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Where a Puff of Marijuana Is the Ultimate Power-Up
New York Times ^ | March 17, 2005 | Steven Totilo

Posted on 03/17/2005 8:08:47 AM PST by billorites

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To: hobbes1

that's why it's rated M, and retailers aren't allowed to sell it to people under 17.


21 posted on 03/17/2005 8:22:49 AM PST by discostu (quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
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To: Trampled by Lambs

Redneck Rampage, if you drank too much whiskey you couldn't walk straight.


22 posted on 03/17/2005 8:22:53 AM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: ClintonBeGone

Not at all. The majority of buyers for computer and game system games are between the ages of 21 and 35, they are the driving force behind the industry.


23 posted on 03/17/2005 8:23:41 AM PST by discostu (quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
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To: cripplecreek

One of the funniest games ever.


24 posted on 03/17/2005 8:23:45 AM PST by Skooz (Host organism for the State parasite)
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To: Skooz; Cultural Jihad; Dane
I bet 1,000,000 copies of this game that this thread gets hijacked by the FR anti-drug law cotillion before post 45.

Or worse - the pro-druggies who will be disappointed this game doesn't come with real live samples so they can continue to waste away their jobless days behind a video screen, posting on their favorite websites how all drugs should be legal and there should be no consequences for their actions.

25 posted on 03/17/2005 8:24:20 AM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: cripplecreek
Redneck Rampage, if you drank too much whiskey you couldn't walk straight.

Now that game rocked!

26 posted on 03/17/2005 8:24:54 AM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: Trampled by Lambs

Heck it goes further back than that. All the way to coin operated Mario Bros, they had shrink pills and grow pills and make everything look wierd pills, right out of White Rabbit.


27 posted on 03/17/2005 8:25:19 AM PST by discostu (quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
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To: cripplecreek
Redneck Rampage, if you drank too much whiskey you couldn't walk straight.

Evangelical Rapture, if you post too much you start writing in "tongues" (I know I'm going to pay dearly for this one). Smile folks, just kidding.

28 posted on 03/17/2005 8:25:52 AM PST by rhombus
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To: billorites
People appalled by this game should definitely not buy it, for themselves or their kids.

I'm not appalled, but I will also refrain from buying it because it sounds dopey.

29 posted on 03/17/2005 8:26:35 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: billorites

I dunno. The player, I presume, is playing a LEO, and is into graft (confiscating drugs for personal use). May be a more realistic picture of LEO's than we usually see in any media.


30 posted on 03/17/2005 8:26:39 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: billorites
Reporting for

doobie
31 posted on 03/17/2005 8:27:09 AM PST by evets (God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
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To: ClintonBeGone

Note that my post stated "anti-drug law cotillion..."


32 posted on 03/17/2005 8:27:34 AM PST by Skooz (Host organism for the State parasite)
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To: Skooz
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33 posted on 03/17/2005 8:28:57 AM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: dead
I'm not appalled, but I will also refrain from buying it because it sounds dopey.

Now that's funny!

34 posted on 03/17/2005 8:29:03 AM PST by rhombus
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To: cripplecreek

LOL!

Now THAT brings back some (very weird) memories..........


35 posted on 03/17/2005 8:30:04 AM PST by Skooz (Host organism for the State parasite)
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To: cripplecreek

Just a side note.

The game designers came up with Redneck Rampage after visiting my city in Louisiana. I also recognised several of the landmarks throughout the game (Taylortown store, etc).

Just made it funnier.


36 posted on 03/17/2005 8:31:57 AM PST by Skooz (Host organism for the State parasite)
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To: Trampled by Lambs

yup that was a good one. This isn't anything new. Just another case of parents actually have to do some parenting and know what their kids are getting themselves into.


37 posted on 03/17/2005 8:32:20 AM PST by tfecw (Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
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To: hobbes1

"So Letting my 6 YO play GTA Vice City, is a bad thing ?"

LETTING the 6 year old play is the key here. Parents are responsible for what games their children are exposed to.

I don't think it's the video game makers who should be under fire here. Plus it says it has negative in-game effects, as in expulsion or demotion in the force. Plus you can pass out and lose your money and stuff.

I don't see how this game is any more harmful to society than most of the movies that come out in the theater. People focus on kids playing these games, but that isn't the game maker's fault. Hence why they rated it mature.


38 posted on 03/17/2005 8:33:52 AM PST by melbell (A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, and say your mother)
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To: Skooz; Cyber Liberty

"Note that my post stated "anti-drug law cotillion..."" Yes, I had in mind I think exactly the type of person you suggest. Someone like Cyber LIberty.


39 posted on 03/17/2005 8:35:07 AM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: billorites

A more realistic game in which the player is the Beltway lobbyist for a Drug Lord, and has to logroll the deals between lawmakers to ensure maximum cash-flow and influence, would be challenging.

And too close to the bone for comfort.


40 posted on 03/17/2005 8:35:35 AM PST by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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