Onion Parodies Video Game Violence
Onion Parodies Video Game Violence
April 8, 2009
The Onion skewers the video game violence issue in this faux news report which celebrates the launch of Close Range, a new game which features an "immersive, richly-detailed world where players shoot people in the faces with guns."
To see the video, click here.
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Posted 07/30/10 at 10:25am
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
Posted 07/30/10 at 10:19am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Posted 07/30/10 at 01:27am
Andrew Eisen: I got hired to sing bass for an a cappella group tomorrow night. I have nine songs to learn. Yikes.
Andrew Eisen: I got hired to sing bass for an a cappella group tomorrow night. I have nine songs to learn. Yikes.
Posted 07/29/10 at 10:53pm
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
Posted 07/29/10 at 08:59pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
Posted 07/29/10 at 07:50pm
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Posted 07/29/10 at 06:50pm
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Posted 07/29/10 at 04:54pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Posted 07/29/10 at 03:39pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
Posted 07/28/10 at 02:45pm
beemoh: Farmville creator Zynga closes one of its games, customers who paid for in-game content unimpressed (Link)
beemoh: Farmville creator Zynga closes one of its games, customers who paid for in-game content unimpressed (Link)
Posted 07/28/10 at 09:49am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He blames the internet, but not his abusive mother.
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He blames the internet, but not his abusive mother.
Posted 07/28/10 at 09:48am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Akihabara murderer blames cyber bullying for rampage in 2008
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Akihabara murderer blames cyber bullying for rampage in 2008
Posted 07/27/10 at 02:49pm
E. Zachary Knight: Holy Awesome Game Trailers Batman. Superman heat visioning people in the face and Jedi using Hadouken. Awesome.
E. Zachary Knight: Holy Awesome Game Trailers Batman. Superman heat visioning people in the face and Jedi using Hadouken. Awesome.
Posted 07/27/10 at 01:36pm
ZippyDSMlee: Ah I didnt see it down there :P
ZippyDSMlee: Ah I didnt see it down there :P
Posted 07/25/10 at 01:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
Posted 07/24/10 at 08:19pm
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
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Comments
Yay Onion!!!!!
You also need to see
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games
GP also covered that
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/26/onion-are-violent-games-adequately-preparing-kids-apocalypse
岩「…Where do masochists go when they die?」
Wow, they went as far as making a whole shelf filled with fake covers for that game.
Funny, well-made... and so classy !
That, admittedly, was quite funny
That poor Ostrich
:: Waiting for some individual or group to demand a ban on the "game". ::
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Nightwng2000 has also updated his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/nightwing2000 Nightwng2000 is now admin to the group "Parents For Education, Not Legislation" on MySpace as http://groups.myspace.com/pfenl
Jack Thompson thinking this game is real and demand not to sell it to children and also wants to sue The Onion for glorifying murder Simulator in 3...2...1
and
PETA claiming this game glorify Horses and Ostriches murders in 3...2...1
I saw this video in the morning. The Onion makes me laugh a lot. Thank you, Onion.
Was gonna say, the humor will be lost on certain people.
I'm not really a fan of the Onion, but that was funny -- they managed to irritate the two groups I hate the most.
Anti-violence people and PETA.
Also, I think they are on to something...I could possibly pay ten or twenty dollars to just shoot people in the face...sounds like it might be fun if done right.
Praetorian
"If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy floating by."
http://www.myspace.com/pree_tawr_ee_uhn
Or you could shoot people in the face for free at http://www.closerangegame.com/
It's not as funny as the video about it though, so you won't miss out on anything if you don't.
-- Obi
Gotta admit, that was pretty good.
Though, honestly, like Praetorian said, it could be a fun game...
-If an apple a day keeps the doctor away....what happens when a doctor eats an apple?-
If you go on the website it shows, closerangegame.com, you can play the demo.
Suprisingly good graphics for a flash game :/
I was gonna state the game was real to some extent but looks like you beat me to it.
http://www.magicinkgaming.com/
What the hell is this shit? I go to play the demo and as soon as you start the level, the damn screen goes completely red so you can't see a damn thing!!
Nevermind..stupid Firefox and flash...works in IE.
It worked on Firefox for me...
-- Obi
you probably don't have flash installed for firefox. It worked for me.
PMBD http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/
The truth about T$R http://tsr.mustbedestroyed.org/
EA + T$R = We're all screwed
Cue people making this into an actual game in 3... 2--- Whoah, they actually did it before I said it, Great Job Net community, you haven't been slacking off.
(Meant to be a joke, plus I edited it when I saw the above comment).
ROFL
The news anchor in that clip is a woman I am well familiar with, Bobbie Battista. She used to be a reporter at Raleigh, NC's CBS affiliate WRAL. She left there to go work for CNN. I've seen her on CNN a few times. Having her be the anchor lends a sense of reality to the clip. The clip was almost as good as the fake Zelda movie trailer.
PMBD http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/
The truth about T$R http://tsr.mustbedestroyed.org/
EA + T$R = We're all screwed