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Old 11-05-2014, 11:04 PM   #419
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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD View Post
You keep going back to me having a problem with people critiquing rather than the strength of their critique. For the last time: I have no problem with people analyzing art through any lens they like, but with industry context they have to be aware that not all opinions are valued equally.

Please read my Camero review scenario again where I explain more about the idea of legit, informed opinions vs people who miss the point.
That is a redundant statement. If your opinion is not valued then no one listens or responds to it. This is simple. That's why none of us read or watch everything written or recorded about the stuff we like. This is absolutely redundant.

However, Anita Sarkeesian to name one, is only a public persona now because of the response to her criticisms. So therefore what she says has been made valid by the debate that has ensued.


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None but the most strident would out and say they want something banned. Few people wanna be 'that guy'. So I'll just ask you directly:

Were you king of the earth, able to pass or deny anything; does GTA5 as it is right now exist? Does Dead or Alive 5 exist? Does Mortal Kombat exist?
Considering that I've played GTA and Mortal Kombat since both original games were released, it would be a bit ludicrous for me to have them banned. I've loved both games over the years in their various iterations. But this is not to say that when a game like GTA V throws away the sharply-observed satire of previous incarnations, and almost becomes a version of what it used to parody, that I cannot point this out, nor that it should not be pointed out by critics. GTA IV just bored me, GTA V just turned me off single player with that segment (though I may pick it up again since my internet connection is so bad here to make online play basically impossible bar some Worms 2).

Trying to paint me as a prude is wide of the mark, rather than just someone who is dismayed by artistic laziness and crassness.

In regards to the other thread, that's a side issue. Since I've had to do a bit of work on child protection and recognising/preventing abuse, I'm coming to it from that angle. What I will say is that The Rogerer made the best point in that thread, in that the prosecutors and police involved have to look at all child porn and categorise it that they bring to court for any case, so it is not a case of prudes not understanding something. They have to sit through all that shit and go home to their families afterwards. If they brought that case and achieved a conviction, I would tend to believe they had a reason to do so because what they had seen demonstrated a possible threat to the public.
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