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This was the first time I read your article on Fallout 2. It was a moving article, and one that reinforces the notion that games are more than just time sinks. They're experiences that can teach us about ourselves (sometimes) :)

Ugh, said it before. Crap like this gives every gamer a bad name. It's the 21st century, yet the guys mentioned in this article behave like it's an episode of Mad Men. What I'm trying to say is, maybe show some fucking class.

And obviously I know what "responsible parent" means. I brought it up in the first place. Letting a kid play a shooter is one thing. Letting a kind play a shooter AND THEN handing them a rifle is quite another. But hey-it's all supervised. Right?

Yes, I understand what a responsible parent is. Giving a gun to a child is not a responsible action, no matter how "supervised" it is. You can't watch your kids 24/7.

So in this day and age, with action movies being the norm, and violent video games-intended for adults, mind you-everywhere, you think giving an impressionable child a gun is perfectly fine? As long as the parent is "responsible"? Hmm...

Right. I mentioned earlier about how responsible gun owners are one thing. Bringing a gun home and taking a picture of your kid holding it over his head triumphantly like a Sand Person from Star Wars is not responsible behavior. Frankly, you shouldn't be allowed to have guns in the home if you have children in the…

Agreed.

Gun safes should be a law, I agree. Well put. Would it have happened, though? Certainly it isn't normal behavior, but shooting a gun, even a bunch of times, is kind of a knee-jerk response. I won't speak on the kids' mental state, though.

Agreed. As you can likely tell, I am for stronger gun control laws, and a pacifist as well. But yeah, if you must give a kid a gun, it shouldn't really be theirs, like you say. Keep it locked up and teach them to be responsible.

No, you don't need a gun to kill someone, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier. And if you really are a responsible gun owner, who knows not to play around with one like its a toy, then kudos. My comment wasn't aimed at responsible people. It was directed towards people who would give their kid a gun at age 11. …

Extreme case it may be, however what do you think the pundits will go after? Guns, or violent video games? Now, I'd like to leave my feelings on gun control out of it, but this is the kind of story politicians point to when video game censorship-and yes, it is censorship-comes up. Now, you said you've been around…

So he was given a .22.

Totally agree about DK64. Somewhat agree about FF:CC? I don't know anymore, it was a million years ago. And agree about Cheetos, though I never ate them while gaming. I have no orange controllers, and they're gonna stay that way :)

Yes I forgot to mention the combat and spells, my bad :) I would like to see a Zelda similar to this too; some RPG elements would be cool, long as they keep the Zelda spirit.

Controversial maybe, but current Zelda games borrow more from this than the first Zelda. Things like towns, world map, NPC's, etc. The "black sheep" of the Zelda family is actually one of the chief inspirations for future Zeldas.

*gasp*

Agreed about Smash not needing to be qualified as a fighter/not. Got a friend who's always talking up the technical aspects of it, like X move is Y frames long. It's Smash Bros., just enjoy it. It may not be as "technical" as Virtua Fighter or Tekken, but I have to say, it's infinitely more fun.

It's plenty manipulative. It feels like a Facebook social game, you know? Like when you log on, and you're peppered with bonkers requests for cows or something. For games you don't play! Further, it has nothing to do with the quality of Bioshock, it should be able to sell on its own merits, without pre-order…

Thanks for this post. I was glad to read a smart comment on this story for a change.