was an inexperienced substitute who was losing control of the classroom, and I turned around at the wrong moment to see what the guys behind me were laughing at. She basically kicked me out to set an example.
As it happened, I was just about the most well-behaved kid in the entire class, though of course she didn't (and indeed couldn't) know that. The second I closed the door behind me, my classmates absolutely erupted in protest at the unfairness of it. In the end, half the class walked out the door and up to the principal's office and explained that it was all a misunderstanding, bless 'em.
This is probably gonna take a little more to set right, sadly.
It's nice to see a little solidarity every once in awhile.
@Adam - I have the same sediments as you about the situation.
On a side note all her books have been panned on all the different Amazon sites and B&N as well as others from what I have read.
piss one gamer off, you have an annoyance
attack a game with a universally known untrue and you sick an entire damn industry on yourself.
I haven't played Mass Effect, but I did play Neverwinter Nights (Bioware), and that also included story lines involving romance that you could engage in via selecting certain dialog options with NPCs (no actual love scenes though). So I can imagine that the process leading up to the actual love scene in ME is similar. I also watched the cinematic, and felt that it was very tasteful.
It's such a shame that ignorance and misinformation can be spread so easily these days. Hopefully EA will continue the good fight.