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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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Edward2 on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 09:56.

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Jeep Kiralama hizmetleri için kiralik jeep sitesine, Digitürk kampanyalari, Digitürk Plus, İstanbul digitürk bayileri için digiturk sitesine girebilirsiniz. Digitürk kampanyalari için ise digitürk kampanyalari
sayfasına, günlük yayın akışı için ise digitürk yayın akışı sitesine girerek yayın akışını güncel olarak takip edebilirsiniz.
Araba Kiralama, Oto Kiralama ve araç kiralama hizmetlerini yapmak için, şöförlü araç kiralama veya şöförlü minibüs kiralama sayfalarına gidebilirsiniz. Bütçenize göre araç kiralama yapmak istiyorsanız, ekonomik araç kiralama, spor araç kiralama, lüks araç kiralama, panelvan araç kiralama ve
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sanalika oyununu oynamak için sanalika oyna sayfasına gidebilirsiniz. Birbirinden güzel hileler için sanalika hileleri sayfasına, en yeni Metin2 Hileleri için ise
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Bu kadar basit.. Degil..

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by AuntySocial on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 14:55.

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.

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The truth about T$R http://tsr.mustbedestroyed.org/

EA + T$R = We're all screwed

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by sparkylarone on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 12:53.

 ROFL

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by LegendaryGamer00 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 20:11.

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).

 

 

 

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by CyberSlammer on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:25.

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!!

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by CyberSlammer on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:29.

Nevermind..stupid Firefox and flash...works in IE.

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by AuntySocial on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 14:50.

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

PMBD http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/ The truth about T$R http://tsr.mustbedestroyed.org/ EA + T$R = We're all screwed

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Obi on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 20:41.

It worked on Firefox for me...

 

-- Obi

-- Obi

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Blu300 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:35.

If you go on the website it shows, closerangegame.com, you can play the demo.

Suprisingly good graphics for a flash game :/

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by killatia on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:03.

I was gonna state the game was real to some extent but looks like you beat me to it.

 

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by chadachada321 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:04.

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?-

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Praetorian on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 08:18.

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."

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Praetorian

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Obi on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 20:40.

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

-- Obi

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by nightwng2000 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 07:07.

:: Waiting for some individual or group to demand a ban on the "game". ::

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NW2K Software

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Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 08:40.

Was gonna say, the humor will be lost on certain people.

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by mdo7 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 07:22.

 

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. 


Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Nocturne on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:55.

That poor Ostrich

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Avalongod on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:46.

That, admittedly, was quite funny

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Soldat_Louis on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:32.

Funny, well-made... and so classy !

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by KayleL on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:30.

Wow, they went as far as making a whole shelf filled with fake covers for that game.

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by SeanB on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:30.

Yay Onion!!!!!

You also need to see

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by acotas548 on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 01:31.
Interesting article. Lorenz High School

Re: Onion Parodies Video Game Violence

Submitted by Kincyr on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 18:38.

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?」

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