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WWE's Randy Orton wants 'more violence' in games |
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It looks like the videogame industry has a new defender in its midst, except he's not exactly the type of person you'd expect to be promoting the videogame industry. How come? Well, he's the so-called Legend Killer of wrestling, and he wants to see even more violence in games. That's right: the WWE's Randy Orton took a stand for more violence in videogames, arguing that videogames were the least of parents' worries. Said Orton at a recent London promotion for THQ's WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, DS), "Violence sells. I want to see more violence in games - the more blood the better."
Orton cited the movie Goodfellas as proof that movie violence, by comparison, could be more shocking than the violence found in a videogame. "The violence [in Goodfellas] is against human beings. There's rape in movies - you see all kinds of f***ed up s*** on film," noted the WWE superstar.
While his enthusiasm for the videogame industry is nice, we doubt that Orton sees videogames as an artform. If videogames are to become an emerging medium, however, we suppose you'd have to accept both the highbrow forms of artistry and storytelling in videogaming and the occasional bouts of virtual recreational violence.
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*facepaws*
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We need more God Of War, Manhunt 3, MK Shaolin Monks 2 and so on and so forth.
Come to think of it, almost all mature violent games are high ranked in review sites.
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If some 8 year old kid comes on a game, I'll curse him out and tell him about pot. He has no business on the game to begin with and his idiot father doesn't need to jump down my throat because he's letting his son play these *****ed up games like we do.
And Orton will get his wish with that new game coming - called Splatterhouse.
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To the first 3 posters, why do you care if he likes violent video games. It's his choice. Maybe he thinks parents should worry about their kids having kids, doing drugs, or shooting up a real school.
To Naroon I somewhat agree, it's retarded when some 12 year old kid tells me to watch my language while playing an "M" rated game. You know what my response is, "what do you think the phrase "Game experience may change on-line." means.
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also yh droppped on his head a little too often,
maybe that explains why WWE acting is so pathetic that 2 yr old girls could do better acting serious
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incase you didnt get it, thats the gap in between a punch being thrown on wwe, and the toher guys head
also yh WE DONT WANT VIOLENCE,
WE JUST DONT WANT SO MANY *****TY LIMITATIONS
yh well except violence, but thats not why the majority of gamers buy it for
the game aint made on violence alone, its something a retarded caterpillar would say.........
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and wtf is this supposed to be:
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I am VERY against extreme amounts of violence in videogames, but I don't think we should trample the constitution to stop it. I DO think it would be nice to have edited versions of games released for the people that don't want sex and gore throughout their playing experience, but it should be up to the publisher/developer.
Anyway, a lot of the comments in this article give me a lot more hope for humanity.
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Learn to actually read more than 2% of a comment before you jump to ludicrous conclusions, asshat.
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Imagine how much cooler it would be if when you shot someone in the head, the top of their skull would blow off, and when the body hits the ground the gray matter should flow out like from a toppled over soup bowl.
nVidia Physx could make the leakage calculations much more realistic.
And if you took a shotgun to the head, it should be like Manhunt 2 -- The entire head gets blown away into pulp, and chunks of brain splatter on the wall behind and slide down slowly.
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point is. . . make it real enough, and no one will care.
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not to mention the same thing happened to another great sports entertainer, Eddie Gurrerro. (spelling).
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so get this. . . IT IS THE PARENTS FAULT FOR "BUYING VIOLENT GAMES FOR THEIR CHILDREN - THERE IS A RATING SYSTEM - YOU DONT HAVE TO EVEN BE LITERATE TO UNDERSTAND THE RATING SYSTEM.
And randy ortons not an idiot. just cause hes a celebrity whos got an honest opinion doesnt make him an idiot. if your buddy from around the way said to you how much he likes violent games you wouldnt think a thing of it. but hes a celebrity so hes supposed to act like one right? lol. guess we all need role models.
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seriously you guys should be more upset with the media for making this a story than with randy orton for liking video games.
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Just look at he's campionship reign, he did anything he could to stay on top as camp, with alot of shocking "controversy" action with he parten "Edge".
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Dont get me wrong i like pro wrestling as much as the next guy, its better than a lot of the crap on t.v. but for real, if you didnt know world wrestling enterainment IS JUST entertainment then maybe you shouldnt be playing video games. . . kinda scary . . .(dont ever rag on a pro wrestler about being an actor, they will slap the flying snot out of you. ive seen it, haha!)
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Like video games, processional wrestling has had its share of blame for influencing the actions of children.
Video games, movies, TV, music... all of these are or have been blamed for corrupting children. That's why various ratings systems exist.
Randy Orton may not be the spokes person you want, but if we're ever going to get past the "games are for children" mentality we need him and other public figures to take a stand.
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@dazmo: I hate flame wars, so... *pats dazmo on the head and walks off*
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Ya feel me!
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Like I said before, video games aren't the only form of entertainment in history to receive this exact same treatment. Not too long ago, heavy metal music was being targeted as trying to convert kids to Satanism, which is laughable when you think about a bunch of busybodies sitting around playing songs backward trying to decipher the hidden Satanic messages.
In 20 to 40 years we will either have crushed video games under the oppressive heel of censorship, or come to accept it as the art form that it is. Either way, something new will come along to take the controversial spotlight and we'll be having these exact same arguments all over again.
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