SpottyGekko said: The reactions of some of these "outraged" respondents are just as bad (if not worse) than the clumsy attempt at humour that triggered those reactions...
Reaction or not, it does not make the "attempt" any less "clumsier"...at the end of the day, it is indeed just a bad taste.
When the "bad taste" is equally evident in the original article as well as the responses to it, then I'm inclined to think that the "bad taste" is in good company, lol
I find it amusing and disturbing that people think it is unusual to make light of bad news and normal for people to get their exercise chasing digital characters around the outside world.
Bad taste or not, a unique occurrence where a person was introduced to a rare part of reality by playing a video game. Real Life being found by playing a game, I applaud that even if this specific event was on the tragic side of things. Getting out of your comfort zone, out of your routine, experience new things, I might give this Pokemon Go a spin.
On a side note, if you want the cruelty of life being captured on film, go watch the French movie Amour, that is what real tragedy looks like.
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Had no idea what this pokemon go thing was. What I do know is if people near me attempt to capture "water pokemons" they will probably end up as alligator food.
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This is a game site, not yahoo, not msn, not cnbc or fox or whatever news site you check out often. This is a site about games, so in that respect I don't see any issue with a tuned focus on the gaming aspect and not the death aspect.
Example:
Gaming News Site: Wiimote Flies Out of Hand and Gives Kid Black Eye, Dr. Mario Called.
News Site: Video Games a Danger to Person and Property
Whether or not you find it to be in your personal taste, lets move on people.
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so you are saying gamers should disrespect another people feeling and joke about people death? wow nice community
I see no intent in the article to make fun of the corpse
Um..how do you interpret "Dead Body, I Choose You!" not to be a joke about a corpse of someone's beloved?
Because I read the whole article, not just the headline. Context and intent are important.
It's clear to me that the author of the article didn't write this to make fun of the corpse. The intent was to make fun of people playing Pokemon GO.
Hence I'm not part of the crowbar-armed mob that is searching for the author....
I think it's safe to say you're reaching, you realize people can share an opinion on an article without being in some form of rage over it right? I've seen no one say anything harsh about Bill in general.
not finding it humorous =/= enraged... that's quite a leap...
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You folks are making more of a deal about folks not finding it humorous than anyone has made about the article itself.
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wtf .. this shit cant end well , now we got kids jumpin fences running around rivers looking for pixels ... when some kid gets hurt or worse they will be lawsuits coming ... so stupid ...
wtf .. this shit cant end well , now we got kids jumpin fences running around rivers looking for pixels ... when some kid gets hurt or worse they will be lawsuits coming ... so stupid ...
The game wouldn't be to blame, it would be the scapegoat. Severe lack of self-responsibility is what leads to frivolous lawsuits.
If my daughter wanted to play pokemon go, I would first play the game with her. Teach her to foremost pay attention to where she was going and what she was doing. Stopping to check the screen, and if it leads into a dangerous area, to simply back out and try to find another pokemon in a different area.
Parents need to parent their children. That includes taking an interest in the things that interest them, and even engaging in the activity yourself to learn whether it's appropriate for your children or not.
wtf .. this shit cant end well , now we got kids jumpin fences running around rivers looking for pixels ... when some kid gets hurt or worse they will be lawsuits coming ... so stupid ...
The game wouldn't be to blame, it would be the scapegoat. Severe lack of self-responsibility is what leads to frivolous lawsuits.
If my daughter wanted to play pokemon go, I would first play the game with her. Teach her to foremost pay attention to where she was going and what she was doing. Stopping to check the screen, and if it leads into a dangerous area, to simply back out and try to find another pokemon in a different area.
Parents need to parent their children. That includes taking an interest in the things that interest them, and even engaging in the activity yourself to learn whether it's appropriate for your children or not.
lol good fuggin luck with that , try telling that to a parent and there attorneys whos 11 year old drowned lookin for pixels that your system put there..
There was a recent article about a boy using pokemon Go and went into the wrong neighborhood and got beaten up and had his phone taken. I can see Bills humor in this and I can also see why some people would be slightly offended. No one knows the body of the person as it is very vague. There is no name or voice given, but how long would it have been for that body to be found if this person was not wandering around...and like another poster said using a gaming App. That I think is what makes it funny, then relating the body to Professor Oak, come on you can't tell me that is not funny.
We all know death is not a good thing, but lets face it everyone here is going to die. Death in and of itself is not bad, but the circumstances we find ourselves in. There are two sides to the coin, there needs to be a bit of funny to balance out the loss.
I see no intent in the article to make fun of the corpse
Um..how do you interpret "Dead Body, I Choose You!" not to be a joke about a corpse of someone's beloved?
Because I read the whole article, not just the headline. Context and intent are important.
It's clear to me that the author of the article didn't write this to make fun of the corpse. The intent was to make fun of people playing Pokemon GO.
Hence I'm not part of the crowbar-armed mob that is searching for the author....
Exactly I don't see how others cannot see that. The whole point is the girl is playing Pokemon in Real life and runs across a consequence of doing so and it's funny because of it. I don't know, I thought it was hilarious. Next thing it will be a Pokemon Go player randomly stumbles into a drug bust...hilarity ensues.
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On a side note, if you want the cruelty of life being captured on film, go watch the French movie Amour, that is what real tragedy looks like.
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'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
Also capturing pokemon is quite lame when you don't have to weaken them but just throw pokeballs at them.
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HAHA! Made me laugh out loud.
I think the word respect shouldn't exist in this comment.
so you are saying gamers should disrespect another people feeling and joke about people death? wow nice community
not finding it humorous =/= enraged... that's quite a leap...
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
If my daughter wanted to play pokemon go, I would first play the game with her. Teach her to foremost pay attention to where she was going and what she was doing. Stopping to check the screen, and if it leads into a dangerous area, to simply back out and try to find another pokemon in a different area.
Parents need to parent their children. That includes taking an interest in the things that interest them, and even engaging in the activity yourself to learn whether it's appropriate for your children or not.
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We all know death is not a good thing, but lets face it everyone here is going to die. Death in and of itself is not bad, but the circumstances we find ourselves in. There are two sides to the coin, there needs to be a bit of funny to balance out the loss.
Exactly I don't see how others cannot see that. The whole point is the girl is playing Pokemon in Real life and runs across a consequence of doing so and it's funny because of it. I don't know, I thought it was hilarious. Next thing it will be a Pokemon Go player randomly stumbles into a drug bust...hilarity ensues.
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