Tivo Alert: Playing to Win on CNBC Tonight

Boy it sure was nostalgic when they were talking about Will Wright and the early days of Maxis and the early days of EA. If current day EA owned Maxis in the early 90s there would be no Sim titles at all, especially no Sim Ant.

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Submitted by Arad (not verified) on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 08:52.

Sim Ant? Oh man, I loved that game! Charge, my soldier ants, charge to vic-- RETREAT LAWN MOWER!

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Submitted by PHOENIXZERO on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 00:33.

There's is a 1AM replay so I'm watching it now. Talking about the MK violence thing, failed to mention the changing of the fatalities on the SNES. I've thought this for years but is it just me or does Lieberman always sound like he's constipated? At least they do seem to have somewhat balanced this.... Well, not really since certain things weren't exactly delved into *COUGHDEVINMOORECOUGHCOUGH* and no real counterpoints or comments from anyone good, plus I think they've recycled some things from their "Game On" program....

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Submitted by Grendal on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 22:00.

So after watching it I'm pleasently surprised, it was a very fair even-handed portrayel. The violence stuff did come earlier than I would have preferred but at least it was short and they showed all the research that shows that there isn't a connection between games and violence. I especially liked that it was people from the industry talking without any of the shrill folks who like to make things up.

All in all I'm pleased with the show, it was mostly complimentary and took a nice look at were the industry is going; still hate the announcer though.

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Submitted by Jack Wessels on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 22:50.

So what you're saying is a little bit of Thompson died inside tonight? Fairness and balance is to Thompson as Arsenic and Lead are to humans. He can handle small amounts, but the more that he experiences the more it affects him, and eventually it's fatile.

-"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill

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Submitted by Grendal on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 00:07.

Pretty much, we can see that from his comment above. This kind of coverage that acknowledges that gaming is growing and more and more people are going to be gamers and that the old lines about "games cause violence" isn't going to be tolerated. So it's not even so much of an issue of fairness and balance as it is a fact of truth.

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Submitted by PHOENIXZERO on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:53.

I knew about it from the commercials but then forgot. >_<

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Submitted by Paul Farinelli (not verified) on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:51.

Ha, it's pathetic how Jack here loves to troll internet forums dishing out "jokes" that I assume he thinks are witty. I guess acting like you're better than everyone else on some website is a nice way to escape the reality of being a know-nothing attorney. (most likey without the "attorney" part after June 4th)

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Submitted by Cheater87 on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:33.

GRRRR seeing Hillary makes me mad :P

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:29.

I'm watching it as well.

As much as I keep expecting it, I'm glad our self appointed enemy hasn't appeared.

-kurisu7885

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Submitted by Orange Soda on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:26.

Watching right now.

My opinion: eh, it's okay. At least they didn't spin the hell out of the violence issue, and stayed respectably neutral.

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Submitted by BloodEagle (not verified) on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:20.

Whoever they have playing DOOM is just plain awful at it.

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Submitted by Grendal on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:28.

They are also showing footage from some really awful games as filler, I mean why exactly did they choose the nightcrawler game? Still though the violence part was more balanced then I thought, the announcer is starting to irritate me though.

Was that bloodwake as the first game they showed the two people playing? I know I'm one of five people that played it but it sure looked alot like bloodwake.

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Submitted by Grendal on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 21:18.

At 15 minutes in we are already talking about violence, still it is funny that the nintendo guys doesn't even remember that the blood in mortal kombat got turned into sweat. ESRB is talking now, I dunno I'll give it the benefit of the doubt until the end.

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Submitted by Cheater87 on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 20:16.

DVRing it :)

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Submitted by Belgarion89 on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 19:44.

As an investor, I watch CNBC on occasion, and I have yet to hear something vaguely intelligent on that channel. In fact, I'm quite convinced that the reason so many dumb people are in the business world is because all the smart people are scientists doing stuff like curing cancer. Or making video games.

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So speak I, some random guy.

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Submitted by Jack Wessels on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 19:01.

I'm gonna have to catch the repeat of this Sunday.....

