Below are the 2 most recent journal entries recorded in suigin_kou's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
6:10 am	Why are you running away? All right. Some of you may be wondering why I left Game Politics (gamepolitics.com) in a huff. Of course, it’s several days since then, so perhaps none of you are wondering. Whatever. I felt like writing this, and I have the time this morning. While it is fair to say that I left GP because of Jack Thompson, this isn’t entirely so. Yes, Jack’s insane ramblings did indeed influence my decision to leave, but it was ultimately the inaction of Dennis, the owner of GP, that drove me off. He has over a dozen of his readers clamoring for the banning of someone who has gone out of his way to make a nuisance of himself, and Dennis insists on talking about the First Amendment and free speech and journalistic integrity. Dennis, it seems, is one of those unfortunate souls who apparently believes that because the internet allows everyone to be heard, that means that all opinions are of roughly equal value, and that everyone deserves to be heard. Leaving the rest of us to wonder if they’re using the same net as everyone else. The internet, I feel, should not be overly different from other public forums. Newspapers, for example, may have an “opinions” column, and may indeed print some fairly diverse views, but I’m sure that the least coherent and most unreasonable views are seen only by the editors and not the public. And if you were having a party, say, and someone came in and started screaming about how gamers are all violent killers and shouldn’t even be considered human? Why, I’d like to think you’d see about kicking such a man out. But somehow, this logic is ignored on the internet. Due to the inaction of many an administrator, we are left with many places where the only views are those offered by the insane. Apparently, this leaves some to believe that the insane are those most suited to hold opinions. But I’m going off on a tangent. While I (grudgingly) admire Dennis’ insistence on entertaining Jack’s nonsense, I feel that he’s doing himself a disservice by so doing. Dennis, you see, speaks long and loudly about “hearing all sides” and insists that life would be boring if we all agreed on everything. And while that’s admirable in theory, in practice, what he is doing is defending someone who has: - Consistently refused to reason - Frequently lied - Frequently distorted facts to suit his purpose - Threatened frivolous legal action at the drop of a hat - Insulted the readership - Insulted Dennis himself, constantly calling his integrity into question - Advocated criminal acts against the game industry And the list goes on. Admirable or not, Dennis is trying to defend someone who has nothing to offer the subject. Jack Thompson, for his part, has about as much journalistic merit as that space cult who claimed to have the first clone baby, except for the fact that that was news, and most of what Jack puts forth is often opinion and personal agenda dressed up like news, often with his fake, self-serving "press releases". Few institutions outside of the gaming press (or Florida) will run full stories on Jack Thompson, and the reason for this should be clear to all; Jack, for his part, has no real views, no genuine opinions. He only has insults and fear-mongering. He claims the facts are on his side, but never offers said facts. He changes tactics to suit his whims and claims his view has “always” been one way, when he has alternatingly supported educating the masses about violent video games, and legislature that would penalize stores for selling games to minors. While at first I saw where Dennis was coming from, after the time JT said that the new game “25 To Life” is a public nuisance, and that the California police are well justified in going into game stores and seizing or destroying copies of it, then deliberately misquoting California legal code to support this mad claim, THEN insulting anyone who correctly interpreted the law, I’ve become convinced: Trying to eke journalistic merit out of Jack Thompson is a complete waste of time. Dennis is trying to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Just because he’s in the news does not make what Jack Thompson says news. If he had something to offer, facts, proof, even a stable platform, it would be completely different. But he doesn’t. We come out with facts, he busts out with insults. He’s a waste of the gaming public’s time and energy, a threat to nothing but our productivity. He should be banned from GP, and from all gaming websites where he spouts his insane nonsense, just like anyone like him would likely be. I left, ultimately, because Dennis has decided to uphold a ranting lunatic over his actual readers. And while I don’t normally wish ill on anyone, I hope that he sees the error of his ways when his readership consists only of Jack Thompson and the immature trolls who always take his bait, and respond to him with long, violent posts about how much he sucks. Dennis is going to lose readers over his “integrity.” After all, he’s already lost me. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 15th, 2005
9:45 am	99 Ways To Die I figured I had to write something at some point. So, here I am. And this is my Livejournal. I'm not likely to write about anything too serious here, since my life (to say nothing of yours) is serious enough as it is. If I can make a few people laugh, that's about all I need. Indeed, I'm probably just going to talk about gaming a lot. As I love games of all sorts, but espically video games. Now, with that in mind... Okay, I have some very strange friends. Actually, I think everyone does, but that isn't the point. One of my friends, whom I refer to simply as "R", has some odd (and mildly infuriating) hobbies, and one of them is apparently playing h-games ("H" = "Hentai", referring to Japanese erotica). I'm sure a lot of you know about these by reputation. I can assure you, the reputation is well-deserved. Indeed, it often dosen't do the real thing justice. Earlier this week, he forked off on me one game in particular: A classic from 1998 entitled "Critical Point". I can't tell you why I ever accepted it. I used to play these things, back in the day, and they were all patently horiffic. This one, sadly, is no different. One thing I will say in its credit is, this is one of the few h-games I've ever seen that has a setup OTHER than you being a horny teen, stuck in an enclosed space with horny members of the opposite sex, now go to it. No, there's a real plot in here, sort of, which makes me kind of sad it got stuck in an adult game. Something about a future torn by war, and... Yeah, you know the drill. Anyway, after some strange events, you're sent to investigate a moonbase, to determine what's wrong with it. Something is definately wrong, because two people die immideately after you arrive. Another two die shortly thereafter. And this is, sadly, where it all goes downhill. This game is apparently the last of the dinosaurs. See, in these games, the plot (such as it is, in most cases...) unfolds based on what choices you make. There are good endings and bad endings based on the outcomes of these choices. None of this has changed, but games that come out today apparently have precious few "bad" endings. Earlier, however, they had many, and such is the case here. There are many, many, many ways to meet your maker, and they're all pretty greusome. I won't repeat some of the things you see (or do, good god...), but among other things: - You can go outside in the moonrover. You need to do this to get the best ending (it's one of the events that must happen), but going outside ALONE ends in your immediate death, as you drive off of a cliff. Yeah. You suck. - You can catch the sabotuer in the act! The scene you're greeted with is greusome enough, but then he/she stabs you to death with a broken sex toy. I've played perhaps thousands of games, and of all the ways I've ever died, that has got to be the worst... - One of the girls is, of course, an android. Who dosen't look a thing like an android, because, you know, she wouldn't be sexy if it were so. Anyway, if you tell her the wrong thing, she goes crazy and re-programs your brain. I like a woman who knows what they want, but not when it's my complete and utter obediance... - Just about everyone has some way in which they kill you, depending on your choices. Yes, death is very often a click away. - Even the best ending itself is seperated by one choice. Picking the wrong one gets you the WORST ending instead. And so on, and so on... I'm sparing you the more greusome details. This one is also an apparent "classic" in the way it has a number of very gross images. I'm not just talking nudity here, but real, genuinely grotesque things. Things I'd rather not repeat in mixed company. ... Heck. Even the nudes (the real reason any of us play these things in the first place) weren't worth the effort. I suppose the real question is, why did I play it until I got all the endings? And the answer is... That's simply what I DO. I just had to get this clunker off my chest. Mabye next time, I'll have something slightly more cheerful to write about. (Comment on this)