Graphic Novelist Calls For Better Game Violence 465
eldavojohn writes "Landry Walker (alternative comics creator of X-Ray Studios) has a brief opinion piece at Elder Geek asserting that all he wants for Christmas is more realistic game violence. While he acknowledges the world probably isn't ready for it, he wishes that getting shot in a video game was a bit more like getting shot in real life. From his piece: '... that's my problem with video game violence. Bullets are something we shrug off. Point blank fire with a machine gun is something that a tiny bit of flexible body armor and 20 seconds sitting on a magic invisibility inducing gargoyle can cure. Time and time again, I've heard people claim that they want to see a greater degree of realism in video games. But that's a lie. We don't want realism. We want fantasy. We want unlimited ammo and we want rapid respawns. We want to jump out of second story windows without a scratch. We want to dodge bullets and shake off mortal wounds without pause.' What say you, reader? Would this bring a new level of impossibility to video games or would there be a way to balance this out?"
Re:Simple solution (Score:4, Funny)
A taser. Incorporate a taser to the mouse and keyboard.
Or better yet, taser underwear.
Then you'll have the perfect stealth, the epic silence of absolutely nobody playing.
There is a game where you die realistically easily (Score:2, Funny)
Re:He is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
Reality isn't fun.
Yeah it is, once you get good at it, level up some of your abilities, stop worrying about screwing up, and start building or making things happen the way you want them to.
There are tons of different ways to have fun playing in reality. Maybe you're just a n00b.
In related news... (Score:5, Funny)
...Walker was highly critical on the realism of Road Runner cartoons, claiming that both Coyote thought processes and the laws of physics were grossly misrepresented.
Already done (Score:3, Funny)
Don't like the idea (Score:3, Funny)
No thanks (Score:3, Funny)
Any sufficiently realistic video game will heal your character via virtual health insurance forms.
Thanks, but I'll take my crowbar any day.
Re:real life would be boring (Score:4, Funny)
A more realistic game would uninstall itself after you die for the first time and force you to buy a new copy of the game unless you happened to select a religion that believes in reincarnation.
Re:He is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
Reality isn't fun. If it was we wouldn't play games.
There's this thing called "sex". I highly recommend trying it. It can be awkward at the beginning, but once you find a suitable partner I'm confident you'll find that some kinds of real life play are quite fun.
There are some requirements though... You need to get your partner into "the mood", which at times is very challenging. "Protection" is also important, otherwise you might get a nasty infection or possibly spawn unwanted processes.
Re:FP (Score:2, Funny)
Digg?
Just wait until Modern Warfare 3! (Score:5, Funny)
Also, I'm surprised that nobody else has linked that yet, considering the topic. (Note: link goes to onion video, sound required)
Re:He is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
There are some requirements though... You need to get your partner into "the mood", which at times is very challenging. "Protection" is also important, otherwise you might get a nasty infection or possibly spawn unwanted processes."
Never heard of it, is that some kind of MMO where you spend most of your time grinding for cash and rep rewards? From what I've been researching on the Internets, you ultimately only have one mount to use. Also these spawned processes you speak of also have chances on spawning new unwanted processes that could come back to me if the child process doesn't handle things properly.
Re:He is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
Im not so sure about that. Ive been beta testing Life 2010 for a while now. Some highlights:
1. Get born.
2. Realize that school really just teaches you to work within a system and provides structure as your parents have no idea what else to do with you.
3. Realize your parents dont know what they are doing and many of the things they expose you to are wrong or at least unhealthy (religion, quack medicines, conspiracy theories, political biases).
4. Have some first embarrassing and demoralizing attempts at mating.
5. Goto college, go in debt, to hopefully learn something and maybe land a job that pays entry-level wages.
6. Advance in life a bit, fail a few times, consider suicide and marriage a few times.
7. Avoid drafts, wars, and extreme ideologies. Worry about getting diseases or dying in a car crash.
8. Complain about things - especially the government. Being factual is optional and somewhat frowned upon.
9. Have you own children - goto step 1 or continue to retirement.
MW2 (Score:5, Funny)
I just got MW2 this weekend and I played online. It basically is one shot and you're dead.
Well, you must be using a lightweight mech, like the Jenner - and presumably your opponent is using something massive and this "one shot" is fire-linked, with all their weapons... When you're using the lighter stuff you need to take advantage of your mobility - those Timber Wolves are tough but they're not too fast...
Oh, and remember to set up the "torso twist" controls! You're really slowing yourself down if you have to reorient your legs just to fire in a different direction... If you can get one of those Thrustmaster throttles, and one of those joysticks with the hat switch - those are supposed to be very good for MW2.
Re:He is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet, BOTH kinds of music.
Re:That's denigrating to my sex partner! (Score:4, Funny)
My right hand is suck and tired
That was a typographical penis---I mean error.