Vice President Joe Biden Meets With Gaming Industry

@KaneRobot said:

I don't like government figures getting all up in my video games. Unless they are in NBA Jam.

so true

Not that I'm a fucking fan of Joe Biden, but I'd like to address this idea that your quality as a legislator is entirely dependent on how many 'gaffes' you've uttered. This is such complete fucking nonsense, it drives me crazy. I don't think it started in the Bush administration, but this idea that someone's governance and the quality of their ideas is entirely dependent on whether or not they have said something silly is horseshit. It's like judging a plumber how clean their uniform is rather than whether or not they fixed the fucking sink. If what you judge your elected officials on is their ability to not put their foot in their mouth, you're just filling up the cabinets with politicians and showmen rather than legislators and workers. If you had a game publisher and hired a guy with nothing but PR training to be CEO, I bet people would like you more but you sure as fuck wouldn't know how to produce anything.

Now with all that said, Joe Biden is a shameless, spineless opportunist who has no interest in justice and only does whatever buys him the most political capital.

I don't like government figures getting all up in my video games. Unless they are in NBA Jam.

@djinn8345: Adam Lanza's mother took him out and taught him how to shoot her guns.

Okay, when I was four my father took me out to the back and had me shoot a .410. Everyone on my mom's side was against this. My aunt and uncle both said they would never do what my dad did to me with a gun with their son. Now fast forward 12 years, my cousin at the age of 14 decided to go out and target practice with a be be gun. While doing so he shot out a pain glass window of the sheriff in his town. Fast forward two more years, the same cousin took my grandfathers .22 and decided to target practice. Almost shooting and killing my Grandparent's Neighbor because he didn't target practice in the same spot that WE ALWAYS target practiced. My point is Video Games are not the reason for the violence and shootings at school. Movies are the not reason for the violence and the shootings at school. PARENTS who don't teach their kids how to act with GUNS or around GUNS. PARENTS who allow their 5 year old to play a game that is meant for ADULTS and NOT explain to them THAT what is going on in the game DOES NOT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE example re-spawning after being killed in a game or movie. PARENTS that are so scared to talk to their kids about the things on T.V, MOVIES, and VIDEO GAMES to make sure that the kids understand that those things are not real. THAT in REAL LIFE people DIE when SHOT. PARENTS that don't take RESPONSIBILITY and DON"T EDUCATE THEIR children about guns. THAT my friends is the reason for all the violence and shootings in schools and every where else. PEOPLE can blame the games and movies all they want but it WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM!

@Dalai said:

Unfortunately we didn't learn anything about the government's stance on Devil May Cry and statues of dismembered women.

LMAO Way to go!!!!

is it just me or did john riccitiello look bored as hell? on second thought he might just be thinking of what he's gonna write in his job application.

Unfortunately we didn't learn anything about the government's stance on Devil May Cry and statues of dismembered women.

@insanejedi: I'll just leave this here for you. Might blow your mind to know that alot of the people that work for the NRA don't believe what they sell.

@AiurFlux said:

Knee jerk reactions made by idiots that haven't the slightest idea what in the fuck they're doing.

Instead of blaming video games, which are in millions of homes, how about they blame lack of mental health funding. Lack or proper background/mental checks for weapons like an AR-15. Or how about how the media holds these filthy fucking nut animals that should have been aborted up like pariahs which is by far the bigger issue. This sack of shit played WoW. WoW. A game with elves and unicorns that at one time over 11 million people played. If games are to blame why aren't there 11 million other cases? Why isn't there a larger correlation between games and violence between countries like the UK or Canada, which get the same goddamn games in the first place?

I can't wait for when we can draw blood from an unborn fetus and find out if there's any abnormalities so we can abort them before birth. Fuck being PC. Sacks of shit like this cunt and the Aurora cunt should never have had the luxury to walk this planet. The fact that they were born is an abomination.

The media needs to go fuck themselves and I only wish that that asshole in Aurora, who this little prick in Newtown probably idolized after seeing his image on the television 24/7, gets dragged into the street and quartered. Or at least thrown into the proper prison population instead of isolation for his "protection" so he gets raped and murdered.

Fuckin' WORD!

