I don't think the media has jumped on the pewdiepie thing yet. I guess it was a pre-emptive comment by SF.
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Originally posted by Team Andromeda View PostWell said , I wonder if gaming will be blamed for recent spate in Knife crime and self harm cases.
The church of the flying spaghetti monster pokes fun at this by celebrating international pirates day because they say that the reduction in pirates around the world is directly linked to global warming. All in jest of course.
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Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostDon't tempt them. You can find a connection with anything if you look hard enough.
The church of the flying spaghetti monster pokes fun at this by celebrating international pirates day because they say that the reduction in pirates around the world is directly linked to global warming. All in jest of course.
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Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostI don't think the media has jumped on the pewdiepie thing yet. I guess it was a pre-emptive comment by SF.Originally posted by Team Andromeda View PostWell said , I wonder if gaming will be blamed for recent spate in Knife crime and self harm cases.
It's made some news outlets in the UK. Although I think that the concentration is on the full horror of the murders and a Youtuber is still a relative unknown for a lot of the mass population.
It's not really about blaming gaming in this case, PDP has displayed racist, sexist, anti-semitic and white supremacist behaviour and sympathies on numerous occasions. If that led to a murderer calling him out as an idol, I think that raises serious questions and should also really cause some soul searching for him. Also streaming platforms allowing the killing to be viewed is a concern too.
EDIT: BBC's latest take on Social Media's role in this. Indeed given the UK's Govt criticism on Social Media following the attack I think this is where a lot of the focus will fall.Last edited by Digfox; 16-03-2019, 10:09.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostWait, by games being blamed “now” do you mean lawsuits more than 20 years old that were dismissed and had one person disbarred for bringing frivolous suits? Because I’m not finding anything more recent when it comes to anything connected with Quake.Last edited by Team Andromeda; 16-03-2019, 12:04.
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Sorry, I actually googled looking for info because I genuinely didn’t know instead of just embracing my own ignorance as an online persona. I came up empty.
When it comes to this sort of thing, I live in hope that media outlets will at least do some homework and get to know what they’re taking about. They don’t always do that. But we can.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostSorry, I actually googled looking for info because I genuinely didn’t know instead of just embracing my own ignorance as an online persona. I came up empty.
When it comes to this sort of thing, I live in hope that media outlets will at least do some homework and get to know what they’re taking about. They don’t always do that. But we can.
It bothers me less than it did years ago, but I think that's purely because I've got sick of hearing it.
And it bothers me! I don't like that this terrible thing has happened and I'm wondering how it's going to affect my hobby. Then again, if I had something to do with this, looking into the terrorist's videogame history would be the last thing on my mind. There are clearly people out there who see these events and immediately want to use them as grist for their mill, instead of caring about the actual issues of things like white supremacy, racism, xenophobia and the closer problems like gun control.Last edited by Asura; 16-03-2019, 12:24.
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