I find it offensive that adopted people would take offense to a game making a joke about being adopted.

Well, that dude sure is lame.  

Wow. I seriously cannot believe someone would actually take offense to this...its a joke. A JOKE.

I can see that sort of thing upsetting a parent with an adopted child, but making such a big deal about it on television is just retarded. Something tells me the daughter didn't pay much attention to that joke until she saw her father go crazy about it.

P.S. So will the family be suing Valve or Stephen Merchant?

some people cant take a joke... and a tame joke stated by a mad blithering sphere at that

Well, that dude sure is lame.  

At least his daughter won't inherit his lameness through genes.  

Umm... yeah no comment :/

first off as a journalism major this is a travisity, Blaming sony when it was made by valve and then saying sony is passing the buck is terrible. 

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.

It's a joke that someone took way to seriously. I feel trolled.

What he should have done is to have played the game through first before letting his daughter play, and if he didn't like it... then don't let her play it (although I am glad that he was playing through it with her, as time these days is a precious commodity - that he cared enough to play with her and pay attention - he sounds like a great dad). Also, I don't understand how the game was "billed as educational" - I mean, I do understand why he feels the way he feels but, not all puzzle games are meant to be educational.  I don't remember any advertisements claiming the game would be a great learning tool for kids - maybe I missed it?
I understand why he feels that way, but if you look at the big picture... you (Chel the orphan) ultimately win the game, no?  So... why complain when the character is triumphing through such adversity?  Shouldn't that be commended?  He says that they like the rest of the game - well, Wheatly is a moron (stated often in the game) - perhaps he should be offended that someone is essentially being called retarded?  Or maybe he should be offended that the character/player is being called a fatty?  Why not be offended that to Cave, homeless people = guinea pigs?  Where are the people up in arms about Glados' mean spirit in general - I mean, she's trying to murder you!  That's way worse than being taunted by a mentally handicapped robot.


Also, @slightconfuse: The word is 'travesty,' and it's really not that bad.  Yeah, she didn't do her research, but it is what it is.  They're still getting hits, no?

@Meowshi said:

Well, that dude sure is lame.  

At least his daughter won't inherit his lameness through genes.  

Quality post.

Sneak preview of GLaDOS's lines in Portal 3:

"Oh, you're adopted, just like my last test subject! Nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it should be a source of pride! You're special, and I am rooting for you."

"I must say, you are looking wonderful today! We can test if you want, but only if you're up to it."

"This test chamber was going to be lined with turrets, but that's far too dangerous. So I lined it with unicorn murals instead."

Ending song: "You're Adopted (And That's Okay)"

This is so stupid it angers me... why is nobody whining about Pokemon that those poor poor animals are kept in a tiny little ball. That´s animal cruelty!!!! 
 
Also Portal 2 makes fun of potatoes too... nobody complained about that. Sometimes I wonder why I want to move back to the U.S...

People are too sensitive about bullshit these days.  It was a fucking joke.  This is along the same lines as people getting offended when you wish them a Merry Christmas.

good comedy always offends someone.  

There is absolutely no way that guy was playing through that game with his daughter if that was the first time he heard a comment about adoption. That adoption joke is a callback to the other adoption jokes. I bet her and her brother were happily on their own playing it and he happened to be in the room at that exact moment and turned off the PS3. 
 
Where, exactly, is that game being billed as educational or 'for kids'? E for Everyone means EVERYONE. I love that they create controversy about the adoption jokes and then put the caption 'Adoption Controversy' up like it wasn't them that just created the controversy. Dicks.