Maybe this means we'll get fewer shooters in the coming years!

A boy can dream :(

@Walreese55: Well just recently, he stepped in and convinced Mitch McConnell to help him get the fiscal cliff deal to pass. There's no way it would have gone through without him. Traditionally, a VP's only requirement is to preside over the senate. It's usually pretty hard to list major accomplishments by any VP while they hold the office. Cheney was probably the most activist VP this country's ever had and I wish he hadn't been. Bush sr. did very little I can remember as VP under Reagan, Dan Quayle was far more of a laughingstock than Biden has ever been. Even if you believe Al Gore invented the internet, it was while he was a congressman, not VP.

Knee jerk reactions made by idiots that haven't the slightest idea what in the fuck they're doing.

Instead of blaming video games, which are in millions of homes, how about they blame lack of mental health funding. Lack or proper background/mental checks for weapons like an AR-15. Or how about how the media holds these filthy fucking nut animals that should have been aborted up like pariahs which is by far the bigger issue. This sack of shit played WoW. WoW. A game with elves and unicorns that at one time over 11 million people played. If games are to blame why aren't there 11 million other cases? Why isn't there a larger correlation between games and violence between countries like the UK or Canada, which get the same goddamn games in the first place?

I can't wait for when we can draw blood from an unborn fetus and find out if there's any abnormalities so we can abort them before birth. Fuck being PC. Sacks of shit like this cunt and the Aurora cunt should never have had the luxury to walk this planet. The fact that they were born is an abomination.

The media needs to go fuck themselves and I only wish that that asshole in Aurora, who this little prick in Newtown probably idolized after seeing his image on the television 24/7, gets dragged into the street and quartered. Or at least thrown into the proper prison population instead of isolation for his "protection" so he gets raped and murdered.

@oraknabo said:

Joe Biden is a great Senator and was a legitimate Presidential Candidate in '88. Biden is an incredibly caring human being that has been through a ton of shit and had done more good for people in his life than most of us ever will. If you believe the buffoon image of him, you must be watching Fox News.

I don't think you've opened your eyes to Joe Biden in the past four years. I don't watch Fox News, ever, but apart from the Vice Presidential debate, he has seemed like a walking joke. Seriously, when was the last time you ever remember Biden, before this, doing anything of consequence or importance in the past four years? Do you remember him doing anything notable, apart from talking about setting up a "middle class" task force that no one ever heard about again? Or is it all gaffe after gaffe, mistake after mistake that made him look like a Jackass? I've seen The Daily Show skewer his mistakes time after time and I can't for the life of me think of something great he did in the past four years. No matter what you believe, you have to admit that this "buffoon image" isn't just something Fox News made up, he kind of deserves it after all the stupid shit he's spouted in the past four years. Is he a good leader? Here's his chance to show it.

@RobertOrri said:

@mrfluke said:

also get ready patrick, i wouldnt be surprised if the comments on this story turn into another shitstorm.

@Walreese55 said:

IN what world is Joe Biden called upon to be a voice of reason and to lead? Joe Fucking Biden, the man who literally could not keep his mouth open for more than five minutes without embarrassing himself

That didn't take long.

It's not about shitting on anyone for their political beliefs, it's simply that Joe Biden the man has been anything but calm and leader-like. He's a gaffe machine every time he opens his mouth and up until that last debate, a joke. Seriously, I'm not even bringing politics into this, this is Joe Fucking Biden. It's astounding in how dumb Joe Biden, the person, seems like. Don't read too much into things

So you're controlling a character when you play a game; how does that in any way affect your own sense of morality any more than watching movie or reading a book?

People in power who believe that, do so because the reason they got into politics was to control people. They've been taught that they can control people through such minor influence and that pseudo-scientific belief just exposes their own seedy motivations.

@insanejedi said:

We're done here because I'm not arguing with someone who's not following the premises of the argument, and intentionally putting red herrings, strawman arguements, and misrepresenting people.

Also known as, "Oh Man you brought up facts? NOT FAIR!!!"

that video was kind of pointless. its just Biden informing the other people there about previous discussions he's had

@insanejedi: You told me I don't know what I am on about, just proved that I do. Most NRA members want gun regulations, so whats wrong with a few more, like less bullets in a magazine? You just seem like an irrational human being to be honest.

