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highplainsdem

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16. No, but years ago I was friends with one of the most successful and respected game designers
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:17 PM
Jan 2020

around, and he actually was an artist, and concerned with his games' impacts, and he'd have never been so stupid as to brag that he was an artist because he created games showing how to kill people.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Anyone who brags that he's an artist because he designs games that teach you how to kill people IS a highplainsdem Jan 2020 #1
Yet another group of people whose vote Joe doesn't want? n/t Odoreida Jan 2020 #5
but thats NOT what he said.... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #35
It's the title from the original article. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #71
Somehow I doubt that's what was said. redqueen Jan 2020 #6
Read the quote in the OP. Biden said that creep told him "he was an artist because he was highplainsdem Jan 2020 #9
Is there a recording? Or are we going off memory? redqueen Jan 2020 #13
Who knows? But it is in the OP transcript. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #68
It wasn't a quote. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #21
I was referring to the excerpt, which is a quote from the article. highplainsdem Jan 2020 #54
Depending on his specific job duties, a game designer can very well be an artist. LonePirate Jan 2020 #64
According to the OP which I assume you read...the guy claimed he was an artist because he taught Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #69
I doubt it, too. Joe didn't say he was quoting the guy. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #20
Haven't spent much time in the Research Triangle area of key state North Carolina, have you? jberryhill Jan 2020 #7
No, but years ago I was friends with one of the most successful and respected game designers highplainsdem Jan 2020 #16
LOL! This is hilarious! Good to see corporations R B Garr Jan 2020 #25
I have no idea what the fuck that is supposed to mean jberryhill Jan 2020 #27
I bet you do know what the fuck it means R B Garr Jan 2020 #33
Please quote me on "generalized corporate hate" jberryhill Jan 2020 #38
What bullshit is right. R B Garr Jan 2020 #39
I've asked you to quote me jberryhill Jan 2020 #41
What a joke. You just told a Biden supporter to look R B Garr Jan 2020 #48
Isn't it boomer_wv Jan 2020 #43
A more competitive market among smaller firms would be great for him jberryhill Jan 2020 #46
There it is. boomer_wv Jan 2020 #55
So bizarre jberryhill Jan 2020 #57
Exactly! And look at all the scrambling trying to R B Garr Jan 2020 #62
Good point! I love Biden, but he's dead wrong on this. Beakybird Jan 2020 #2
There's still time before the voting starts for Joe to evolve on this issue. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #14
And out of touch outside his demographic. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #72
Hoping my oldest son doesn't see that one jberryhill Jan 2020 #3
He'll see it. Mariana Jan 2020 #12
Definitely. redqueen Jan 2020 #15
didn't he recently tell miners to learn how to code? IcyPeas Jan 2020 #4
Yup, Joe told miners learn how to code. This'll be another 1 Joe's advisors advise him to walk back. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #17
No, he said they can learn how to code Hav Jan 2020 #22
This is painful. nt redqueen Jan 2020 #8
You have to laugh at the double standards at calling R B Garr Jan 2020 #10
Yes, all game designers are billionaires. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #73
Just a quick Google shows his worth: $50 MILLION R B Garr Jan 2020 #81
OK. So not a billionaire. Not even close, actually. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #82
Actually, plus stock puts him close to a billion. R B Garr Jan 2020 #83
Unbelievable Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2020 #11
VERY believable indeed, but there's still time before Iowa voting begins to back-pedal on this. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #18
Calling a little creep a creep? Totally believable. Calling game developers creeps? Never happened. beastie boy Jan 2020 #31
So you are claiming that Biden isn't blaming violence on video games? Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #74
I am claiming that Biden didn't say what is in the headline of the article. beastie boy Jan 2020 #87
This was at a time when Obama had asked Biden to look into the effects of violent video games. highplainsdem Jan 2020 #56
THIS oasis Jan 2020 #91
K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt JoeOtterbein Jan 2020 #19
There is some truth to that. Skidmore Jan 2020 #23
And at the time this happened, Obama had asked Biden to look into the effects of violent video games highplainsdem Jan 2020 #58
There has never been a connection found that shows video games cause violence. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #75
Once again, an absolutely fake claim of what Biden ACTUALLY said. beastie boy Jan 2020 #24
LOL, yes, and look at all the corporate love now! R B Garr Jan 2020 #26
You'll have to get on the same page with your buddies jberryhill Jan 2020 #28
"Don't look at what Biden actually said, look upthread"! beastie boy Jan 2020 #36
He needs to quit calling people names. This is not the first time. We have a Prez that does it Bummfuzzle Jan 2020 #37
You are probably right. But this is not the subject of the OP beastie boy Jan 2020 #42
Except calling them a creep was in the Op. Hence my comment. Bummfuzzle Jan 2020 #45
The OP didn't take issue with Biden calling a creep a creep. beastie boy Jan 2020 #52
You should read up on what psychologists have said about video games. Plus, Biden never said..... George II Jan 2020 #29
What have psychologists said about video games? Do enlighten me please. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #76
See post #47. Some are very concerned with the effect of video games on violence... George II Jan 2020 #85
Couple reactions. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #86
More dirty tricks campaigning that only makes the dirty tricksters look bad. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #30
Oh no! Newest Reality Jan 2020 #32
.0001 percent of the vote Watchfoxheadexplodes Jan 2020 #34
Yea, really, so fun talking about people treestar Jan 2020 #44
So Biden doesn't need gamers. Or those that smoke weed. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #78
good let's go Joe ! stonecutter357 Jan 2020 #40
From the American Psychological Association: George II Jan 2020 #47
See this thread for the actual context and why Biden would have offended by anyone bragging highplainsdem Jan 2020 #49
The effort to lump all businesses together as evil corporations is... redqueen Jan 2020 #50
Violent video games are popular in Japan. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #51
+ The first country that came to mind lunasun Jan 2020 #63
Great minds, and all of that. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #65
John Carmack is the only person I know of that might fit part of this description mathematic Jan 2020 #53
See this thread for context, including Obama having asked Biden to look into this: highplainsdem Jan 2020 #60
Yes, I just saw that mathematic Jan 2020 #61
I agree with VP BIDEN underthematrix Jan 2020 #59
Hmm, I'm over 60 methinks2 Jan 2020 #66
Did you read the article...he said a billionaire was proud that he taught kids to kill...he is a Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #67
What video games teach you how to kill people? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #70
Mortal combat never killed anyone Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #77
I'm not sure what it's going take for ppl to realize many of his positions just don't make sense Kurt V. Jan 2020 #79
Yes, but does he say "Happy Birthday"? lapucelle Jan 2020 #80
He just made sense to lot of parents tirebiter Jan 2020 #84
So do anti-vaxxers. Doesn't make it good science. Or correct. n/t Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #88
This headline is wrong. honest.abe Jan 2020 #89
There are a lot of messed up games being made by little creeps out there dustyscamp Jan 2020 #90
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