Should We Be Able To Kill Kids in Games?
by Keane Ng on November 1, 2008
Call me sick, but in my time with Fable 2, I’ve tried to kill kids. Multiple times. You see, my character’s evil. He’d do that. He seduces men and women and takes them under the bridge and puts a flintlock rifle in their faces and pulls the trigger without remorse. He soaks up the upgrades to evil and corruption stats like they’re candy.
But kids, no matter what you do, seem to have an invisible forcefield around them. Just like GTA IV, just like in Fallout 3. Games that are about moral choices, that seem to say - we won’t go this far.
In the case of Fallout 3, lead designer Emil Pagliarulo had this to say on the topic:
We began to think, really what benefit would there be in killing the kids in the game? It just seems gratuitous, unnecessary and cruel.
Some people would say it is necessary, though. Read more…
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Wii Fun for Kids in Hospitals
by Emily Balistrieri on June 26, 2008
This kid looks like he’s totally having fun, right?
Looks like someone is thinking of the children! Yesterday Nintendo of America and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation promised 500 new “Fun Centers” in hospitals around North America for this year, giving kids a chance to escape the sick room and have some good times chilling with a Wii. Read more…
Kids Say The Darndest Things To Get GTA4
by Roly Reyes on April 23, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV will be released in just about a week. It’s very likely taken over your very consciousness and the only reason that you still eat, sleep, and breathe is because you’d like to live just one more week.
But what about us kiddos that are under 17? Those of us that would have to hop on our bikes, see if the cashier forgets to ID us, complete the transaction, and then pedal like the devil was chasing us home?
What They Play and the MTV Multiplayer blog have spoken to several minors (anonymous and otherwise) who plan to get their hands on a copy Grand Theft Auto 4. Read on for some of their best schemes to beat the ESRB.
‘Brain Age’ Creator is Freaking Crazy
by Dan Landis on January 31, 2008
Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the man behind the popular Brain Age games for the DS, is a pretty strange dude. He refuses to accept any of the $11 million in royalties he’s entitled from his involvement in the games, and he doesn’t even really like videogames in the first place. All he wants to do in life is work. What a nutjob! Read more…
