Does this make sense?
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: Motoki on 2005 November 07, 00:53:22
Kngidomapaloce: Oh I know it's not what you personally think, you're just trying to explain the rationale behind it, but I still think it's silly.
I think it's far more disturbing that little kids play San Andreas than if they were to say, play the sims and it actually said *gasp* make love instead of woohoo. I also think it's extremely fucked up that no one gave a crap that kids were playing San Andreas until sex became involved. ::)
Again, typical American double standard BS. :P
personally "woohoo is stupid term if you look at the pie menu try for a baby is right there as well and I would venture to say that not many 13 year olds are so far in the backwoods that they dont how babies are made
Brynne:
Quote from: Motoki on 2005 November 07, 00:53:22
I also think it's extremely fucked up that no one gave a crap that kids were playing San Andreas until sex became involved. ::)
Very good point, my friend.
witch:
San Andreas is misogynist in it's treatment of females too. My son plays this, I've had a game of pool in a bar with him in the game - the pool is excellently simulated by the way! The main character becomes more appealing to the girlfriend the more he exercises/dresses up/buys flowers/takes her out in the car/upgrades his car and so on. As the relationship improves he gets to take more liberties, it seems so formulaic and I wonder what messages it gives young people. The main character can also pick up hookers and make the old car rock. I'm pretty sure that was in the version before as well. I remember my son & his mate giggling hyterically in front of the PS one afternoon when they were about 14, they were running hookers down with their cars. :-\
At least in the sims, there is an attempt at gender equality and a presentation of equal opportunities to all sims. I reckon Maxis have done pretty well on that front. I don't mind euphemisms for sex or bubble blowing if it means kids are legally allowed to play it, hell with the empasis on interaction, community and relationships that the gameplay entails, the sims has got to be better for young minds than some of the violent, misogynistic, anti-social, competitive crap that passes for games in the real world.
Motoki:
Oh I agree. It's not a bad game at all for kids, or anyone for that matter, to play compared to a lot of other stuff out there. And if nothing else, they get to find out that having a kid and having to take care of it isn't all fun and games, it's a pain in the ass! LOL
I guess I am more bothered by the fact that we live in a society that feels it needs such silly euphamisms than by the euphamisms themselves. That and the double standard that sexual related things are 'bad' and must hidden but violence is just fine to display in the open. But that's more of a problem I have with American society in general and TS2 is by no means the only or the worst example of that.
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: witch on 2005 November 07, 04:00:21
San Andreas is misogynist in it's treatment of females too.
I watched my ex play this game once, and I really wasn't impressed. He was showing me one time how they could pick up hookers and make the car rock and all that. It really wasn't down my alley. You make a good point about how it depicts women and what it's teaching young men.
Motoki: I didn't recognize you at first with your new avatar! Is this your latest nanny? I've just about quit using nannies.
Oh, and I guess we all have to stop talking about Rentwit now, I mean Rentech, because "Kngidomapaloce" is getting annoyed. :P
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