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Going Postal with Hatred

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Now before anyone comments by saying that Postal was funny and Hatred is not, I'd just like to point out that the original Postal was actually rather serious. The sequels, and the movie were funny (by the way, that movie is probably the only decent Uwe Boll film you'll ever see), and I must admit I wouldn't like Postal had it never gone in the direction of being funny. But the point still remains that something like that still did good enough to get two sequels and a movie. So does this mean that Hatred could also be successful? I doubt it, but if we can learn anything from the past, it's not to pass judgement this soon.

I've heard a lot of people complain about just how awful the trailer to this game is. I've watched it, and I honestly can't see what's wrong. If anything, I actually find it a little funny.
I know why other people find it wrong (I've read a lot about the reasons), but the fact is, I just don't mind it. Maybe I'm just really good at distinguishing the difference between fantasy and reality. Then again, it could also be just because I'm British, and we don't have gun wielding maniacs around here.
If it was real,I'd be horrified. But... well... it's not. It's just a game. At least it's not as bad as all of those racist war games going about nowadays, or those World War 2 war games which practically romanticizes the horrors of that dreadful war. Now those games are sickening (and yet shamefully I've still played them.)
Man, my morals and ethics must be really messed up.

Overall, it's clearly obvious even to me, that they're just trying to make their game as controversial as possible to get some free press for their crappy game. I suspect the game will be about as entertaining as E.T. for the Atari (and having played that game, I can tell you that would be about five minutes, or roughly one full round).

What I'm curious about though, is whether or not this game will sell. Sure, a lot of people are complaining about it and saying they would never buy it. But those are the extroverts! The introverts usually don't comment. And if all of the comments about how the first Equestria Girls movie was apparently utter crap, but the poll following it showed how the majority liked it, proved anything, it's that comments don't mean anything.
So yeah, I'm curious to see how well this game will do.

Now, before I wrap this up. I'd like to calm anyone who thinks that this game is going to somehow ruin the video game industry or whatever. Sure it's violent and all that crap which the media likes to pull on, and it makes a pretty decent target. But nothing will ever come of that. Games are made by the industry, and the government likes to help the industry. Censoring games wouldn't help industries like Rockstar which help boost the economy. If violent video games were getting banned, then the economy would suffer, and no government wants that. So in short, while there might one day be some mild censoring (and in many ways there already is), you'll never see violent video games getting downright banned (or at least not any by a major company). It just won't happen. Just like how cigarettes will never really get banned (and if they do, I suspect it wouldn't last long).

Also why can't they just stop with the mass murder simulators and make a serial killer simulator! Now that's a game I'd like to play. Planning, killing, disposing, lying. Now that would be fun.


In other more happier news! Ron Gilbert (if you don't know him, I suggest you stop reading) has just launched a Kickstarter for a new adventure game!
I suppose it would be a bit of a stretch to think it'll be anywhere near as good as his other adventure games, but the game does indeed look good. I mean, it's going to have the 9-verb GUI. The only games which have that nowadays are free fan games!
With that in mind, it does look like it could actually be interesting. The fact that Ron Gilbert is making it, just assures me that the storyline will be decent. The actual pictures though... those prove to me (within reason) that the game will actually be fun to play. Hopefully it'll actually be challenging and long... but I doubt that.
And with that shameless advertising now done, I shall leave you with a link which you may or may not click on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/t…

With how well it's currently doing. I suspect it will reach its goal without problem. So honestly, there's no need to click on that link. Just me placing that link there, makes that Kickstarter page more likely to appear in Google results. Hence why I included it.
Sorry if you didn't want to read all of that.
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Obelis's avatar
If only government only cared about economy, then no games would be banned. :nod: Sadly, sometimes people who set their personal sentiments higher than economical thinking get into government, and many relatably innocent things get banned. If machines ruled us, maybe there would be more logical decisions, but machines are worse at adjusting than humans, so I guess there is no real solution, at least not with nowadays' technology level. :shrug: