Metal Gear Solid 5 Screenshot Used in News Report on Child Soldiers - Polidicks

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;45446199]Need we all be reminded that this game series has a boss that shoots bees.[/QUOTE] So it's not allowed to have themes and messages. ok.

I don't really see an issue. The picture complements their story well; its not like they're trying to pass it off as real.

[QUOTE=Drsalvador;45444149][img]http://i.imgur.com/CVAImHf.jpg[/img] They had [I]SO MANY[/I] choices. Couldn't Kojima Productions technically sue their bollocks of for using their (copyrighted) imagery without authorization? Because I'm pretty much 100% they didn't clear the usage for that if they didn't even realize it was fake.[/QUOTE] I thought the press were generally exempt from that since they usually show off a shitload of copyrighted content to report the news. (Most) news places do properly thank the photographer or distributor if it's a still image.

[QUOTE=Pythagoras64;45449012]I don't really see an issue. The picture complements their story well; its not like they're trying to pass it off as real.[/QUOTE] Uh, except they are?

[QUOTE=Dr._Medic;45444160]Oh yeah I know it's to bring light on this stuff and how it's actually happening in the world right now, but it unfortunately doesn't change the fact that the media will go on and on about how the game is gonna corrupt children and that it should be banned for rape/child soldiers/whatever.[/QUOTE] Who cares, its not like thats ever stopped games before, GTA never became more friendly even though every release seems to make some news story.

To be fair that is a pretty good picture to go with the headline, i doubt they cared it was from a game, and the fact it was cgi likely didnt matter.

nice is this like that shit where those guys used an arma 2 gameplay footage from YouTube filmed with a toaster ? oh fuck I'm late

Guess this is going to be banned in Australia then. Fuck.

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;45452387]what did i miss something or does this game have drugs/rape as a reward[/QUOTE] Well, actually, the way you advance time in the game, the E-Cigar, is some sort of drug.

[QUOTE=The freeman;45449811]I thought the press were generally exempt from that since they usually show off a shitload of copyrighted content to report the news. (Most) news places do properly thank the photographer or distributor if it's a still image.[/QUOTE] There's an exemption when using copywrite material when it's being used for education and/or commentary. The news is both. If anyone has gotten a YouTube video taken down and found that little paragraph you can send to YouTube full of legal mumbo jumbo that's basically it right there.

[QUOTE=Dr._Medic;45447099] Or a bi sexual vampire [/QUOTE] You mean a modern vampire?

RT, champions of [del] baloney [/del] i mean true glory and honor and truth to motherland with always accurate news

[QUOTE=Dr._Medic;45444136]Oh yeah especially since it goes into topics like rape, child soldiers, etc. It'll start a shit storm alright I'm hoping it won't though but I sincerely doubt it.[/QUOTE] unfortunately, society is still too scared to openly discuss these without fears of being misinterpreted or ostracized. We're wrapped up in our own little problems, that when we see something upsetting that should be talked about or confronted, we have to call boogeyman on it and get it banned so we're safe once more. Society's going backwards.

[QUOTE=GameDev;45444100][t]http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_super/123/1239113/2601002-mgs.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] somehow I doubt african child soldiers would have trigger discipline that good

how about the time fox news used the bioshock infinite logo

[QUOTE=catbarf;45445957]I don't see anyone in the news report saying something along the lines of 'this photo of child soldiers in Africa recently surfaced' or anything that implies that it's real. How is it any different when a news station is talking about hurricanes and they have a CGI hurricane in the background? At most it's an interesting tidbit that a news source used CGI from a well-known game but where are you guys coming from with the 'it's because they're lazy/incompetent' remarks?[/QUOTE] They showed the picture with no given context, so the average Joe would probably look at it and assume it's real. If anything it's a little misleading and deceptive. [editline]21st July 2014[/editline] Also I get the feeling they found the picture by searching for "child soldiers with tank" on Google Images.

[QUOTE=Impact1986;45444891]It is still computer generated so whats the point[/QUOTE] The point is that it's not gonna be released on the computer. Okay maybe that's not the point but still. Yes, as much as Kojima has said that he [I]"likes PC,"[/I] and he would [I]"love to make it for PC," [/I] and that he likes to [I]"think about making it for PC" [/I] But we all know the number of MGS games on PC: zip-zap-zippity Zero.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45454500]The point is that it's not gonna be released on the computer. Okay maybe that's not the point but still. Yes, as much as Kojima has said that he [I]"likes PC,"[/I] and he would [I]"love to make it for PC," [/I] and that he likes to [I]"think about making it for PC" [/I] But we all know the number of MGS games on PC: zip-zap-zippity Zero.[/QUOTE] MGS1 was on the PC. But so what if not all the games are on PC?

[QUOTE=lazyguy;45454522]MGS1 was on the PC. But so what if not all the games are on PC?[/QUOTE] Metal Gear Solid 2 was also on PC, although it was the Substance version.

[QUOTE=lazyguy;45454522]MGS1 was on the PC. But so what if not all the games are on PC?[/QUOTE] MGS2 substance was also on on PC... which was shit from what i heard MGR:R is on PC too, though it's wasn't crap, at least.

[QUOTE=lazyguy;45454522]MGS1 was on the PC. But so what if not all the games are on PC?[/QUOTE] Yeah, MGS1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX"]was on this thing, right?[/URL] And wasn't it called just Metal Gear? But yeah yeah, MGS, MGS2, MGS3 and MGS4, none of which came out on the PC, so neither will MGS5 most likely, which is too bad.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45456054]Yeah, MGS1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX"]was on this thing, right?[/URL] And wasn't it called just Metal Gear? But yeah yeah, MGS, MGS2, MGS3 and MGS4, none of which came out on the PC, so neither will MGS5 most likely, which is too bad.[/QUOTE] Dude, MGS and MGS2 came out on the PC.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45456054]Yeah, MGS1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX"]was on this thing, right?[/URL] And wasn't it called just Metal Gear? But yeah yeah, MGS, MGS2, MGS3 and MGS4, none of which came out on the PC, so neither will MGS5 most likely, which is too bad.[/QUOTE] You're confusing Metal Gear with Metal Gear Solid.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;45456054]Yeah, MGS1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX"]was on this thing, right?[/URL] And wasn't it called just Metal Gear? But yeah yeah, MGS, MGS2, MGS3 and MGS4, none of which came out on the PC, so neither will MGS5 most likely, which is too bad.[/QUOTE] [url="http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-PC/dp/B00004VP4B"]Yeah.[/url] [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-2-Substance-PC/dp/B00008JPTK"]None of these games[/URL] [URL="http://store.steampowered.com/app/235460/"]came out on PC.[/URL]