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Videogame violence rears its ugly head AGAIN
Topic Started: Saturday Nov 29 2008, 09:23 AM (172 Views)
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Well, not exactly violence, but plenty of harsh words, shoving and jostling.

Background: it's currently Thanksgiving holiday in the US. This apparently means two public holidays - the first day is devoted to stuffing yourself silly with food - presumably put on your credit card as your home is being foreclosed. The second is the notorious "Black Friday", when stores around the nation open up early - some at midnight - and offer the best bargains of the year. Once again likely to be purchased with credit, 'cos if God wanted us to exercise fiscal restraint, he wouldn't have given us interest free terms, amirite?

When you see some sickening low price for a LCD TV being advertised over here as proof the yanks have it made in retail land - good chance it's been lifted from a Black Friday catalogue.

Anyway, back to the "violence". Most "bargain day early openings" are typically a war where the people most willing to sacrifice their dignity and throw some elbows are most likely to end up clutching their prized goodies. This time around, witness as crazed Americans (many of whom queued up hours in advance for a 5.00AM opening) melee for the last Xbox 360/Guitar Hero pack.

This disturbs me way more than seeing a few disembowelled zombies or spooky psycho FEAR 2 girls, to be honest. I'm a little fetal ball of cringe right now. Watch it, and join me in "promise to shoot me before I turn into that person"-land.

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Edited by NecrisTEWQ, Saturday Nov 29 2008, 09:23 AM.
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Man, that video's scary! Those people should be rated R18+.
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What idiots! Over a bloody Game geez..... :ermm:
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BAhahaha americans. funny for so many reasons. not the ones they think
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Saturday Nov 29 2008, 09:45 AM
Man, that video's scary! Those people should be rated R18+.
Yeah but seeing as the vid is regarding video games, hen it would simply be banned here in Oz instead.

(yes, in a roundabout kind of way, that was a reference to the lack of an R18+ classificatiopn for games here in Oz)
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No if you want scary watch this -------->LINK
WARNING!!!!!! Not pretty, a phone cam of a guy trying to get resuscitated after being trampled on the very same day of the before link. You have been warned.
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