I thought the NRA blamed "violent" video games? I may be wrong. Was it a blanket statement of "video games"? NRA: Practice Range looks like a non-violent game to me. It looks like a shooting range simulator. I never equated going to the range with violence, myself. I've only put shots into targets and old Magic: The Gathering cards.

They may blame television, but that doesn't include the National Geographic channel, right?

@Andorski said:

The best comment I've seen about this was an analogy of having the government do a meeting with Hot Wheels over driving safety.

Precisely. :D

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Explain to me what I am making up? Heres a poll taking last year with NRA members that details what I said about wanting regulations

Among the survey's key findings:

• 87 percent of NRA members agree that support for 2 Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.
• There is very strong support for criminal background checks:

• 74 percent support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun.
• 79 percent support requiring gun retailers to perform background checks on all employees – a measure recently endorsed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry.

• NRA members strongly support allowing states to set basic eligibility requirements for people who want to carry concealed, loaded guns in public places. By contrast, the NRA leadership's top federal legislative priority – national reciprocity for concealed carry permits – would effectively eliminate these requirements by forcing every state to allow non-residents to carry concealed guns even if they would not qualify for a local permit.

NRA members support many common state eligibility rules for concealed carrying:

75 percent of NRA members believe concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who have not committed any violent misdemeanors, including assault.

74 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who have completed gun safety training.

68 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who do not have prior arrests for domestic violence.

63 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants 21 years of age or older.

So if the NRA are only there for the 2nd amendment, wouldn't that mean criminals are allowed firearms?

And what I said about Gun Companys heavily investing in NRA

But membership fees don't pay the NRA's bills alone. In recent years, the group has become more aggressive about seeking donations, both from individuals and corporations, and that in turn has led it to become more deeply entwined with the gun industry. In 2010, it received $71 million in contributions, up from $46.3 million in 2004. Some of that money came from small-time donors, who've received a barrage of fundraising appeals warning of President Obama's imminent plot to gut the Second Amendment and confiscate Americans' firearms. But around 2005, the group began systematically reaching out to its richest members for bigger checks through its "Ring of Freedom" program, which also sought to corral corporate donors. Between then and 2011, the Violence Policy Center estimates that the firearms industry donated as much as $38.9 million to the NRA's coffers. The givers include 22 different gun makers, including famous names like Smith & Wesson, Beretta USA, SIGARMS, and Sturm, Ruger & Co. that also manufacture so-called assault weapons.

Some of that funding has given the NRA a direct stake in gun and ammo sales. As Bloomberg noted in its January article, Sturm, Ruger & Co. launched a campaign to sell one million guns, and promised to donate $1 of each purchase to the group. Since 1992, MidWay USA, which retails gun supplies including ammo and controversial high-capacity magazines, has allowed its customers to round up each of their online and mail orders to the nearest dollar, and automatically donate the extra to the NRA. Together with other companies that have joined the effort, MidWay has helped collect more than $9 million for NRA. MidWay's owner, Larry Pottfield, also happens to be the the group's largest individual donor.

These connections have fueled the theory among some gun-control advocates that the NRA is just another corporate front. That might theoretically explain why the group has opposed politically popular measures such as requiring background checks at gun shows and banning sales to people on the terrorist watch list, proposals that even its own members have been found to support. For gun makers, the fewer rules, the better.

"They translate the industry's needs into less crass, less economically interested language -- into defending the home, into defending the country," Tom Diaz, the Violence Policy Center's senior policy analyst, told me in an interview. One example, he said, was concealed carry laws, which the NRA promotes as self-defense measures. As Diaz explained, letting private citizens carry their handguns in public also just happened to allow firearms manufacturers to make and market new, smaller weapons with higher calibers.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/whom-does-the-nra-really-speak-for/266373/

So please explain to me the part I am making up?

I really want you to think about what you just posted in relation to your premise here.

Exactly dude, but it was taking over by the Gun Companies, to push their own agenda in Washington. The majority of NRA wants tougher regulations on guns, because they just want to go hunting, they don't want a 50 round semi-auto assault weapon to go hunt deer with, but the people that sadly control the NRA now just want to sell and make as much money as possible...

