lol why would anyone even want that?

As a conversation starter, apparently.

The conversation that starts with you trying to get your date to stop running from your apartment?

I just want to know who came up with the idea for the statue in the first place.

And then I want to know how the hell it got signed off on to go into production.

So I'm not huge into Naruto, but I'm considering getting Nija Storm 3 this spring just because god damn these games look gorgeous.

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I think the outrage about the torso statue is purely because it's shaped like the torso of an attractive woman. Slim and model like.
If it were shaped like the torso of an overweight woman, it would likely be seen as a really dark, grotesque joke. If it were the torso of a male of any build, I don't think anyone would care at all.

Good point.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The final game in Operation Rainfall will be getting a North American release as XSeed announces Pandora's Tower will be released during Spring 2013.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xsee...-north-america

2) The Witcher 3 will be officially revealed on February 5th according to a teaser image sent by CD Projekt Red.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...itcher-3-hint/

3) Microsoft rumored to be replacing the current Xbox Live chat system with Skype for the next Xbox console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...xt-generation/

4) The Obama Administration has instructed the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to conduct an official research on how much of an effect violent media has in regards to children and real-life violence. The project will be getting a $10 million fund and has the potential to become the official stance when it comes to if there is a substantial link between violent games and children.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/obama-...violence/4521/

Shouldn't the CDC be focusing on putting together some flu vaccines to combat this death flu going around?

This sounds like a job for the *insert psycological foundation/association/group name here*

It's a redundant waste of money on research that was already done. A lot.

they're still banned from doing research into guns, however.

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Looks like the kickback of the gun fucked him up

More wasted money on "research".

Don't generalize, research is good overall. It's just this pointless gesture.

Wait, episode 4 was cancel led when episode 3 itself is vaporware at this point? Shocking!!!

I don't mind the CDC looking into this so much as the double standard we have running.

The CDC will be far less biased than most of the folks who do research, whi tend to do so with an ax to grind and publish sensationalist links (though the evidence they present doesn't demonstrate the causal links they tend to claim).

Didn't think it was general in a specific thread? :|


Perhaps a re-word is in order to better illustrate things.....


Money could be spent in a better fashion researching actual important data. :y:

:y:

So what exactly is the problem with having a reliable body look into the potential effects in a way that really hasn't been done before?

Seems like gamers have the same problem the anti-gamers do: they work backwards from the answer they want and try and justify it.

Why not let a serious organisation do a most likely accurate investigation and possibly clear the air on an issue that has already led to numerous lawsuits, taxpayer expenses, and wasted hours in legislative bodies from town to federal level?

And while we're at it, why not do the same for firearms?

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsle...d-young-people

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC558687/

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs.../cpb.2006.9956

None of those are reputable I assume..... the last one has quite a few cross references as well.

It's been done, redone and redone on the redo. And Lieberman has been at it for decades. Anyhoo, keep the brain AIDS in the discussion forum, where they belong.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Ubisoft announces Splinter Cell Blacklist has been delayed from its original Spring 2013 date to now an August 20 release date for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. A Wii U version is still rumored to be in development.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...klist-delayed/

2) Crystal Dynamics announces there will be no demo for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot with the official reason being they didn't want to spoil any part of the game's story.
http://www.destructoid.com/there-wil...r-242574.phtml

3) LucasArts denies rumors of Star Wars 1313 being released later this year and for the PS3.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ase-this-year/

4) According to recent rumors, Microsoft has started sending out dev kits for the Kinect 2 and would support 4-player gameplay.
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-mot...--242560.phtml

Ugh. That news about Splinter Cell was a good kick in the balls. I was really excited to play that soon.

fuuuuuuuck was so hyped for new splinter cell. I still play the hell out of conviction.

The real reason being they don't want people to see how ass it is before they buy it.

It's a Tomb Raider game. They'd just assume that anyways.

Apparently not.

Recent Tomb Raider games have been pretty solid. I was excited for the premise of this one.

this was a bit wordy. I apologize everyone.

too much punctuation

Daily Gaming News:
1) Sony rumored to be dropping the Dualshock controller in favor of a tablet-like controller for the PS4/Orbis.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ualshock-orbis

2) Bungie announces they will officially reveal their "Destiny" project at GDC 2013 during their hour long conference.
http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-to...3-242664.phtml

3) Congress has started to propose several video game related bills all focusing on violent games. One bill focuses on stricter punishments for retailers who sell violent games to minors while another proposes a "violent video games sales tax" to be included in any game rated T or higher with Missorui being the first state to use it if passed.
http://www.destructoid.com/congress-...s-242622.phtml

4) Grasshopper Manfacture re-releases a debut trailer for "Killer Is Dead" which was explained to be influenced by both Killer 7 and No More Heroes. The game was announced to be releasing this Summer for Xbox 360 and PS3 for Japan at the moment.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/suda...-fresh-details

In part because it's the only state where it could be used, as it's being passed in Missouri.

Derp.

The Videogame Awards are going on over on VIVA, if anyone in the UK is interested.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The US branch of Atari announces they have declared for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move was done solely to split away from their parent company Atari SA.
http://www.destructoid.com/atari-fil...e-242797.phtml

2) According to Gamestop, Pandora’s Tower for the Wii could be arriving on March 26 and at a reduced price of $40.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/wii/g...andoras-tower/

3) Might be worth a laugh or two but an analyst from Forbes is claiming Microsoft will be the first from the Big 3 to drop out of the console market. Among the claims was Sony somehow being able to afford the entire Xbox brand if its sold even though they currently are having serious financial problems.
http://www.destructoid.com/some-guy-...d-242798.phtml

4) Amazon is currently having another THQ mega sale from now till January 26th with this time the bundle including 19 PC games for the low price of $25.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/amaz...ey-kick-bucket

Daily Gaming News:
1) Update to THQ's auction as South Park: The Stick of Truth might not be available for sale due to South Park Studios claiming they own the rights and not THQ. SPS are also claiming the only amount they should repay THQ is what was actually spent on developing the game and not its potential IP value.
http://www.destructoid.com/south-par...s-242903.phtml

2) New details for the console version of Resident Evil Revelations include releasing on May 21 (US/Canada) and May 24 (Europe), Hulk being playable for Raid Mode, PS3 and Xbox versions to be digital-only, Wii U version to be disc-based, and the game to cost $50.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/reside...platform/4525/

3) The Last of Us will be getting two collector's editions with Survival Edition costing $80 and the Post-Pandemic Edition costing $160.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/last...demic-editions

4) According to Eurogamer, Dead Space 3 will contain micro-transactions for the weapon's crafting system.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...apon-crafting/

CONDOR DIVE

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