Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Even in the gaming arena, I have strong views .... I heard an interesting comment on a podcast -- let's say your emails are being monitored and you mention doing things that are part of a violent game, but the context in that single email makes it look like you are talking real life stuff. Ignore the fact that you just bought the game hours earlier and maybe sent an email about that earlier. Replace email with tweet or instant message ... SMS or any other medium. Context counts, but if the game wasn't so horrifically violent in nature, then their would be cause for concern about the latter communication.
Wrong. The famous case below invoved computer crime, which IME is not very violent. Since all the computers were seized (for YEARS), it was a pretty serious blow to the business. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._United_States_Secr...
If games require you to rape, murder, attack -- in no particular order, then why should such a game even exist?
Because raping and murdering is fun. Not that ACMA think that, which is why AFAIK you can't get rape games here. Perhaps you should check your hyperbole. (With the new R rating, sex is OK and violence is OK, but both in the same game will still be RC.)
For some of us the costs of such things aren't relevant. On any sort of IT industry pay the price of Coke doesn't matter and as a stimulant if it allows slightly more work then it will give a good return on investment.
Principle is far more important than dollars. Marketing says if you can get away with over charging, then you do so -- more easily with a duopoly or monopoly [coles / woolworths].
Caffeinated cola is not a monopoly. If you don't want to pay for the Coca-Cola branding, make your own -- there's an Open Cola recipe floating around somewhere.
There are 3rd world problems and 1st world problems -- many 1st world problems have people saying their life sucks ... it doesn't, they just need to improve their perception of what really matters in the world.
I have never had parasitic worms burrowing through my skin. Yay!