I'm going to admit right now you are REALLY good at misleading people and misrepresenting people, and I'm probably the only one right now that is hemorrhaging by your gigantic red herring evidence.

What you just did was say...

NRA wants tougher regulations on guns

And provided evidence by the polling data.

Among the survey's key findings:

• 87 percent of NRA members agree that support for 2 Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.
• There is very strong support for criminal background checks:

• 74 percent support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun.
• 79 percent support requiring gun retailers to perform background checks on all employees – a measure recently endorsed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry.

• NRA members strongly support allowing states to set basic eligibility requirements for people who want to carry concealed, loaded guns in public places. By contrast, the NRA leadership's top federal legislative priority – national reciprocity for concealed carry permits – would effectively eliminate these requirements by forcing every state to allow non-residents to carry concealed guns even if they would not qualify for a local permit.

NRA members support many common state eligibility rules for concealed carrying:

75 percent of NRA members believe concealed carry permits should only be granted to applicants who have not committed any violent misdemeanors, including assault.

74 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who have completed gun safety training.

68 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants who do not have prior arrests for domestic violence.

63 percent of NRA members believe permits should only be granted to applicants 21 years of age or older.

So if the NRA are only there for the 2nd amendment, wouldn't that mean criminals are allowed firearms?

Which all just shows that NRA members support CERTAIN CURRENTLY EXISTING US LAW. To the uninformed who don't care about firearms and I don't really blame them, they don't know that all these things listed are currently existing law.

But with this evidence you insinuate that.

NRA wants tougher regulations on guns

Misrepresentation? I think so. Because through this evidence you presuppose that with your following statement.

they don't want a 50 round semi-auto assault weapon to go hunt deer with

Meaning that most in the NRA through your statements are okay or in support of things like the Assault Weapons Ban which limits 10 round magazines. No where in your evidence support this evidence. I can tell you right now that that the vast majority of NRA members do not support the ban of sale of standard capacity magazines (ones that were designed for the firearm), ban on semi-automatic weapons, or premits to purchasing firearms as evidenced here.

So if the NRA are only there for the 2nd amendment, wouldn't that mean criminals are allowed firearms?

What a strawman arguement. You realize that convicted felons are stripped of their constitutional rights which include the right to vote?

How would you feel if I polled the ECA and found that most likely most gamers are fine with ESRB ratings, and that most retailers ID people they feel are underage for M-rated games, and went to washington to show that gamers support tougher regulations on games with such broad of a statement?

That might theoretically explain why the group has opposed politically popular measures such as requiring background checks at gun shows and banning sales to people on the terrorist watch list, proposals that even its own members have been found to support

What a bullshit poll. It asked such a broad question and from that pulled out that most NRA supports are in favor of background checks at gun shows.

Seventy-four percent of the current and former NRA members and 87 percent of the other gun owners supported criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun,

I know most of you are not into firearms and will look at that and say "Oh hey, the NRA members support background checks for ANYONE purchasing a gun." Background checks are made to every single gun purchase by a licensed Federal Firearms Dealer in all 50 states TODAY. What they want to pull from this is the requirement for a background check at guns shows.

"But what's the problem with that you gun toating crazy nut?"

The problem with that is at gun shows these are regarded as private-private transactions. Or simply put selling a gun you bought at a regular store to another person, like your friend, brother or cousin. At a gun show if you are running a BUSINESS, you have to apply for a Federal Firearms License which allows you to buy and sell firearms at the market requiring a background check for the individual for the purpose of BUSINESS. (i.e making a profit) But if you are not running a business and not making profit regularly or selling guns regularly at a gun show, and selling your guns at a gun show because it makes sense and you have a mortgage payment to make, then you do not require an FFL or to give a background check because it is regarded how it is like selling your gun to a friend. Anything else is a felony,

Does it seem not as simple as you make it out to be? Yes it isn't as simple. But I guess that's why it's so easy to fool people rather then telling the honest to god damn truth about these things. Because people especially here do not actively go through the process of buying, selling, and understanding firearms law, and I don't care if they don't, but I care when they start spouting off bullshit like this and misrepresenting the industry and the business intentionally or unintentionally because they don't understand the nature of it.

