Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill"

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Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill"
Not a Call of Duty fan, then?
By Rob Thubron on January 20, 2020 33
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A hot potato: Politicians rarely have anything good to say about video games, and former US vice president Joe Biden is particularly unimpressed by the industry, calling developers he met at the White House “creeps” and “arrogant” who make games that teach people how to kill.

Biden, who is currently campaigning to become the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election, shared his opinions in an interview with the New York Times. When asked about Silicon Valley’s expansion of power during his time in the Obama administration, Biden said: “And you may recall, the criticism I got for meeting with the leaders in Silicon Valley, when I was trying to work out an agreement dealing with them protecting intellectual property for artists in the United States of America. And at one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- — close to a billionaire — who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people.”

As for which game executive Biden was referring to as a creep, Kotaku has some theories about who the person might be, including EA’s then-CEO John Riccitiello.

“And then one of these righteous people said to me that, you know, 'We are the economic engine of America. We are the ones.' And fortunately I had done a little homework before I went and I said, you know, I find it fascinating,” Biden continued. “As I added up the seven outfits, everyone’s there but Microsoft. I said, you have fewer people on your payroll than all the losses that General Motors just faced in the last quarter, of employees. So don’t lecture me about how you’ve created all this employment.. The point is, there’s an arrogance about it, an overwhelming arrogance that we are, we are the ones. We can do what we want to do. I disagree.”

Biden has expressed his distaste for video games in the past. During 2013, while he was vice president, he proposed an additional tax on violent media, including violent games.

Despite numerous studies showing no link between violent video games and real-life violent crimes, we’ve seen several politicians suggesting extra taxes be added to the titles.

The White House famously used a video to illustrate violence in games back in 2018, which are often blamed following mass shootings. It led to the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) saying that games should not be made a scapegoat for the gun violence problem.

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It's strictly a generational thing. Boomers don't play video games, don't understand video games, and therefore hate video games. It's okay if a character gets popped in a Martin Scorsese film, but not in a GTA title.
Boomers are also one of the most selfish generations and fukked it up for future generations.
 

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It's strictly a generational thing. Boomers don't play video games, don't understand video games, and therefore hate video games. It's okay if a character gets popped in a Martin Scorsese film, but not in a GTA title.
And yet, they are the most violent generation
 

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It's strictly a generational thing. Boomers don't play video games, don't understand video games, and therefore hate video games. It's okay if a character gets popped in a Martin Scorsese film, but not in a GTA title.


Which is ironic because Movies are made in reality, using real people but polygons getting murdered is sick :mjlol:


Scarface is revered but Vice City is demonic :hhh:
 

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Voice of reason here...
It's strictly a generational thing. Boomers don't play video games, don't understand video games, and therefore hate video games. It's okay if a character gets popped in a Martin Scorsese film, but not in a GTA title.
So you're comparing a movie that is rated R to a popular video game where millions of children have gone to strip clubs, kill nikkaz and develop stereotypes worldwide? Most games lack people of color but in GTA they don't have that problem.. nope. Goodfellas can actually teach you some real life shyt, gta, not sohh much...
Boomers are also one of the most selfish generations and fukked it up for future generations.
Boomers don't drink lean
And yet, they are the most violent generation
So they had slaves, gassed chambered the Jews, dropped atomic bombs n shyt?
The unmitigated gall of this clown calling anything or anyone creepy.
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Voice of reason here...

So you're comparing a movie that is rated R to a popular video game where millions of children have gone to strip clubs, kill nikkaz and develop stereotypes worldwide? Most games lack people of color but in GTA they don't have that problem.. nope. Goodfellas can actually teach you some real life shyt, gta, not sohh much...

Boomers don't drink lean

So they had slaves, gassed chambered the Jews, dropped atomic bombs n shyt?

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So? What a pointless comment.
 
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