The Hall of Fire

Amazon have taken the customer reviews down. Fair enough -- as Faramond says, it does their legitimate users no good to have them there. The author herself has no claims on the moral high ground however. She accepted an invitation to appear on a show and denigrate another author's work (the hours of...

Yov, you know, if it was a game that I thought had a shred of merit, I'd be more than just slightly uncomfortable. As it is, I'm tempted to just shrug. The BBFC has been steadily liberalising since Andreas Whittam-Smith took it over ten years ago, and even though he's no longer its president, I stil...

1. A viewer of a movie is passive, while a player of a video game is active. This allows the player to engage with/relate to the characters shown on screen at an entirely different level. Put differently, a player is not watching A "torture" B; the player IS A performing the virtual "...

Interesting thread. I feel, if you'll permit me to stretch a metaphor so far beyond breaking point that it hurts, that in the pallete of language, "vulgar" words are the strong primary colours, the vermillion reds, the midnight blacks, the sudden electric blues, and the like. Now, anyone w...

I remember all the arguments against it that have been brought up in this thread, but it just seems so obvious to me that habitually playing at killing, esp in a very graphic and realistic looking way makes you less concerned about real killing. I'm glad it seems "so obvious" to you trueh...

Are violent video games responsible for crime?

No.

Glad we settled that. Next question!

Similar disparities between Welsh and English rugby.

Which is one of the many reasons the Welsh are so infinitely superior.

Alys wrote:Oh and although it's probably my least favourite of all his books, and IMO the weakest in terms of writing, you must have been very lucky with your fanfic if you thought it was a bad example of that!

Heavens above!

Haven't you read Tigana?

To give a topical example, Nessun Dorma, from Puccini's Turandot.

That's fabulous news Alatar, and I'm sure it's not a whit less than you all deserve!

We'll be rooting for you all when the ceremony takes place next month .

In the mean time, I recommend taking the Hollywood route and sending goodie bags to all the judges .

What a shame. Another messageboard goes downhill. Demo's here

Much hugs and male-bonding-arm-punches and stuff.

When are you coming up to see us?

You obviously haven't hung out on the right MBs then .

I kinda thought that finding the book in the fiction section would make it pretty obvious that it's fiction. There is no such differentiation or disclaimer for the movie, Eru, as far as I know. Um. This is a big summer movie starring Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen. Not a documentary made by Errol Morri...

It is also my observation, much as TED and Yov dislike it, that attitudes about the importance of this last phenomenon (media saturation) break rather sharply along generational lines. The attitudes expressed here by GenY conform to those I hear expressed in the classroom and I think this is not co...

Since I appear to have posted in this thread already :shock:, I'll just mention my views on this... I believe it was Paul Bettany who, when asked about this topic, said something like "I found this book in the 'fiction' section of the bookshop." To be honest, I'm not sure I really give muc...

Here's an article that is relevant to this discussion: Are games like drugs? 2/27/2006 8:51:59 PM, by Ryan Paul Chicago's WGN news is warning parents that video games are like drugs, an audacious claim that has gamers across the country wondering what those crazy journalists are smoking. According t...

"They thought that video games were harmful! My word, what absolute savages they must have been!" ;) How future societies view us will depend on them as much as us. I imagine that during the dark ages in Europe, Roman civilization was viewed as some kind of golden age of wonder and plenty....

To briefly reply to Jny, I would agree that aiming advertising for anything intended for adults at minors is highly irresponsible and should have some degree of restriction placed on it. However, my instincts were right about the MPAA ratings: HOW THE RATING SYSTEM IS USED BY THEATER OWNERS AND VIDE...

I've just about said all that I care to say on this topic, so unless this discussion changes dramatically, I shall risk SF's ire and bow out of this thread after this post. I do not propose anything because I am not in this industry and do not know it well enough to propose anything of substance. I ...

While I lack the time for a longer post, I'd just like to point out that the video game industry is self regulated, in precisely the same way the film industry is. Games in the US can be rated: E - suitable for Everyone. Analogous to a G rating. T - suitable only for Teenagers and older. Analogous t...