Lost. =\

-"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill

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Submitted by metroidprimegmr (not verified) on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 16:11.

AMEN, MAH BROTHA! That was most definitely the best season finale of LOST yet!!!

/fellow lostie

//r.i.p. john locke

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Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 18:18.

Who the hell watches CNBC?

-GRIZZAM PRIME(c)is property of the U.S. Marine Corp. Wetworks Dept., and also The Incredible Hulk-GRIZZAM PRIME is not to be associated with GRIZZAM 512 or any other GRIZZAM entity under penalty of law, so sayith ZARATHOS.

Reality/////////////////////////////////////Fantasy. Seems like a pretty thick line to me...

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Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez ... on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:30.

I smell a video games bash Fox News style...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cynical side of videogames (spanish only): http://thelostlevel.blogspot.com/

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Submitted by Loudspeaker on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:43.

I'm going to have to agree. This sounds like a one sided slamfest with comments taken out of context for ratings. I'm sure there won't be any mention of the biggest opposing voice being close to disbarment in this lovely piece.

-Loudspeaker
"Volume helps to get a point across but sharp teeth are better."

"Volume helps to get a point across but sharp teeth are better."

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Submitted by 1AgainstTheWorld (not verified) on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:01.

First??

Video game violence, eh? I wonder what game will get mentioned!

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Andrew Eisen: Hey, the second to last link is the relevant one! He actually did say "let them suffer." Although, he didn't say it to the other person he was bickering with.10/20/2014 - 12:29pm

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Andrew Eisen: Neo_DrKefka - "Attacking"? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting that you quoted something that wasn't actually said. Leaving out a relevant link, are you?10/20/2014 - 11:04am

quiknkold: ugh. I want to know why the hell Mozerella Sticks are 4 dollars at my works cafeteria...are they cooked in Truffle Oil?10/20/2014 - 10:41am

Neo_DrKefka: Anti-Gamergate supporter Robert Caruso attacks female GamerGate supporter by also attacking another cause she support which is the situation happening in Syia “LET SYRIANS SUFFER” https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 10:18am

Neo_DrKefka: That is correct in an At-Will state you or the employer can part ways at any time. However Florida also has laws on the books about "Wrongful combinations against workers" http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/448.04510/20/2014 - 10:07am

james_fudge: he'd die if he couldn't talk about Wii U :)10/20/2014 - 9:16am

Michael Chandra: By the way, I am not saying Andrew should stop talking about Wii-U. I find it quite nice. :)10/20/2014 - 8:53am

Michael Chandra: 'How dare he ignore my wishes and my advice! I am his boss! I could have ordered him but I should be able to say it's advice rather than ordering him directly!'10/20/2014 - 8:52am

Michael Chandra: If GP goes "EZK, do not talk about X publicly for a week, we're preparing a big article on it" and he still tweets about X, they'd have a legitimate reason to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 8:52am

Michael Chandra: If GP tells Andrew "we'd kinda prefer it if you stopped talking about Wii-U for 1 week" and he'd tweet about it anyway, firing him for it would be idiotic.10/20/2014 - 8:51am

Michael Chandra: Legal right, sure. But that doesn't make it any less pathetic of an excuse.10/20/2014 - 8:50am

ZippyDSMlee: You mean right to fire states.10/20/2014 - 8:50am

james_fudge: some states have "at will" employee laws10/20/2014 - 7:50am

quiknkold: It says in the article that being in florida, you can get fired regardless if its a fireable offence10/20/2014 - 7:19am

Michael Chandra: If your employee respectfully disagrees with your advice, that's not a fireable offense. If they ignore your order, THEN you have the right to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 6:49am

Michael Chandra: I... Don't get one thing. If you do not want your employee to do X, why do you tell them it's advice or a wish? Give them a damn order.10/20/2014 - 6:48am

james_fudge: A leak that had me worried about being swatted by Lizard Squad.10/20/2014 - 6:03am

james_fudge: It should be noted that the author leaked the GJP group names online10/20/2014 - 6:03am

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