Which Is Why Raph Koster Always Smells of Cool Mentholatum

Did you know Australia have discovered the printing press?   Thank you very much Persia for trading them Alphabet for–Aesthetics?!?!–are you kidding me? Why don’t you just give up right now?  Aesthetics. Pfff. So okay, crap, in addition to really big knives, Fosters, and Yahoo Serious, Australia has newspapers now also I guess. Which maybe is a short hop to Animal Husbandry? I dunno, I’d have to look it up.

Anyway, one such Queen’s Taux-Authouritiy-authourised Nouse Papere (digital even, crikey will nothing stop their counter-clockwise march to Space Flight?!?!!) reports that some down-under Christian group (fuck!!! they have Polytheism now, STOP IT BYZANTIUM JUST STOP IT!!!!!) are likening the video game industry to tobacco companies.

[Australian Christian Lobby (ACL)] Managing Director Jim Wallace said there is overwhelming evidence linking violent video games and aggression. Research also shows that violent computer games, because of their interactive nature, have a higher impact on their players than similar film content has on its viewers.

“At a time of strong public disquiet about depictions of violence in the media, the continued rejection of the R18+ rating for games would maintain the primacy of protecting vulnerable young people, as a principle in public policy above that of allowing people to read, hear and see whatever objectionable material they want,” the ACL stated in a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department opposing the introduction of an R18+ classification for computer games.

Zzzzzrnghhuh?? Oh right, so basically by “continued rejection of the R18+ rating for games,” what they really mean is “pouring millions of dollars into research and development efforts into distilling and enhancing the effects of a lethal carcinogen.”

Stupid Australian Christian Lobby, they make me SO MAD!!!

Oh. Except that while the headline screams “Gaming industry mirrors ‘big tobacco’ in denial of violent gaming effects,” and the writer begins the article with how game companies are using tactics “reminiscent of the tactics of tobacco companies,” the article never actually quotes Mr. Wallace as having used the tobacco industry analogy. Which means this really isn’t so much a news story as an editorial being passed off as news by one Glynis Quinlan, which I’m pretty sure is somebody’s EQ2 character or cosplay name or something because it would be a totally awesome name for a Bard.

Stupid 8th Level EQ2 Bard Glynis Quinlan. l2p.

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2 Responses to “Which Is Why Raph Koster Always Smells of Cool Mentholatum”

  1. Sweetmeat says:
    March 1, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    That’s interesting; I find killing shit in game for an hour or so to be very calming really. Great way to lower stress and clear your mind before getting on with the day or going to bed.

    Listening to ignorant pundits quoting non-existent overwhelming research has a much higher chance of inciting aggression in me than obliterating some pixelated images in a game.

  2. Cunzy1 1 says:
    March 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    What? Three reasons why it can’t be true, say it ain’t true:

    1) They hardly ever show video games in movies

    2) You don’t get games companies sponsoring Formula 1 vehicles.

    3)You can’t give head whilst smoking a cigarette from the mouth.