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Video-game controversy strikes again, over Portal 2.
A father who's daughter is adopted took offence at the line by Wheatley - "What's wrong with being adopted? Urm.. no parents."
While I can understand the line itself might bring up questions in their household, the context it is presented in (Wheatley is specifically described as being the combined moronic elements of the mind) and the fact that the entire game is presented with a light humoured tone, particularly the insulting nature of the artifical characters, I would say outweigh any gravity the line creates.
But what do you think GB? Is is right to turn the game off and ring the news channels? Is Portal 2 offensive?
Honestly I find the reporters more ignorant than the father, when they blame Sony for "passing the buck" onto Valve, who created the game. They really think this is worse than anything you'd find said in a school playground? And in general, does the news have a right judging games?
Portal 2
Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Apr 19, 2011
Portal 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed first-person puzzle game, carrying forward its love of mind-bending problems and its reckless disregard for the space-time continuum.
Portal 2 Controversy
The game means it as a way of trying to tell her that her parents are dead, or the parents she thought were real were not. Its not really a jab at adopted children as a way to try to break down what Chell thinks is true. Its also similar to when GLADOS calls Chell fat. I don't think overweight people should be offended by that. I just think people are always looking for a way to be offended and take things way more personally than the creators intend. My personal opinion anyways.
I can't even start to say how stupid this is. Who in his/her right mind would be so insecure that a line in a video game (that is supposed to be educational? huh?) could offend the person THAT much. For heavens sakes, we are talking about kids ... most kids have the attention span of a piece of bread. The kid would have forgotten about this within 20 minutes.
I made it to about 20 seconds of that video before it just got to stupid and I had to go punch a wall.
Made me laugh that they criticise the game for having that one line in case the daughter questions her relationship with her parents, but as the father said "she's chinese, she doesn't look like us."
So do they ban mirrors too, in case she wonders why she looks different?
I thought the same. She seems smart enough to realize that.Made me laugh that they criticise the game for having that one line in case the daughter questions her relationship with her parents, but as the father said "she's chinese, she doesn't look like us."So do they ban mirrors too, in case she wonders why she looks different?
"Character in a kid's video game" heh, okay. Have any overweight people called Valve in regards to the fat comments made my GLaDOS?
Eh, people are morons and sue-happy. They gotta have something to bitch about in the hopes of making a splash for the cash, baby cakes.
Love the complete lack of context in this "piece" of news. They don't even say why Wheatley says that. They even twist the facts to make Portal 2 "educational". It's embarrasing what some people and news corporations will do to generate more traffic and publicity. It's disgusting. Oh, and they don't even allow comments on that video. Talk about one-sided journalism...
But hey. My parents were fat and died when a neurotoxin filled the room they were working in. I'm so offended by this game.
Wow I can't imagine stuff like that happen anywhere. How the hell can you have problems with this. Its part of the story and since begining of the game you hear stuff like that as AI is thaing stabs at you every chamber and thats part of the games charm. Maybe there should be new logo on games - it can offend someone?
It's interesting how he did not notice the fifteen previous remarks the antagonists threw at Chell for being an orphan, but hey! You hear what you want to hear, right?
The game is cruel all around! Why should this specific thing be sla- what the fuck does she keep saying it's educational?!
What does it educate? Don't stand in front of a turret?
My parents were fat and died when a neurotoxin filled the room they were working in. I'm so offended by this game.Hey, wait a moment, my sister was turned into a potato and stolen by a bird, which news channel should I ring first?
It's local news. It's always bullshit.
Also, the dad is over reacting, or looking for attention. Either way, he's totally unjustified. First of all, Portal 2 is a work of fiction. Second of all, it is a remark made by a VILLAIN of the game. If we are going to get upset about villains speaking out against things that aren't really considered "bad" by society, then there can't be any villains. Someone somewhere made an excellent point by comparing this to Annie, which is an adored classic and, waddya know, has lines that are insulting on the basis of being adopted.
The simple fact of the matter is that, if anything, it's GOOD that it has an effect.
but... Didn't GlaDOS say that what Wheatley said was terrible in the news article itself? Ugh... this has gotten more attention than it deserves.
The whole point of that plot device is because GLaDoS is trying to make Chell's life a misery, constantly mocking and putting her down, but her basis for what human's find embarrassing or shameful seems to of been learnt from GLaDoS reading a bunch of texts. It's like she's been alone reading stories where people get put down for being adopted or read magazines about celebrities getting fatter and and she's thought that's a good putdown that she can use against Chell.
Says the moronic, evil robot with no parents."What's wrong with being adopted? Urm.. no parents."
Educational? I did some research, by which I mean I read a description of the game (see below), I even searched using the CTRL-F function for the word educational, yet strangely there are no references in the article that add any substance to these claims, this game has no more educational value for kids learning about science than the educational value that games like GTA IV have for students going through driver's ed.
I think this only bothers people on here as it looks like another attack on the video games industry, I just hope for the kids sake that she is never asked to read classic literature at school, can you imagine what that TV station would be saying about Oliver Twist?About the Game
Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following.
The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers. Players will explore never-before-seen areas of the Aperture Science Labs and be reunited with GLaDOS, the occasionally murderous computer companion who guided them through the original game.
The game’s two-player cooperative mode features its own entirely separate campaign with a unique story, test chambers, and two new player characters. This new mode forces players to reconsider everything they thought they knew about portals. Success will require them to not just act cooperatively, but to think cooperatively.
Product Features
- Extensive single player: Featuring next generation gameplay and a wildly-engrossing story.
- Complete two-person co-op: Multiplayer game featuring its own dedicated story, characters, and gameplay.
- Advanced physics: Allows for the creation of a whole new range of interesting challenges, producing a much larger but not harder game.
- Original music.
- Massive sequel: The original Portal was named 2007's Game of the Year by over 30 publications worldwide.
- Editing Tools: Portal 2 editing tools will be included. Note: To be made available after launch.
my advice to that guy would be to immediately stop being such a pussy. nothing happens to you when you're offended.http://www.wbtv.com/category/195957/video-landing-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5859090&redirected=true
Video-game controversy strikes again, over Portal 2.
A father who's daughter is adopted took offence at the line by Wheatley - "What's wrong with being adopted? Urm.. no parents."
Being that Portal 2 is a puzzle game, surely it holds as much use to being educational as completing a jigsaw does to increasing your intelligence. (This is a very tedious link but hopefully you get my point.)
Maybe what it has taught the chinese adopted girl is that if she were ever stuck in a situation where she is basically held hostage by robots, they might say things that aren't very nice.
Life's a bitch for her, huh.
Who is WB TV...Never heard of this crap TV network. Must be local.
When Glados went "For the record, you're adopted and that's terrible", I started waiting for somebody to take offense at that, because people are fucking idiots.
I, of course, laughed.
So any fictional characters who happen to insult adopted children are also OK to target? I'm sure there are a ton.
Sneak preview of GLaDOS's lines in Portal 3:
It's a slow news week obviously.
In any case, if they found Portal 2 offensive, I would love to sit them down in front of 75% of the comedians out there today.
thats news for you. you think they are accurate about other things as well? no they are equally retarded whe it comes to global events too.
Oh, so E stands for educational now huh? Man, everyone except for the little girl that actually played the game were phased by it. Ignorant, ignorant people. They thought sony made it. Anyways, with it being said, I guess some could take offense towards some of the remarks, but then again, it's supposed to be humorous, and it is.
"Controversy" is not the word I would use, more "A few stupid people, saying stupid things."Have them watch the Venture Bros episode about the Joy Can...
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