Kane & Lynch Developers Sued for Defaming Chinese People
http://kotaku.com/59...-chinese-people
Holy shit, I hope IO will not have a big problem with this
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IO sued !!!!
Started by skrzynka, May 09 2012 07:04 AM
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:11 AM
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:17 AM
Mario Developers Sued for Defaming Turtles
Batman Developers Sued for Defaming Clowns
Half Life Developers Sued for Defaming Crabs
Paperboy Developers Sued for Defaming Dogs
Doom Developers Sued for Defaming Babies
THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY IS OUTRAGEOUS
Batman Developers Sued for Defaming Clowns
Half Life Developers Sued for Defaming Crabs
Paperboy Developers Sued for Defaming Dogs
Doom Developers Sued for Defaming Babies
THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY IS OUTRAGEOUS
Edited by Burt Macklin FBI, 09 May 2012 - 07:18 AM.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:29 AM
They sound super cereal
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:10 AM
Where's the lawsuit against them making the series entirely?
Edited by Foofighter, 09 May 2012 - 08:10 AM.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:30 AM
As the Global Times pointed out, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is set in Shanghai, and it doesn't exactly depict the city—or the Chinese people—in the best light.
From what I can gather Chinese cities are hellholes: miles and miles of grimy apartment towers with shopping malls on the ground floor. If anything the game is being sympathetic to the millions of sweatshop laborers. And doesn't Max Payne paint a depressing image of New York that might reflect a bit of reality?
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:33 AM
Red Red Redemption for defaming my ancestors.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:35 AM
Another case of people thinking they have the right not to be be offended. (Hey, why not just regulate all media and video games to ensure not one single person can get offended?)
Let me give you the king of all such examples:
Chinese people reported a non-Chinese person to police (who was later arrested) for singing "Kung Fu Fighting" in a pub because they thought it was racist as they walked by.
Let me give you the king of all such examples:
Chinese people reported a non-Chinese person to police (who was later arrested) for singing "Kung Fu Fighting" in a pub because they thought it was racist as they walked by.
Edited by Watson, 09 May 2012 - 08:45 AM.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:40 AM
That's like black people suing white people for playing bass.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:40 AM
And there is a Chinatown in Absolution...
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:51 AM
Crazy stuff can happen in lawsuits, like the woman who sued her high school because she didn't get to be prom queen...over 20 years ago. It often gets thrown out.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:51 AM
Chinese people reported a non-Chinese person to police (who was later arrested) for singing "Kung Fu Fighting" in a pub because they thought it was racist as they walked by.
People will realize that race and culture are not the same thing. And even without that, Chinese is not a race it's a nationality. It would be like a Mexican claiming Mexican is a race. It's no such thing. Even more hilarious would be a U.S. citizen, an American claiming something is racist because it stereotypes Americans as obese. How far can we butcher language until we're at the level of duckspeak?
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 09:38 AM
And doesn't Max Payne paint a depressing image of New York that might reflect a bit of reality?
Not to mention São Paulo.
Red Red Redemption for defaming my ancestors.
Isn’t that depiction fairly accurate, though?
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That's like black people suing white people for playing bass.
Edited by Mad Max, 09 May 2012 - 10:20 AM.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 11:21 AM
wonder if that new game "Sleep Dog" will be sued in 3 years 
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 11:57 AM
Does this mean I can sue for the $20 I'll never get back?
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:29 PM
(US$1,585) in damages
errrrr lol
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Posted 10 May 2012 - 08:08 PM
And who can forget the classic [McDonald's Hot Coffee Lawsuit].Crazy stuff can happen in lawsuits, like the woman who sued her high school because she didn't get to be prom queen...over 20 years ago. It often gets thrown out.
Now, about the Chinese:
^Reportedly, the only response of the driver
from the 2nd video was: "How much should I pay?".
I am genuinely outraged at how these videos vilify the Chinese people and am suing reality for a monetary compensation sufficient to repair my truck's suspension damaged by running over those pesky kids.
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Posted 11 May 2012 - 01:43 AM
"As the Global Times pointed out, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is set in Shanghai, and it doesn't exactly depict the city—or the Chinese people—in the best light. It doesn't depict video games in the best light either, for that matter."
Hopefully this thing goes to court and an actual case is made of it. Maybe that will force IO to put some thought into characterizations and story arcs. Nuance and restraint hasn't been IO's forté past 2002 or so.
Hopefully this thing goes to court and an actual case is made of it. Maybe that will force IO to put some thought into characterizations and story arcs. Nuance and restraint hasn't been IO's forté past 2002 or so.
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Posted 11 May 2012 - 02:13 AM
The thing is that IT'S A VIDEO GAME for Christ's sake. Why is the world taking this seriously. But I guess that it has become normal now.
