"Playing video games is no different than reading books, watching movies or TV shows in the sense that the material one plays can shape the individual's way of thinking."
That's part of the problem. Journalism can indoctrinate one with dangerous and faulty misinformation. One may try to correlate fantasy with the real world. Kind of like how a guy watches Scarface then in real life pretends he's Al Pacino.
Most games are just ...
I see Mafia 3 having more class than being a straight out low life. You should research the term "omerta" and what the mafia was originally about. Sure they evolved into protection rackets and other forms of trafficking but they were originally made to give a sense of community to the disenfranchized and those oppressed by the system.
This isn't just the black mob, this has been the case with most mafias. When immigrants would come into America through the ...
I actually believe in the supernatural and things like qigong and psionics. Linear science confirms many of it. I just don't like the dogma imposed on religion.
@Kombatologist
Did I strike a nerve?
edit: @Dirt
I was force fed the bible as a kid. Even when enlisting in the military. How can you be a Christian when you're dropping bombs on hundreds of innocent civillians? Its all bullshit.
If it makes you a better person then more power to you, but other then that the passages in the bible teach dangerous messages to people.
I believe in the paranormal but I al...
@Macho
You wouldn't understand unless you lived through it. You grew up in a more democratized nation with higher quality of life.
I've visited third world countries and you'd be surprised how backwards some nations and cultures are. If being PC is being bad then I don't want to know you're idea of being good is.
Being politically correct is making America a shit hole? That shows how spoiled you are. You don'...
Do you know much about the American history? That white colonialists took over the land from Natives, assimilated people, then later enslaved Africans for years on plantation fields and through human trafficking? You know about the apartheid that has been riddled throughout our history?
Then when equal opportunities ushered in and abolished slavery the establishment still imposed jim crow laws and segregation? Do you understand how hard it is for a race to come to terms ...
Which profiles blacks as low life gang bangers and criminals.
But Master Chief isn't black. Haven't you beat Halo 4 on legendary before?
What I meant is that Mafia 3 focuses on the Black Mob and Irish Mob. I respect that they are at least trying different premises rather than reiterating the same cliche stories.
You know exactly what I mean. A majority of the films and tv shows have white lead characters. I was being slightly facetious. For every black lead star there are countless more white lead characters. The hierarchy seems to go like this:
1. White alpha male characters as lead roles and protagonists
2. Occassionally asiatic characters as lead roles, mostly in the form of stereotypical martial arts films
3. The rest, whether female or minority, tend ...
There's nothing worse than a hypocritical religious zealout. They're too dumb to realize that the Bible is full of sexist, racist, and violence-inducing passages. Any one who reads the Old Testament would know its full of hate mongering garbage that only a truly brainwashed idiot would believe.
Way to be humble reverend. I'm sure brainwashing people fairy tales and fear mongering tactics are traits of a winner huh?
That was exactly what I was thinking. This is BS. People are still showing favortism towards the Pats and they're not the dynasty like they used to be. Sure Brady still has good stats and may even break Manning's records but their legacy is dying down. Don't forget the astericks by their championships and super bowl wins. Its a reminder that they "might've" cheated to win those games.
I think its funny how Matt Cassell became an all star athle...
Are you kidding me? It should've at least been Manning or even Cam Newton. Even Von Miller would've been a good choice. Screw the cheatin' ass Patriots.
2pacalypsenow = racist.
If only the shoe were on the other foot would you understand.
I just lost a ton of respect for Sony. The media for that matter. Denzel is a legend.
EDIT: @ 2pacalypsenow
That's not true. I'm mix. Part black, part white, and part indian. Some say I look asian and even Hawiian. I've been around enough cultures and backgrounds to know that everyone is deep down the same.
If you're a closet racist its because you don't have enough life experience to know that there is no reas...
Racism. God forbid to have black lead characters. Its all about blue eyed, blond hair type A male protagonists with the media in America. Thank god for Mafia 3.
The thing is that most of these guys are netting millions with a single release alone. Many of them are already set for life money wise, they're just being greedy. Especially the corporate types.
"They need to prove to me that this cod is not the same old cod where you run around in a small map in circles killing each other."
My thoughts exactly. You can only spawn right next to the enemy so many times before you get pissed off.
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind." - Jim Morrison