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Penn & Teller call bullshit on video game violence

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InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
July 16 2009 22:22 GMT
#1
Pretty good show by Penn and Teller on alot of the BS connected to video games.







I love the part with the triangle myself. Also I'm not sure how long these will be up on youtube before they get removed seeing as showtime is a pay TV channel.
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 22:36:07
July 16 2009 22:25 GMT
#2
I love Bullshit! But I thought this episode was really really boring. It's all about FPS games :\ But man did you see that Asian chick with all the white guys? shit...

I am looking forward to the Organic Foods episode. It better be good!

The next one sounds boring as well:
7-04 The Apocalypse July 16, 2009 The world will end on December 21, 2012 that's according to a growing legion of doomsayers who follow the primitive Mayan calendar. The duo follows a pair of investigators to ancient Mexico to explore the mysterious Mayan Prophecy.
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 22:29:22
July 16 2009 22:27 GMT
#3
I remember perhaps a year there was a professional translator flaming fansubs (fan-made subtitled works), instead he got flamed to shits...

Although, I think that video is about first-person shooter games... and for that I think he does have some points.
:]
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
July 16 2009 22:40 GMT
#4
Oh bullshit is one of the best things I have ever watched on tv. Didnt even know there was a new season, mostly coz I live in the primitive old world. One thing is certain, the'll never run out of things to call bullshit on.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
July 16 2009 22:42 GMT
#5
Who says that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is the big problem with video games? There's a lot of bad arguments in that video and none of them really stand up to the countless research programs that state otherwise, then again I suppose it's for the all sake of comedy. As it is right now, in the field of psychology violent video games (or movies) are considered a bad influence on children by most people, though I do think most people are exaggerating the effects.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 22:50:05
July 16 2009 22:49 GMT
#6
that's where wcg usa was at!! :D :D:D :D:DD:D:D:
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
July 16 2009 22:57 GMT
#7
Problematic kids will express problematic behaviour that can be triggered by pretty much anything... FPS games, tabletop RPG's, drugs, just meeting other problematic kids, whatever.

For 99% of the gamers out there, video games won't do anything bad. Moralfags just want something to bitch about, like always. Fuck "family values" propaganda. Learn how to properly educate your children and you won't need to feed them BS in order to make sure they are not serial killers.


"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
bN`
Profile Joined May 2009
Slovenia504 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 23:00:02
July 16 2009 22:59 GMT
#8
Words cannot describe how awesome Bullshit and P&T are. They use comedy to give you the basic view points on some "serious" issues, which gives them a larger viewer base they can inform.

P.S.: I played FPS's from ages 13-15. Today I have problems with killing flies... mostly because they so damn quick
"It's just a ride." - Bill Hicks
Xenixx
Profile Joined June 2008
United States499 Posts
July 16 2009 23:01 GMT
#9
As always, research is not synonymous with reality/truth/[no agenda]...

I like these debates about violent video games, it really brings the idiots out of hiding. I can't pick a better way to single-handedly identify dumb fuck from the uninformed than these viewpoints people have. Then suddenly you have all the idiots lining up behind their idiot leaders, oh ho oh ho oh ho.
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
July 16 2009 23:05 GMT
#10
I can't even believe this is an issue. Parents hold themselves accountable for nothing these days, always looking for something or someone else to blame. They're YOUR shitty kids! You stop them playing FPS if that's what you really want. Don't fucking force it on everyone else's perfectly normal kids. God, it makes me sick.
Oh no
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
July 16 2009 23:09 GMT
#11
On July 17 2009 07:42 Frits wrote:
Who says that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is the big problem with video games? There's a lot of bad arguments in that video and none of them really stand up to the countless research programs that state otherwise, then again I suppose it's for the all sake of comedy. As it is right now, in the field of psychology violent video games (or movies) are considered a bad influence on children by most people, though I do think most people are exaggerating the effects.

Well Frits as TL resident psychologist can you tell us all what kind of bad influence violent video games do have on kids? Just saying countless research programs shows they are a bad influence is a pretty general statement.
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
tracer
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)693 Posts
July 16 2009 23:09 GMT
#12
the narrator sounds like seth rogen.
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
July 16 2009 23:10 GMT
#13
yo my dad play tekken is he gona bet me/
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
July 16 2009 23:16 GMT
#14
LOL, the first part of the 3rd video was hilarious
You can't fight the feeling.
UmmTheHobo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States650 Posts
July 17 2009 00:17 GMT
#15
The last part with the kid firing the gun was counteractive to their argument. Most crazed school shooters I know cry after firing a gun.
...
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
July 17 2009 00:18 GMT
#16
On July 17 2009 09:17 UmmTheHobo wrote:
The last part with the kid firing the gun was counteractive to their argument. Most crazed school shooters I know cry after firing a gun.

you know a lot of em don't you
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
July 17 2009 00:26 GMT
#17
On July 17 2009 08:10 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
yo my dad play tekken is he gona bet me/

Yes, especially if you dress up as the boss character and give him a few drinks.
UmmTheHobo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States650 Posts
July 17 2009 00:27 GMT
#18
On July 17 2009 09:18 Caller wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2009 09:17 UmmTheHobo wrote:
The last part with the kid firing the gun was counteractive to their argument. Most crazed school shooters I know cry after firing a gun.

you know a lot of em don't you


Yeah.
...
Cyrkulous
Profile Joined May 2009
United States204 Posts
July 17 2009 00:31 GMT
#19
This is undoubtedly one of my favorite shows in the history of television.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
July 17 2009 00:43 GMT
#20
Jack Thompson already had his lawyer license revoked iirc.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
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