Current Events > Joe Biden hates video games

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https://www.vg247.com/2020/01/19/joe-biden-video-games-little-creeps/amp/

Former US vice president Joe Biden has harsh words for the video game and tech industries.
In an interview with the New York Times, the presidential hopeful called game developers he met with during his time at the White House creeps, righteous, and arrogant, referring to his personal experiences with high-ranking executives in Silicon Valley.
And you may recall, the criticism I got for meeting with the leaders in Silicon Valley, when I was trying to work out an agreement dealing with them protecting intellectual property for artists in the United States of America, said Biden. And at one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- close to a billionaire who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people, you know the
Like video games, offers the New York Times interviewer. Biden has previously called for certain legal restrictions to be imposed on violent games, suggesting in 2013 that there is no legal objective to imposing a tax on violent media. He has also stated that while no definitive proof exists linking violent games and media with acts of real violence, the public shouldnt be afraid of facts which may come from research on the matter.
Biden continues:
Yeah, video games. And I was lectured by one of the senior leaders there that by saying if I insisted on what Leahyd put together and we were, I thought we were going to fully support, that they would blow up the network, figuratively speaking. Have everybody contact. They get out and go out and contact the switchboard, just blow it up.
And then one of these righteous people said to me that, you know, We are the economic engine of America. We are the ones. And fortunately I had done a little homework before I went and I said, you know, I find it fascinating. As I added up the seven outfits, everyones there but Microsoft. I said, you have fewer people on your payroll than all the losses that General Motors just faced in the last quarter, of employees. So dont lecture me about how youve created all this employment.
The point is, theres an arrogance about it, an overwhelming arrogance that we are, we are the ones. We can do what we want to do. I disagree.
The exemption that Biden is referring to is known as 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Loosely speaking, the aim of this policy is to help platform owners avoid being blamed for the content generated by its users. Or, in legalese: No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
Biden isnt simply calling for reforms of the provision, he is seeking to abolish it entirely. The fact is, in every other revolution that weve had technologically, its taken somewhere between six years and a generation for a government to come in and level the playing field again, Biden explains. All of a sudden, remember the Luddites smashing the machinery in the Midlands? That was their answer when the culture was changing. Same thing with television. Same thing before that with radio. Same thing, but this is gigantic. And its a responsibility of government to make sure it is not abused. Not abused. And so this is one of those areas where I think its being abused.

Meanwhile Bernie is Twitch streaming a MGS2 Big Boss run on European Extreme. You literally cannot win the presidency without the gamer vote smh
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Gamers are the most oppressed group in the history of society
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They targeted gamers. Gamers.
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lol if he loses the election or nomination due to pissing off gamers

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Our kind will always be the political whipping boy.
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Is society ready to have a gamer as president or is it too soon?
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bernie plays mgs2?

We will always be the easy target it seems.

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Gamers.

Rise.

Up!!!

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Gamers, rise up and strike back!

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So he wants to government to crack down on a protected speech?

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Gamer Is The N-Word Of The World

bernie better not cross that line. gaming is what keeps me happy and sane.
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I was on the fence for voting for Biden. Now Im definitely not. Im fine with the Cheeto in office as long as hes not touching my games.

what about bernie? does he play video games? i don't think trump plays video games, or cares about them

Biden being a clueless shitheel.

Must be another day ending in "y".
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AirJordan2345 posted...

what about bernie? does he play video games? i don't think trump plays video games, or cares about them

No. He just went on the "Vidya games cause violence!" bandwagon a while back.

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Bernie's racked up 200 hours in Tropico 6 so yeah, definitely a gamer.

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I remember when Bernie rekt my shit in PUBG. he packed my fudge so hard I had to uninstall

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AirJordan2345 posted...

what about bernie? does he play video games? i don't think trump plays video games, or cares about them

He has a Twitch channel and he wants to unionize the video game industry. He is pro-gamer
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Jagr_68 posted...

Bernie's racked up 200 hours in Tropico 6 so yeah, definitely a gamer.

is this true? though i've never heard of that game

Smashingpmkns posted...

"And at one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- close to a billionaire who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people, you know the

I wonder who this guy was


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Biden was already old when video game violence concerns had steam.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

And then one of these righteous people said to me that, you know, We are the economic engine of America. We are the ones. And fortunately I had done a little homework before I went and I said, you know, I find it fascinating. As I added up the seven outfits, everyones there but Microsoft. I said, you have fewer people on your payroll than all the losses that General Motors just faced in the last quarter, of employees. So dont lecture me about how youve created all this employment.

I'm legitimately curious if he actually missed the point they were making or if this subtle pivot here is intentional.


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Smashingpmkns posted...

He has a Twitch channel and he wants to unionize the video game industry. He is pro-gamer

you think unionizing it would be a great idea? i thought before that some of em were unionized.

Wild how far you can get while antagonizing voters under 35 at every turn
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Antifar posted...

Wild how far you can get while antagonizing voters under 35 at every turn

Hey now, I'm 36 (will be 37 by November) and I wouldn't vote for this asshole.
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s0nicfan posted...

I'm legitimately curious if he actually missed the point they were making or if this subtle pivot here is intentional.

not sure what your point is. he seems consistent in his short-sightedness

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Darmik posted...

I wonder who this guy was

Probably Bobby Kotick

Tbh I cant hate on Biden for thinking that gaming CEOs are cretins

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it might still be too early for this to kill his campaign. if he said this like in another 20 years....then maybe it would destroy him. but right now, there still is a lot of voters who hate gaming

Blue_Inigo posted...

Probably Bobby Kotick

Tbh I cant hate on Biden for thinking that gaming CEOs are cretins

There's actually some truth to this, when you put it that way. I don't have the full context but gaming company leaders are often entitled assholes. It's just that there's this really damaging idea the manufacturing and farming companies are still the backbone of the economy and deserve special treatment from politicians.

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https://imgur.com/w5feCBP

Gamers.
Rise.
Up.

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Blue_Inigo posted...

Probably Bobby Kotick

Tbh I cant hate on Biden for thinking that gaming CEOs are cretins

I can't ever imagine Bobby calling himself an artist. It sounds more like someone like Sweeney.

Master_Bass posted...

Is it just me being tired, or is what Biden wrote barely coherent? What the hell, Joe?

It's not just you. It could be the way the article is written too.

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How are those games ancient?

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He's literally boomer: the politician.

Cheater87 posted...

How are those games ancient?

that's part of the joke I think. i think it's supposed to be making fun of kids who think they are old just cause they turned 20 or something

Cheater87 posted...

How are those games ancient?

Probably because a 13 year old made it.

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Trump sounds stupid when he talks but Biden hardly sounds better.

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Gamerguymass posted...

Probably because a 13 year old made it.

The joke is to make you feel old, and how this joker memery is for children.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

https://www.vg247.com/2020/01/19/joe-biden-video-games-little-creeps/amp/

Meanwhile Bernie is Twitch streaming a MGS2 Big Boss run on European Extreme. You literally cannot win the presidency without the gamer vote smh

Wait...for real?

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