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Real NameMagdalene 
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Latest Blog Entry - Mothers against GTAIV's drunk driving
From my blog Magdalene's Shrine [magdalene08]

These people need alcohol. Lots of it. -Magdalene

 

Much like its unfortunate series of protagonists, the Grand Theft Auto series seems to be continually under fire. The latest parental interest group to put the game in its crosshairs is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which commemorated Grand Theft Auto IV's release yesterday with its own official statement decrying the game.

Noting that drunk driving claims nearly 13,500 lives each year, MADD said that it is "extremely disappointed" that the game lets users get virtually drunk and then get behind the wheel of an equally virtual automobile.

"Drunk driving is not a game and it is not a joke," MADD said. "Drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime, and it is also 100 percent preventable."

MADD is asking the Entertainment Software Rating Board to bump Grand Theft Auto IV's rating up to AO for Adults Only from M for Mature. The ESRB's content descriptors for the game currently include "use of drugs and alcohol." The parental group also said that it is asking the game's "manufacturer" (presumably Take-Two Interactive) to consider stopping distribution out of a sense of social responsibility, or out of respect for those who've been hurt or killed by drunk drivers.

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    • What are your three favorite features in MMOs?

    • Me like:

      a) Questing
      b) Variety of costumes to choose/buy/wear
      c) Friendly players

      Me not like:

      a) Click on an NPC and your whole Windows crash (lol)
      b) Party members who leave right away after they leveled up
      c) "Hey, give me gold. I'm new."

    • Posted: 6/17/08 4:34 AM
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    • Current (sick) trend with MMOs

    • Thanks for the eye-opening inputs.. But still, I don't like how they depict women and girls in MMOs.. How distasteful.. There is one wallpaper from Cabal Online showing a mage (I guess) putting her hand on her bosom in my opinion; quite alluring to the youngsters. That's quite disconcerting for me.

    • Posted: 6/11/08 3:54 AM
      General Discussion
    • Current (sick) trend with MMOs

    • I think there's a disturbing stuff going on with MMOs nowadays. Here are some that I can think off at the moment. For me..these are sickening to some extend..

      1. Developers tend to focus more on the graphics rather than the game itself ; value of replayability

      2. Based on #1, games are most of the times ridden with bugs and instability (Age of Conan, Rohan and Hellgate London comes to mind)

      3. Based on #1, players HAVE to upgrade their system just for the sake of playing it

      4. Most MMOs depicting female characters with big breasts and half naked costumes for games developed for the general audience and players (unless rated 'M', like AOC)

      5. Encouraging youngsters to spend money pointlessly.

      6. Inserting into youngsters's mentality that high level characters and big sum of money in any games makes you a somebody, and not school grades which should have been focused on.


      What say you? Am I just thinking too much?

    • Posted: 6/11/08 1:38 AM
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