Quote from Zahl on May 18, 2011, 5:47 pm

If you think about it for a second, it's quite interesting. I actually do get their point, and I see the possibility that the girl heard it and doesn't know how to deal with it. But I think it's more likely that she doesn't give a damn, or didn't even listen to it, cause she was focusing on the game, not the story around it. At least I remember that I didn't pay attention to the story at all in games before I was maybe 14 or 15, also didn't identify with the characters.

But even if this really hurt the kid's feelings and leads to whatever psychological damage, what's the consequence? I guess you can find some offending or insulting stuff in pretty much anything someone says or does, and the proposed label "suitable for everyone except orphans" is just a stupid joke, as that would actually be offending. In general it would mean that a game that's rated E must not contain any sarcasm, and that's b/s.

Quote from reepblue on May 18, 2011, 7:13 pm

And this will be Valves last E rated game. Valve made these jokes in Portal 1, and everyone loved them. Also, what about mid way in the game where [spoiler]GLaDOS calls your parents and gets a voice message saying they do not love you?[/spoiler] According to the video, they loved the game besides that one part. Orphan jokes are kinda in the story line, and I doubt Valve will change it. Gezz, whats with the press attacking Valve lately? We could not have 'darker skined' zombies, they attacked Valve for a modders doing, and now we can't make fun of orphans.

But what about the fact the game was offensive to morons? Oh wait, it did.

Quote from Sidneys1 on May 18, 2011, 8:22 pm

Wow, some people... Makes me want to burn that dude's house down. With a lemon. If he (or anyone) brings charges against Valve because of this I'm really gonna be pissed off. Are video games no longer allowed to be sarcastic?

Quote from Matt_mg on May 18, 2011, 10:03 pm

http://ca.kotaku.com/5802908/portal-2-f ... -to-offend

This is ridiculous...

Quote from screedle on May 19, 2011, 3:30 am

My reaction; IT WAS SAID AS A PETTY INSULT BY THE (current) VILLAN

Quote from Jomonay on May 19, 2011, 4:35 am

I love how people who aren't adopted are finding this offensive. Makes my mornings a little funnier.

Quote from rellikpd on May 19, 2011, 8:55 am

Quote from WinstonSmith on May 20, 2011, 4:56 pm

Oh for crying out loud this is ridiculous. Here's an idea: as stated above, it's part of the character. GLaDOS is supposed to be passive aggressive, and she's supposed to insult you. It's part of her charac--

Oh, what am I saying. You obviously all already know this and I'm willing to bet it would be pointless to try and argue with the person who is angered over this issue.

Quote from SuperSoldier on May 21, 2011, 9:57 am

rellikpd wrote:

:wut:

Agree x1