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Censorship in Video Games
One one hand I think that self-censorship in the form of "do we really need all this gore in this game" and removing it to appease a broader audience is alright. On the other hand I also think it is a bit annoying to have to "compromise" one's vision by removing that stuff.
And perhaps even compromise a vision even more by adding options in the settings to remove some of the things. Like... Did it really have to be there at all if it is so easily removable?
I guess what I'm really thinking is that it's terrible to have to make the... censorable stuff so easily removable that it can be taken out by flipping a switch. There was never any reason to include that stuff in that case.
There should be more games where this is just an integral part and have the proper rating and warnings instead.
I'm just not a fan of being able to set gore to "minimum" or "maximum" because that makes the gore completely useless (I remember for Warhammer Total War there was some Gore DLC, which I thought was the stupidest thing) Or the same for nudity, if a game will not be impacted by removing the nudity, maybe the nudity wasn't necessary. Instead there should be more games where removing the nudity would in fact impact the experience.
And perhaps even compromise a vision even more by adding options in the settings to remove some of the things. Like... Did it really have to be there at all if it is so easily removable?
I guess what I'm really thinking is that it's terrible to have to make the... censorable stuff so easily removable that it can be taken out by flipping a switch. There was never any reason to include that stuff in that case.
There should be more games where this is just an integral part and have the proper rating and warnings instead.
I'm just not a fan of being able to set gore to "minimum" or "maximum" because that makes the gore completely useless (I remember for Warhammer Total War there was some Gore DLC, which I thought was the stupidest thing) Or the same for nudity, if a game will not be impacted by removing the nudity, maybe the nudity wasn't necessary. Instead there should be more games where removing the nudity would in fact impact the experience.
Summer Movie Wager
It is now Friday and Guardians 3 opens in the americas. So this is officially closed. Though you can join late, but if you win with a late entry it will be counted as a tainted win :P
Summer Movie Wager
Video Game Critic Wager 2023
Jedi Survivor seems like it is basically unplayable on PC but fortunately reviewers might have played it on consoles because it's still scoring okay :D
Summer Movie Wager
Only a couple of days to get in your picks. After the fourth of May (may it be with you) you aren't allowed in anymore (or if you are allowed in you'll be in the league of latecomers and you scores won't be as impressive)
So make those lists guys.
And I've seen some early Guardians 3 reviews. Mostly skimmed star ratings, trying not to read too much in case of spoilers but... It seems like it's another MCU movie :P
So make those lists guys.
And I've seen some early Guardians 3 reviews. Mostly skimmed star ratings, trying not to read too much in case of spoilers but... It seems like it's another MCU movie :P
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I think a game page is what you're looking to make. The forums are not the place to advertise your games.
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Summer Movie Wager
I didn't know Guardians 3 was tracking worse than Thor 4. From what I've heard there's actually a fair amount of excitement about it considering it is Gunn's farewell to the MCU and probably a finale for a lot of those characters.
And despite Love and Thunder being a disappointment it still made 350mil, which would put it in the top 5 most years. I personally feel like I'm taking a huge risk putting it as low as #3...
Also the Equalizer 3 seems to come out on September 1st. Which means it has literally one weekend to make the list (since that weekend is the last of the "season")
The Barbie hype is definitely real, but I'm also not sure who the target audience is. From the trailer it doesn't exacly seem like a movie for kids who play with Barbie dolls instead it's like... some sort of playful deconstruction of the whole concept.
I'm sure if it was basically The LEGO Movie but for Barbies it'd make all the money. But right now... Who knows?
And despite Love and Thunder being a disappointment it still made 350mil, which would put it in the top 5 most years. I personally feel like I'm taking a huge risk putting it as low as #3...
Also the Equalizer 3 seems to come out on September 1st. Which means it has literally one weekend to make the list (since that weekend is the last of the "season")
The Barbie hype is definitely real, but I'm also not sure who the target audience is. From the trailer it doesn't exacly seem like a movie for kids who play with Barbie dolls instead it's like... some sort of playful deconstruction of the whole concept.
I'm sure if it was basically The LEGO Movie but for Barbies it'd make all the money. But right now... Who knows?
Summer Movie Wager
Okay so I didn't get back to this immediately because I really had to think about my picks, especially after listening to The Filmcast's episode on the whole thing
Also if you want you can submit your picks to https://www.thesummermoviewager.com/ to compete with loads of other people. But obviously this is the competition that matters.
And here's my list. I have to admit I hadn't even heard of Ruby Gillman, before writing this reply but it shot into my list because every year these animated things make loads of money.
