Barney? Did you do that?

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DAN200

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Australians blame Half-Life for shooting Gestalt [03-Aug-2001]

Trouble is brewing down under, following the shooting of a security guard at a Melbourne abortion clinic. You would think that radical anti-abortion groups might be the most obvious suspects, but the Australian Security Industry Assocation apparently has another theory in mind. It's all the fault of Half-Life!
"A computer game that rewards players for killing security guards and stealing their guns is being sold in Victoria", declared the Herald Sun in a fit of moral outrage. But what is the link between this latest shooting and Half-Life? "Another add-on version of the violent and bloodthirsty game, Half Life : Blue Shift, was released in Australia only two weeks before the shooting murder of security guard and father-of-seven Steven Rogers."

Well, there you go. It's an open and shut case. Ban this filth now! Of course, new add-ons and Half-Life bundles are released pretty much every few weeks, and shooting security guards is hardly a central part of the game, or even actively encouraged for that matter. But don't let that get in the way of a good crusade.

"It's not something the association would like to see, where security guards are being shot and killed for fun in a game", grunted ASIA executive director Terry Murphy. "These sort of things, they just encourage the wrong sort of behaviour."

Know what I mean, mate?
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SOURCE: Eurogamer + BW News

Omg! This is just ridiculous!
 
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Will

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Outragous. Someone should write a PC game with a Marilyn Manson soundtrack - the moral outrage (and free publicity) would shift millions of units.;)
 
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DAN200

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Yeah but then games shops would become full of strange black hood-wearing people with evil looks in their eyes and "VOTE SATAN" spread accross their backs. Meaning that the average joe would fear to enter them...
 
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Summo

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... from behind in case they got shirty. Meanwhile, Rod Stewart...





(sorry, wrong thread.)
 
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DAN200

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I fear this thread may be going off-topic a little prematurely.
 
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Summo

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ph34r th3 thr34d r4nd0m1zaaaaaarrrrrrrr!!!!11111
 
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Testin da Cable

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Originally posted by DAN200
Yeah but then games shops would become full of strange black hood-wearing people with evil looks in their eyes and "VOTE SATAN" spread accross their backs. Meaning that the average joe would fear to enter them...
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sounds like my work :)
 
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Will

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Originally posted by DAN200
"VOTE SATAN" spread accross their backs...
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I didn't think Satanism was big on democratic election policies.
 
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Testin da Cable

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you should see the BSD mascot hehehe
 
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Summo

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Whhoa! BSD jewellery!

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All I've got is a Windows 2000 denim shirt.

Dammit!
 
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Will

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Maybe I could get it modified for my piercing...
 
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