arcady opened this issue on Apr 16, 2002 ยท 105 posts
VirtualSite posted Wed, 17 April 2002 at 5:25 PM
I seriously doubt it Sorry, I don't. I think we would find some way to justify it as "art". And we would scream blue murder if anyone dared contravene that. Look how righteously indignant people get when their comments are taken off a picture. Well, yes, but Clint Eastwood isn't one of them. I've seen him murder probably a hundred people on film. Should he be put in a cell next to a person who does it for real? Honestly? I don't know. IMVHO, we've become so obsessed with sex and violence that, as a society, we probably don't care to know what the long-term impact of all this will be. Hell, there's been an ongoing debate for years about violence in video games, which the VG industry finally seems fit to address, but you really have to wonder when it seems like every "game" out there has to do with (1) body counts, (2) car crashes, (3) one-on-one fights, and (4) sex. Adventure games in the style of Obsidian or Of Light and Darkness don't stand a chance today, because there's no blood and gore, just something where you have to think for a change.... and that's no fun, right? They're boring! Nah, gimme a first person shooter! Now that's entertainment! Nobody's saying it's anyone's right to make jerk-off pictures of little kids Not in so many words, of course not. We may be collectively stupid around here sometimes, but only a remarkable few would be so dumb as to actually admit what we all know happens from time to time in the galleries. And now, well, hey, it's legal.