Completed Mass Effect

Last night I managed to complete Mass Effect with the renegade ending and it was great tonight I start it trying to be nice.

If you do not have mass effect then go out right now and buy it quick.

Shame on you NZ Herald

The NZ Herald ignores expert and focuses of a police officers opinion.

Yet again I am using this blog as a soap box to fight censorship, but I guess it is a good a place as any to try and stop it. Recently a New Zealand police officer Bill Harrison watched his kid play a computer game and decided that it was too violent and are a major cause of crime.

I know if you have been interested in games that this is getting out but there was one but of absolute crap reporting here, If you read the the whole story you will find three lines at the bottom that pretty much make when whole story invalid here they are:

But Auckland University psychologist Dr Ian Lambie said violent video games had no effect on most people.

"There is a subset of the population that is far more likely to be affected," he said.

"But we know that the problems are far more complex. It's learning issues, it's a whole range of other developmental problems."

Thats right the NZ Herald decided that is was much better news to say games are bad and offer the opinion of someone with no knowledge on how games effect children, as apposed to someone who has done research on Child and adolescent mental health and adolescent offending.

Mass Effect

I have spent 16 hours playing Mass Effect for about 16 hours now and I have to say that is kicks arse. If you don't have a copy go and get one right now, I mean it, it is my game of the year.

There is no need for the decoder tho.

A use for the Decoder!

Microsoft has opened up a new mass effect site and there is even new stuff that you have to use the Mass Effect decoder to read yay!!!.

Stop the Censorship

Its time for the real parents and adults to stand up and put a stop to constitutive groups like Family First who are too busy trying to censor things that will "damage" their children instead of parenting their children and controlling what they watch themselves.

As of last Friday the Christian lobby group Family first has been pressuring advisers to remove there advertising during a show TV3 show called Californication this show is on at 9-30 pm on Thursday that contains content that the people at family first deem bad for the New Zealand Family.

Now I can understand how some people might not want to watch a show with sex, nudity etc in it and if you don't like it just don't watch it. But what about the children I hear you saying well have two children and I would not be happy with them watching it either, so guess what I make sure that my kids don't watch it and are in bed by 9-30. As with all forms of entertainment it is not that responsibility of the government to decide what your children watch/do it is your responsibility so stop wasting your time ringing/emailing advertisers and start paying attention to your children and what they are watching and doing.

Here's what I would like you to consider doing:

• Would you consider sending a quick email to these advertisers(Cadbury, Ferrit, Burger King, CRC and Finish) saying that you are happy they are willing to support freedom of expression in New Zealand and that you will be boycott their product if remove there association with this program because of a small group of individuals that want to censor your entrainment.
• Right now please call TV3 and tell them that you are taking this action (09) 377-9730 (hold for an operator). Tell them (politely) that you would like to commend that for giving you the choice to watch adult ordinated programming on at an appropriate time slot.

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide." ~Napoleon Bonaparte

Have your say leave a comment.

P.s. Just in case you care Family First is also trying to;

• Stop Easter trading
  
• Remove The Anti-smacking Bill (apparently its not assault if its done by a parent)
  
• Boycott Hell's Pizza because they do not like there advtising
• Cancel the 'Boobs on Bikes' Parade

Get the Mass Effect Decoder Outside the US

For anyone who cares you can download the Mass Effect decoder from Microsoft(even if you are not from the US). I don't know if they are planning to do anything with it but for now you can make messages like this:

324 58727300 4 926293 13 70 39 27257250321795380 49027356093351 20393800 20 63 87 3 22925 75736612

Why do they not release "great" stuff like this in New Zealand, maybe its because we just don't care enough? I know I don't.