Comments on: History: Rated M (Politically Incorrect, Massive Violence, Strong Sexual Content, Smoking)

By: Broken Toys » The Real Hitler Problem

Broken Toys » The Real Hitler Problem — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:10:22 +0000

[...] mentions this history, and I’ve written in the past both about overwrought gaming journalists decrying politically incorrect gaming subjects and the equally idiotic tendency of some mouth-breather members of the wargaming community to make [...]

By: nerd gone bad

nerd gone bad — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:13:59 +0000

I guess Rockstar pays better.

By: Catalin

Catalin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:29:47 +0000

I find Mr. Fritz’ comments deeply disturbing… and _offensive_

By: yunk

yunk — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:24:49 +0000

Excellent response, Wanderer.

By: hitnrun

hitnrun — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:24:26 +0000

“A game about colonization that’s entirely about controlling the settlers can either force the player to do horrific things or let him avoid doing it and whitewash some of the worst events of human history. Either option is offensive.”

It always frightens me when I meet someone who takes the earnest opinions of their undergrad professors so deadly seriously.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:10:12 +0000

I got a little carried away. What started to be a single rage-filled paragraph commenting on this idiot and his “history is bad, so pretend it didn’t exist” political correctness kind of grew. It grew into something of an essay, and only the fact that I’ve got a lot to do this morning kept it down to the size (and, sadly, degree of polish) that it is now. I’m not going to suck up Lum’s bandwidth to repost it here; go give the idiot another hit and read the ginormous wall of text in his comment section.

By: yunk

yunk — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:24:51 +0000

I think simulators are a great way to help us understand the choices societies have made. For instance Sim City taught me a lot as a kid about how taxes affect economies. And the challenge of balancing taxes with economic growth and providing services at the same time. At least it taught me a lot more than any professor ever did.

Of course models aren’t perfect and usualy also biased, especially ones you can’t test very well because they model large systems or people.

By: Raelyf

Raelyf — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:03:53 +0000

“What Would Matt Do: Your forehead, my marker, bitchlips.”

You’ve just got a new reader.. LOL

By: wzrd

wzrd — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:11:03 +0000

Also, can I get proper English to flow from my fingers? Apparently not anytime soon.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:58:39 +0000

Man, I got linked as “somewhat angry”? Can’t I get I perturbed or an awesomely irate? ;p

The more I think about this article, the more I’m pretty sure it’s gotta be a troll. Or lots of dumb, I can’t really decide.