Comments on: Digital Artist Pulls Space Invaders 9/11 Art After “Immature” Response to His Work

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:35:20 +0000

I’m more interested in the accusations he laid at the feet of Kotaku. Saying that the guys at Kotaku deliberatly misquoted him and wrote what he said out of context is a heavy charge.
I wonder what Kotaku has to say to this.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:53 +0000

Obviously not everyone in the U.S. is concerned with only the U.S. I’m not sure if you were referring to me or to the artist in this story, but I’m pretty sure that neither one of us is being hypocritical.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:49:08 +0000

I’ll tell you what is hypocritical, Like any other county gives a rats a$$ what is happening in another country. All governments and their people are exactly the same. worried about themselves and what is happening withing their borders. Nothing annoys me more when someones makes the statement ” Everyone in the US thinks the world revolves around them.” because it belies what is human nature. people are more or less the same everywhere, they want to take care of their family and live a decent life. Greeks, Isralis, Germans, Japanese ect. For someone to demonize a whole group of people for doing Exactly what they themselves do is hypocritical.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:32:14 +0000

So you love how smug smug people are, and bald people are also apparently automatically smug? You gonna take that, Dr. Phil?

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:27:38 +0000

smug asshats……and bald guys

By: Dr. Muhbutwiches

Dr. Muhbutwiches — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:26:32 +0000

From a professional psychological point of view, I would have to say that the “art” is not very good, but I do think it is about time we all move on with our lives and stop letting this event define us.

I mostly agree with Mr. Landis. And nobody watches the news because they are all watching my show.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:17:20 +0000

Just because something is on the news doesn’t mean anybody actually cares. On top of that, most people don’t even watch the news. As for the Holocaust, I think that was completely different because there are (and were) tons of Jews in the U.S., and significantly more people were killed.

I’m curious what you think is hypocritical about this, and how me “learning some damn history” is a counterpoint to anything I’ve said. And I still want to know who you were referring to when you said “you people”.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:00:34 +0000

Frankly, I really didn’t care about the Artwork as much as the Hypocrisy. and as for the Holocaust, Dan, You think that nobody cared? also I was a kid during the time Idi Amin was Dictator of Uganda and it was on the news, in the newspapers. Time magazine. learn some damn history, man.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:43:32 +0000

Let’s do it! Inspiration comes from the strangest of places…

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:42:35 +0000

Sure Dan, I think we should design a game called “Jesus: Dinosaur Hunter”. You write the words and I will do the pictures.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:40:13 +0000

so says the guy that thinks the most horrible thing in the world is someone who prefers the playstation 3 over and Xbox 360.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:39:25 +0000

Who are you referring to when you say “you people”? And everything you are talking about? No, there was no artwork about it in the U.S. because nobody gives a fuck. As I said before, Americans are the only people Americans really care about.

And Chad, when will it be okay to start talking about it? Is it okay to make fun of Jesus? It’s been 2,000 years now. How about the dinosaurs, is it okay to make fun of them?

More people died in the war following 9/11 than the actual terrorist attack, so do you think all those millions of inconsiderate dicks need to stop playing Call of Duty 4? Yes, it’s a made up country in the game, but we all know the inspiration.

By: DavidGX

DavidGX — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:32:22 +0000

Don’t like it? Don’t look at it.

It’s sad that he took this down.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:58:42 +0000

Please, don’t put me to sleep, no one in the US has an artwork collection that shows WW2 concentration camp victims in mass graves with Kratos dancing on them and calling it art.
when the congo river was clogged with dead bodies from Idi Amin’s mass murders I don’t remember any “artwork” here in the US that had the character from jungle hunt swinging over them. I love how smug you people are. So, what you are implying is it is OK for them to “create” this art because it is Americans that were killed?

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:56:59 +0000

At the same time Dan, there is a “too soon” factor, and I believe this was too soon.

If someone decided to make an amusement park ride where you board a sinking ship in ice cold water a few years after the Titanic sunk I am going to guess it wouldn’t go over well either.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:43:56 +0000

Thousands of people are slaughtered every day all around the world, but nobody cares about that because it’s not Americans. Then Americans get killed and they think they are soooo special that we have to be reminded of it all the goddamn time. “OMG! We got blowed up! I thought we were above all that!” Try living outside of the U.S. for a while and you might start to see why everyone hates us.

Do you think we should stop making war games because people’s family members died in the real wars? Should GTA be banned to spare the feelings of the families of cops (and hookers) that were killed in the line of duty? Should Microsoft stop making Flight Simulator because people really die in plane crashes? Get over it! Stop being so fucking sensitive!

This “public outcry” is a slap in the nuts to so many of the freedoms we fight for that I’m surprised anyone feels like he is the dick instead of wanting to kick the collective over-sensitive douchebags of America right in their pompous teeth.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:43:01 +0000

you must be European…..

By: Iceman Pwns

Iceman Pwns — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:17:48 +0000

This is a perfect example of everyone in the US thinking the world revolves around them.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:52:05 +0000

Suffice it to say, the game is over for this artist.

By: madpuppy

madpuppy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:48:33 +0000

yeah, but, his family would have to be dead in a way that would upset him. Like a car crash then you show his dead family in the car and space invaders above it reigning down destruction.