Comments on: House of the Dead: Most profane game ever

The game, formatted for Nintendo's Wii console, has reached the pinnacle of profanity in gaming, setting a Guinness World Record. Where do we go from here?

[homercles82]

Wii is for kids lulz

[pentest]

Go play with your 360 or PS3, they aren't toys.

Oh wait, they are.

[kelmon]

lulz?

[Nataku4ca]

@pentest

lol nicely put

[umbrae]

This actually put me off. I have always played HOD with my kids, and other than gore it was not that "mature". However, this one is out of the question so I will never own it. Its a shame because I was really looking forward to some light gun gaming on the Wii since it is totally suited for it. Personally, I think it was a bad move. They could have used another license to make a grindhouse shooter.

[daverosenberg]

I wouldn't be surprised if they make a kid-safe version.

[alangerow]

So violence and blood splatters are a-ok, but the use of a bad word! That's what's going to bring the downfall of the world. As long as people use nice language while shooting other people, then the world would be a much better place. Politeness has its place, and it comes before violence. I'm sure you're like my mom was when I was a kid ... I could watch Friday the 13th, but as soon as a pair of breasts came on-screen, I had to shield my impressionable eyes. It's the hypocrisy that gets me.

[thelemurking]

F*CK YEAH! Guess I know which f*cking game I will be buying next :D

Then after I am done, I can go play RE5 for the racism ;) </sarcasm>

[tacit]

Do we as a society REALLY still care that much about "bad" words?

C'mon. Seriously, there's no such thing as a "dirty" word. Words have only the meanings we choose to give them.

[dcphotoal]

Actually most morally conscionable people do care about "bad" words. It is simply a matter of respect. A word that it seems some were never taught as a child. You don't use foul language in public, in the present of a lady or anywhere that others might be offended. R e s p e c t... I find that those that rely on foul language are the most ignorant, uneducated of the populous that lack any other way to communicate.

[DigitalFrog]

Absolutely agree with dcphotal. Profanity is the escape route for those with a poor language and interpersonal skills.

[DigitalFrog]

*apologies for the grammatical mistake of the extra 'a'

[BnBGobo99]

As a full-time linguist I agree with your "words have only the meanings we choose to give them", but I really don't like the bad language in my games/shows. Funny thing is though, I don't have much of a problem with violence (unless it's sexual then that's some of the worst). I guess we choose for ourselves what offends us. It would be nice if in every game they had a code or option to remove the cussing.

[kelmon]

@dcphotoal

Totally agreed.

[AlternateRoute]

@dcphotoal
It is interesting what people regard as foul language. Years ago you couldn't say 'damn' on television now people don't give a damn. I was bleeped on TV for saying 'stuff' (as in 'I couldn't give a stuff'). The 'c' word was used in Victorian English as an acceptable word for that part of the anatomy (though often in the form cunny). Somewhere between then and now it has become the 'worst' word in the English language.

It is a strange situation where parents are happy to let their kids sit for hours playing games where the sole object is to kill as many people as possible, but get upset if their vocabulary strays a bit.

[Dalkorian]

Hey, you have to train your kids for the coming apocalypse somehow and society doesn't want your kids practicing on the neighbors. So violent video games have their place.

But the mutant zombies won't be eliminated with excessive profanity. That's just purely unnecessary. Besides, they call them "curse words" for a reason.

;-)

[sanjayb]

Yeah. It wasn't too long ago that ***** just meant cat. :-P

[Dalkorian]

Freakin kewl. Me freakin wantie.
;-)

[W1gglesnarf]

Sadly i grew up in the same situation as "alangerow" did... violence and swearing was fine but nakedness was not... as for the game... If I was being pounded by horde's of zombies / mutants i would be swearing too!