1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Guardians of The Galaxy vol. 3
4. The Flash
5. Elemental
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Fast X
8. Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning
9. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
10. Barbie
Dark Horses:
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Oppenheimer
Insidious: The Red Door
I'm taking a risk on The Little Mermaid but the Lion King remake was reportedly (I still haven't seen it) awful and made insane amounts of money. But will it actually beat Guardians 3? I kinda doubt it.
So I made another risk in putting Indy at the top. Hoping for a bit of that Top Gun magic that happened last year to make that movie the biggest movie of the year. It'll probably backfire but whatever.
Barbie I originally had higher but then I wondered a bit about what that movie actually is and maybe it'll only barely crack the top 10. Oppenheimer I had in the top10 before I found out about Ruby Gillman and sure Nolan movies always make a lot of money (Dunkirk is the comparison here) but Oppenheimer is apparently three hours long too so that might hurt it a bit. Maybe.
Also if you want you can submit your picks to https://www.thesummermoviewager.com/ to compete with loads of other people. But obviously this is the competition that matters.
And here's my list. I have to admit I hadn't even heard of Ruby Gillman, before writing this reply but it shot into my list because every year these animated things make loads of money.
1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Guardians of The Galaxy vol. 3
4. The Flash
5. Elemental
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Fast X
8. Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning
9. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
10. Barbie
Dark Horses:
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Oppenheimer
Insidious: The Red Door
I'm taking a risk on The Little Mermaid but the Lion King remake was reportedly (I still haven't seen it) awful and made insane amounts of money. But will it actually beat Guardians 3? I kinda doubt it.
So I made another risk in putting Indy at the top. Hoping for a bit of that Top Gun magic that happened last year to make that movie the biggest movie of the year. It'll probably backfire but whatever.
Barbie I originally had higher but then I wondered a bit about what that movie actually is and maybe it'll only barely crack the top 10. Oppenheimer I had in the top10 before I found out about Ruby Gillman and sure Nolan movies always make a lot of money (Dunkirk is the comparison here) but Oppenheimer is apparently three hours long too so that might hurt it a bit. Maybe.
Summer Movie Wager
So... It's been a couple of years but movies are back, baby!
Or you know. Probably. The last time I did this was in the summer of 2019 but I just saw on my podcast feed that The Filmcast is doing its summer movie wager episode and thought "movies are in fact back, baby"
I'm going to paste the rules from the first topic:
So pick the top 10 movies that you think will make the most money in North America + three dark horses that may or may not crack the top 10 for bonus points.
The last two times I had an additional thing of worldwide box office, but I think I'll drop that this time for a couple of reasons. First, the only place with more mainstream taste than America is in fact the world. So sometimes there were fun interesting movies in the American top 10 while a blockbuster flopped but worldwide that was rarely the case. Second, reading a bit of international box office numbers recently it seems that the reporting isn't always as accurate as the North American numbers and often there's a bit more of a delay in the reporting of them so it'll just be logistically easier to do.
The deadline for submitting the thing is when Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 opens which is the weekend of May 5-7. So about two weeks to think about your picks.
I'm at work at the moment but I might make a reply to this topic later with some ideas for big movies coming out and a link to the filmcast's summer movie wager site where you can submit your picks and see how you do against loads and loads of other people. (I'll probably make an excel sheet for y'all as usual)
I'll also start thinking about my own picks because I have to admit I haven't really looked at what is coming this summer. I know there's a new Indiana Jones and a Barbie movie.
Or you know. Probably. The last time I did this was in the summer of 2019 but I just saw on my podcast feed that The Filmcast is doing its summer movie wager episode and thought "movies are in fact back, baby"
I'm going to paste the rules from the first topic:
2016 Summer Movie Wager Scoring:The rest of the scoring goes like this:
- Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each).
- 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on
- 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up
- 5 points if it was two spots away
- 3 points if your pick is anywhere else in the Top 10
- 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10
So pick the top 10 movies that you think will make the most money in North America + three dark horses that may or may not crack the top 10 for bonus points.
The last two times I had an additional thing of worldwide box office, but I think I'll drop that this time for a couple of reasons. First, the only place with more mainstream taste than America is in fact the world. So sometimes there were fun interesting movies in the American top 10 while a blockbuster flopped but worldwide that was rarely the case. Second, reading a bit of international box office numbers recently it seems that the reporting isn't always as accurate as the North American numbers and often there's a bit more of a delay in the reporting of them so it'll just be logistically easier to do.
The deadline for submitting the thing is when Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 opens which is the weekend of May 5-7. So about two weeks to think about your picks.
I'm at work at the moment but I might make a reply to this topic later with some ideas for big movies coming out and a link to the filmcast's summer movie wager site where you can submit your picks and see how you do against loads and loads of other people. (I'll probably make an excel sheet for y'all as usual)
I'll also start thinking about my own picks because I have to admit I haven't really looked at what is coming this summer. I know there's a new Indiana Jones and a Barbie movie.
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