Don't understand the law? Don't understand the nature of the business? Then shut the fuck up because you sound like Jack Thompson and Leeland Yee go on about video games. You really do...

We're done here because I'm not arguing with someone who's not following the premises of the argument, and intentionally putting red herrings, strawman arguements, and misrepresenting people.

@Colourful_Hippie said:

@Scotto said:

How can anyone pay dues to an organization whose head, in the wake of the Newtown shooting, called a conference and, much like a senile old man, proceeded to blame everything but guns themselves for the tragedy?

The Second Amendment needs to be amended again. Outlawing guns completely is a fool's errand, but common sense preventative gun controls like the rest of the first world certainly aren't out of reach.

And to the people who think their AR-15 is necessary because of the potential need for government overthrow - we don't live in an age where everyone had muskets and bayonets any more. The government has missiles, and tanks, and fighter jets, and drones - the most overfunded military in the world - a handful of people living in the hills of Montana aren't overthrowing shit.

Allow hunting rifles and most pistols, with mandatory waiting periods and mandated proper storage for both, require possession and acquisition licenses for both, and outlaw the rest - or only make them available at licensed shooting ranges, and not legal for personal ownership.

Fucking thank you. I never understand people's need to have weapons along the line of the AR-15, if you want to shoot something like that then go to a licensed a gun range. Also the whole government disarming its people is just another crackpot conspiracy some paranoid fuck farted out. If the government got to the point that they can strip away your freedoms and invade your home, don't expect to hold them off with your stupid gun collection. You only have yourself to blame for voting away your personal liberties.

Word.

I live in a poor part of Oakland, CA and don't feel the need to own a gun. I hear gunshots at least one night a month and seeing what firearms have done to the minority community in Oakland is sad and frustrating. Most of the hardcore gun owners I know live in largely crime-free rural areas, so I believe the culture is steeped in paranoia and cynicism more than a desire for social justice and freedom.

As someone who lives in one of biggest gun violence cities in the world, Philadelphia, I feel the need to point out something that is obvious to most people in my part of the country, but may not be to all of you out in West Coast suburban neighborhoods.

This kind of beautiful blend of ignorance and stupidity is responsible for the VAST MAJORITY of shootings in the U.S.

Take note of a few things:

1. All of the guys in this video are convicted felons; they aren't legally able to buy or posses a weapon, yet they do. Point being that trashing the NRA and pushing for gun bans will solve NOTHING.

2 . None of these guys are gamers. They are drug pushers and soldiers. Violent games have nothing to do with this.

My point being that you California libs need to stop arguing about the effects of COD levels and the NRA and realize that restricting 2nd Amendment rights or the creative rights of artists is not going to have any effect on the vast majority of gun violence perpetrators.

And if you haven't listened to OBH or the underground rap coming out of philly right now, your missing out.

@archr5 Oddly, I hear the word weird more out of west coast libs like Klepek than from supposedly intolerant people. Listen for it whenever they come in contact with tradcon culture or values, of which the gun culture is a subset. Like the word creep from girls, there is usually a truckload of subtext.

@Bourbon_Warrior:

Who the hell is going to skip content in a game?

That is not an argument. It is not the game's fault if you play it and are offended, and it is sure as hell not the games fault for kids playing it. Like the guy said, there are 3 different methods in which they say what the mission is, as well as making it blatantly obvious that you can skip the content. Saying no one would skip content is not an argument against the game, that's an argument against people who ignored the clear warnings and then raised an uproar.

@Totoni said:

Wait. First they blame video games for the shooting, and then they release their own video game? It's just a target practice game, but that's just as hypocritical as it can be. Also ages four and up? That's just... I can't... What... Ahh, I give up.

Yup. Thanks NRA. Thanks for less than nothing.

All of this reminds me of this quote:

Riccitello just looks wrecked sitting next to him.

@Walreese55 said:

IN what world is Joe Biden called upon to be a voice of reason and to lead? Joe Fucking Biden, the man who literally could not keep his mouth open for more than five minutes without embarrassing himself

^

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

The mission No Russian in COD MW2 is deplorable. Kids are playing that, it's interactive and can't be compared to violent movies because you are the one choosing to shoot all the bystanders in the airport in a mass shooting simulator, it is bad taste and was only in that game to create the controversy or as head honchos like to call "free advertising".

