DOA Xtreme Volleyball

[Guest wwF1587]

Since when does jiggle factor alone get you an M rating?

Since the government started pressing down, I figure.

id love the government to explain how this game is just as bad as a game such as doom or eternal darkness and how it deserves a M rating.... so you shouldnt take your child to the beach cause god forbit thier is girls in bikinis playing volleyball

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Hmm...I bet theres a DOA Xtreme Beach Soccer game coming as well.

 

Hell...DOA Xtreme Frisbe tossing would probably sell too.

 

This really is a sad commentary on the state of the importance of gameplay in Video games.

 

Take a game few people would buy (volleyball game) - and honestly, what was the last volleyball game you played (I just got beach spikers cause it was cheap - $10, but before that the last game I played was Super Spike V-Ball for the NES)...anyway..take that game no one would buy under normal circumstances, throw a ton of T&A in it and BAM! Instant seller to the target demographic for the X Box (and for that matter the PS2, but of course not the Gamecube..) even if it really is just a crappy volleyball game.

 

Me, Id rather go to the beach and watch real women play voleyball, but uh..it is the middle of winter and if there was any volleyball games being played they certainly wouldn't be wearing outfits like that.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

The best thing for parents to do is to check the game out themselves before letting their kids rent it and decide for themselves whether or not it's okay.

[Guest Sakura]

Since when does jiggle factor alone get you an M rating?

Since the government started pressing down, I figure.

id love the government to explain how this game is just as bad as a game such as doom or eternal darkness and how it deserves a M rating.... so you shouldnt take your child to the beach cause god forbit thier is girls in bikinis playing volleyball

The government doesn't rate games. Game ratings come from the ESRB, who are an independant group.

 

And it's rated M because of "Mature Sexual Themes", "Gambling" and "Nudity".

[Guest Sakura]

And the game is NOT just a volleyball game. It's more like a "vacation simulator RPG" or something. You can beat the game without ever playing a single game of volleyball. I spend more time at the casino and working on the relationships between the girls than I do playing volleyball.

 

I, for one, did not buy the game for T&A.

[Guest CED Ordonez]

A volleyball video game where you don't even have to play volleyball? Whatta concept! And they're using elements of dating sims to boot. Incredible.

[Guest Sakura]

Well, Itagaki IS a genius.

[Guest El Satanico]

It's just bikinis..I don't see the big friggin deal. I could maybe see taking it away for the gambling aspect, but still that would be overreacting. What's the worse that's going to happen...Little Johnny jacking off thinking about a video game. OH MAH GAWD not young boys pleasuring themselves...what has become of this world.

 

And it's hilarious that parents believe 12 year olds are still little innocent kids that must be protected from something as tame as bikinis. Those little bastards aren't innocent at all.

 

As always it's a matter ok knowing your kids. Unfortunaly far too many underestimate their kids.

[Guest SP-1]

Helping my son develop healthy sexual views and habits is very much respecting and getting to know him as a whole person. Hell, I believe that's how you raise a kid. This is a person that you have the honor of taking care of and getting to know as an individual before sending them out to be a productive member of society.

 

But I also come from a viewpoint of lusting being a negative thing that is perfectly controllable and capable of being overcome. Not without a battle and not without stumbling. But I don't want to facilitate it for the kid either. That's all I'm really saying.

[Guest El Satanico]

Well by age 12 you'd either have it drilled into his mind or not.

 

If shaping him into the person you'd like him to be actually worked then you wouldn't have this decision to make. If all of your molding had no effect on the boy by age 12 then you've already lost him.

 

Saying no you can't look at "erotically dressed" women when he's 12 isn't going to suddenly change the boy.

[Guest SP-1]

No I didn't mean suddenly changing the rules. But the fact is that even if it's drilled into him army style, once these changes begin in him he still needs his father to support him in the battle. I battle lust and at 19 years old it's as much of a battle as it will be when I'm 70. It isn't something you can readily avoid in our culture.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Of course not, but it's also not healthy to take those things away. I mean, if I had a kid, and found a stack of playboys under his bed, I wouldn't mess with them, because that sort of thing is a breach of trust, which is really important to someone that age. Discouraging something that's totally normal and healthy projects an image of shame and disappointment, which isn't good.

I would certainly take them away. From my standpoint, it's a means to a negative end, and as a parent it's my job to protect that child from the several behavioral ends that that stack of magazines and other things like it can bring.

I can see your point, I guess, but I wouldn't make my kid feel guilty about something I don't feel guilty about myself. That would be hypocritical. Besides, it's just masturbation.

[Guest JMA]

If I had a son or daughter (robots forbid) I would tell them not to be afraid of their desires when they hit puberty. I wouldn't want them to surpress their natural urges. Then there is the whole sex thing. I don't really know what age is the "right time." I guess it all depends on the person in general. After they finished puberty, though, I would make sure they knew how to have sex safe when they are older. Can't be too risky, y'know?

[Guest SPwasmurdered]

If I had a son or daughter (robots forbid) I would tell them not to be afraid of their desires when they hit puberty. I wouldn't want them to surpress their natural urges. Then there is the whole sex thing. I don't really know what age is the "right time." I guess it all depends on the person in general. After they finished puberty, though, I would make sure they knew how to have sex safe when they are older. Can't be too risky, y'know?

It's not a matter of suppression. I certainly don't ignore that I'm a sexual being. But I also think it's wrong to objectify. idolize and mentally have sex with someone else. The kid will likely do it in his lifetime but if I can minimize the damage I intend to.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Being a Christian I would teach my kids to wait until marriage. It's respectful to the person you marry, it shows dedication, and it's smart.

 

Of course there's a point where you've taught them all you can and you just hope you raised them well.

 

I don't think that is suppressive at all.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I guess we know some kids who won't be playing the newest Mortal Kombat Spoof for the PC..

 

www.bikinikaratebabes.com

 

And, its actual real women and not computer generated graphics.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

It's not a matter of suppression. I certainly don't ignore that I'm a sexual being. But I also think it's wrong to objectify. idolize and mentally have sex with someone else. The kid will likely do it in his lifetime but if I can minimize the damage I intend to.

not to keep beating this dead horse or anything, but in this case the "women" in question are, well, objects. Not even that, they aren't tangible. They're cartoons.

 

Of course the whole lust deal still comes in to play here, so the end result is the same, I just think it's amusing to objectify an object.

[Guest SP-1]

Nah I didn't mean the girls in the game. But the mindset that can be developed there would mroe than likely carry over and influence personal relationships with real girls.

 

*shrugs* You're right though. The horse is dead.