Two sides of the Debate and more

Folks, it's been awhile since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Video Game industry in Brown vs EMA. However, two sides of the aisle have some harsh criticism towards the ruling. One comes from Comedy Central's own Jon Stewart of the Daily Show.

he Daily Show with Jon Stewart takes a few jabs at the Supreme Court's ruling on Brown v. EMA. At first glance it seems like Stewart goes hard after videogames, using several admittedly gratuitous video clips from the new Mortal Kombat game. As the first scene unfolds on the monitor Stewart feigns holding back on vomiting and screams, during the second scene he makes a joke about the female character having a wardrobe malfunction. In between he throws a joke in about Super Mario Boners (a Photoshop of a Super Mario Galaxy cover with a huge fleshy erection).

Stewart's point is one that many are making this week; that sex is even taboo at the Supreme Court and that sexual imagery continues not to be treated on the same footing as depictions of gratuitous violence.

Point taken and noted.

Exactly. Who cares about how sexy the human body is when it's more appealing to see it dismembered. Remember kids, Violence good, Nudity bad. Of course, we also have Jack Thompson, fabled enemy of gamers, criticizing the Supreme Court



Jack, come on. The Supreme Court was just upholding the US Constitution. Quit trying to step into Obama's shoes and let the Free Market decide on who should play the violent games. We don't need no Big Government assholes deciding that. Speaking of asshole

NBC's Today Show featured a segment this morning called "The Other View: Getting A Guy's Perspective On Love." Along with hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, TV personality Donny Deutsch was asked to address several questions about relationships from a man's perspective. Deutsch is the host of the relationship show "The Big Idea" where he doles out advice to men and women on a variety of topics.

But the most important part of the segment, and relevant to our readership, is Deutsch's answer to the question: "Is it normal for men to play games in their 40s?"

According to the male equivalent of Dear Abby, "When you're 30, there should be something more on your mind than video games, that's it," Deutsch said.

The hosts agreed, calling it "weird."

Of course if playing videogames is weird then there an awful lot of weirdoes in America. A recent NPD report said that the average gamer is male and 37 years old.

So I guess the real weirdoes’ are those people that don't play video games. In the 1950's Deutsch's mom and dad probably would have called him a "square."

And here I thought it was Fox News that would deliver. But nooo. NBC managed to deliver that better than Fox did when it comes to spewing out your opinion. Come on NBC, let Fox News deal with that. At least let Sean Hannity or Bill O'Relly host something about gaming. I would have asked for Glenn Beck, but he held his butt up into the air and ran.

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Video Citation: aaronclark2007(Audio from the Pat Cambell Show)
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