I have faith in Game developers

[Seed of Sorrow]

So whether this is fake or not, I'm not sure, but it seems legit.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ndo-Scrabble-game-taught-son-swear-words.html


Personally, I think this is hilarious, and thought I would share. Plus, using the word f***ers to get a triple word score and win a scrabble game is golden. Does anybody know if slang is usable in scrabble tournaments?

 

[GreenKirby]

The comments are funny as well.

"Instead of buying a computer game to improve your son's vocabulary, why not read a book with him? Or am I, at 22, old fashioned?!"

"Disgraceful. I really fear for this country's future if this sort of thing is finding its way onto games, children will think vile language is the norm. Polite language, good manners and common courtesy is disappearing and personally, I find it very scary."

"This is a repeat of what happened to my son years ago, also through the same outlet - who sold Nintendo games meant for 18 year old plus to my son, then only 8 too."

What game was this? Conker?

And I like how they blame the game when the child had to enter the letters HIMSELF meaning he already knew the words to began with. And of course, there all in dictionaries. Why not banned dictionaries?

 

[Chris Lionheart]

I lol'd.

I know what I'm getting for Christmas =D..... jk.

 

[Red Exodus]

Who the hell buys scrabble for DS? Can't they buy the real thing instead or does the mom expect video games to raise her son for her?

 

[Freezewish]

Mrs Carrington tried out the program for herself on Ethan's hand-held DS console and was taken aback when her 'opponent' laid down the word 't*ts

This made me laugh in real life.

 

[OmegaXXII]

^Unless the child happens to play only video games then I guess a reason 'why' a mom would do so, I mean who does that?

But I agree, having the real physical board is way better than owning an electronic version of it, much less a handheld version.

 

[Mith_]

LOLOLOL that kid has a pink DS.

Anyways, the kid is already in school, so I'm sure the game didn't "teach" him these words. But nonetheless he doesn't really need to be playing it if it is laying down words like f*ck and sh*t every other turn lol, and getting triple word bonuses and owning his face.

 

[notftomearth7]

I like how she blames the game, assuming there's no one who has uttered the word t*t in her son's classroom. Gotta love blaming the media for irresponsible parenting.

 

[GoldShadow]

Jesus, between this thread and the Aiko robot thread, there are a lot of people neglecting to read the article, then bashing it for no real reason.

The kid didn't type these words in, the computer opponent did. And whether or not the real board is better than a handheld version or not is completely irrelevant. Also, there's nothing to suggest "bad parenting" here whatsoever. I bet you guys never played video games as kids, right? If you did, you had horrible parents; that seems to be the logic some people here are using.

The mother's concern is completely legitimate; games like this should not have words in them that people will find offensive, especially when the box says ages "3+" on it.

 

[koka]

LOLOLOL that kid has a pink DS.

LOL

"Along with her husband Paul, who runs a hair salon"

Huh. Wonder why?