I'm no fan of the COD series but in that mission for one you don't have to shoot til' the end when the NPCs fire back at you, you can walk through the whole start of the mission doing nothing and not harming anyone, but you will see the horror what the undercover agent has to play along with in that terrorist group.... Now we can argue that the story of the game may not be that good or that the they didn't spell out what you could or couldn't do clear enough (that you didn't know you could play it a different way) play that mission again you'll see you don't have to shoot any unharmed person.....

I feel that people tend to lash out at video games, books, movies, & music but what about the time before this form of media...What where the games, books, music, & movies of (insert some killer before or after 21st century) so we can censor, alter, and/or ban because we don't want anything like that to happen again... Its a silly way to prevent something from happening and sick way of shifting the blame off the individual committed the act.....

Are we trying to pardon the persons by saying "it not your fault" it's the media that should have been censor and banned all the parts we, the 'unofficial' 'official', feel are naughty because we all know that people don't have free will or the capacity to think for themselves....

What about weapons? should we ban them? And I mean all of them, the pew-pew, bang-bang, boom-boom, slice-slash, break-bash, choke-strangle, poke & prick (now that's a hefty list of stuff)... I'm pretty sure I missed some but we can always ban those later and lets go one better lets ban anything that's unconventionally a weapon, like ham & cheese, mad cow burgers, or radio water drinking contest bottles.... What bout animals they kill people BAN.... What about lava, storms and earthquakes.... hey wait a minute earthquakes!?!?! BAN

Ultimately in order to keep bad things from happening we will need to built machines... And like Mass Effect are Google Skynet Overseer will compute that the only thing that can save mankind from its self is to bubble wrap and bury in a shallow grave....... but bubble wrap will be BANNED

Damn it all to hell!!!!

I never understand the hate for Joe Biden. If you knew about him and his life before becoming VP then you'd realize he has a pretty amazing life story. Any doubt to his intelligence or ability should have been put to rest during the debate he had with Paul Ryan. I'm glad he was put in charge of something so important.

@Krystal_Sackful: Oh right yeah of course it is, thanks.

I don't think the NRA app is all that weird. They came out and said "We think video games blah blah..." because a calm message of "look, there's no evidence that guns cause violent crime, and getting rid of them definitely doesn't stop violent crime.. here is the data to support that..." won't be heard. That data has been out there for years and people continue to ignore it because they're irrational.

The App is basically backing up what they said "We think games influence kids.. so here's an app that incorporates gun safety into its message." Like I said, not that weird.

What's weird is the rabidly anti-gun politicians (Freinstein, Schumer.. others) who roll around with concealed carry permits and teams of taxpayer provided armed guards.... That's weird.

The best comment I've seen about this was an analogy of having the government do a meeting with Hot Wheels over driving safety.

Riccitello just looks wrecked sitting next to him.

A man kills children at an elementary school with an assault rifle. Why? Videogames.

Who the hell did Biden even meet with anyway? Gotta love then games companies are treated like one big evil axis.

Joe Biden: YES I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE HEAD OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY. THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED A MEETING.

Saxton Hale: Speaking...

In the NRA's game you can shoot coffins.

Coffins.

I bet Big Bo can fix this shit up faster than you can say "Sweeeeeeet".

can be on this side 
steve borsuk

let me know if you coming 
steve borsuk

So Biden did this just so he could complain to Riccitiello about the ending to Mass Effect 3, right?

@tourgen said:

end the war on drugs

pour funding into mental health care

stop stigmatizing mental health conditions so people actually go get help when they need it

recognize we will never be able to stop every bad thing from ever happening

improve our education system across the board

make it harder for idiots that don't need to be armed to legally obtain weapons

now the list is complete. everyone notice I didn't say ban all guns.

Someone should have photoshopped Biden's half of the Biden-Ryan staredown pic with one of Riccitiello or Kotick looking haggard.

I guess this was the US governments nice way of saying, "stop making FPS's to the point of over saturation"! Hey if they won't listen to us, maybe they'll listen to them.