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  14. Posted

    7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

     

    YES!!!  Wait til you see what we've done with B-17 Bomber!  It's scheduled to be a day one release at this point.  The couch co-op for this one is SO unique!  And you don't need to be a gamer to join in and have fun and still be an important part of the mission.  Ever see the movie Memphis Belle?  So many different members of a team on a B-17 Bomber.  Even the radar and co-pilot.  Gunners, bombers, pilot, etc.  Everyone has a different task, job.  Imagine if everyone had their own screens and controllers and things to do on a mission.  Imagine what that would be like and the type of communication that would go on in the living room?

    Just sayin....

     

    Folks are going to be very surprised once they have a chance to see how we are redefining couch co-op.  Having screens on the controller is so cool.  It really cracks me up when folks make comments about how stupid the screen is for our controller (without ever seeing how we are using it).

     

    Fun times ahead!!

    Sounds a lot like what Disneyland did with the new Smuggler's Run ride. Each rider has a job in the Millenium Falcon. Pilot, Gunner, grabbing cargo, etc. There's a pass/fail at the end of the ride.

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  17. Posted · Edited by Blarneo
    Removed hot headed response

    8 hours ago, Papy said:

    What we consider acceptable or not for children depends mostly on how playing the game could impact their moral system and influence their behavior.

     

    For example, children do not have access to tanks. So a game like Armor Battle where they drive a tank and shoot other tanks will have zero impact on their behavior. No children will think of walking on their food after playing BurgerTime. No children will think of robbing a bank after playing Lock 'N' Chase. No children will think of eating a smaller kid after playing Shark! Shark!.

      

    Sure, you can imagine a lot of things associated with those games. You can imagine destroying a tank is a depiction of war, which is something absolutely horrible. However, children do not have that kind of abstract ideas. They are not aware of the violence of the act of destroying an enemy tank. And if they are not aware of it, it can't impact them.

     

    On the other hand, children can certainly punch, kick, or even stab another kid with a kitchen knife. So the last thing you want is for them to play games that normalize or desensitize them to this kind of violence. You don't want children to be accustomed of seeing blood after beating someone. You don't want children to be accustomed to see people being in pain. For children, seeing blood or seeing someone in pain should result in a psychological shock that stops them.

    I said I give up! It's clear I'm not getting anywhere, and I really don't need the condescension & pop psychology, so you can "Finish Him!" by belaboring your point. 

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  20. Posted

    17 minutes ago, mr_me said:

    According to the esrb "fantasy violence" is rated e10+.  I'm not familiar with sexual assault in literary or cinematic dracula but I don't expect to see any sexual assault in a dracula video game. 

     

    The imagic dracula game was kind of funny.  If they go the comedic or horror route, doesn't matter as long as it's a good game.

    So... put Leslie Nielsen's face on him?

     

    Of course not about sexual assault in the game, but I'm curious what were you doing when you should've been paying attention to those Dracula movies you were supposed to be watching?

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  23. Posted · Edited by Blarneo
    Remark about ESRB

    8 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

    Even if someone is "shot" but there is no blood and they just disappear (i.e. something like Elevator Action) its also totally ok.  It's the way the death or violence is shown that is the factor.  So punching someone in the face and their head flying back would get the Teen rating.

    You announced plans to re-design Dracula. I don't envy the tightrope your designers will have to walk to keep him an icon and please the ESRB at the same time, without turning him into a muppet that counts things on Sesame Street.

     

    Dracula's only motivation is his insatiable thirst for blood. He gets this through seduction, mind control and sexual assault. 

           He is the personification of our darkest fears of losing our autonomy and ownership of our bodies, minds and souls. It's why he's up there with Robin Hood, Merlin, Perseus and Long John Silver as a literary and cinematic icon. 

           Even the original 1983 game has him as the player's avatar assaulting people on the street. I don't know how Dracula's character can be faithfully depicted and still remain within the rules of E10+.

     

    It seems to me that the ESRB ratings are arbitrary and capricious. Shooting somebody is OK, as long as there's no blood. Punching somebody with no blood is bad, because reasons. Biting somebody, where blood is necessary to remain true to a literary icon? Maybe they'll bend the rules.

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  24. Posted · Edited by Blarneo
    Dracula

    *sigh*. Okay. I give up. 

     

    Let's just enjoy Armor Battle... depicting a war where over 60,000 deaths occurred defeating Nazism with the tank being the biggest death trap of all war machines.

    Or Night Stalker and it's neighborhood gun violence.

    What did those demons ever do to you?

    Or the ultra-sanitary way to make hamburgers... by walking on them. No e-coli there! 

    Lock N Chase will teach our children how to rob a bank vault while trying to avoid the cops. First class family fun!

    Or racing cars in city streets & crashes never result in dismemberment & decapitation from flying through the windshield at 70mph.

    Ah SharkShark! The great circle of life. Or is it an allegory to eat or be eaten world of corporate America where you only get ahead by destroying everybody else in your never ending ambition to be the biggest fish?

    Do I need to even describe Dracula?

     

    I get it though. Pocket Fighter is just way too much and disturbing for a family game system.🙄

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