Report: If You're An Adult and Play Animal Crossing, You're Probably a Child Molester

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Ah, generalizations about gamers aren't dead afterall.


http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=Mzg0NDEsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=

[Agent Helix]

I don't know if I'd go so far as saying a molester, but I'm pretty dubious of you if you play 'em.

[Jmacq1]

Well, now I feel glad that I found the first one to be among the most boring and pointless video game experiences ever. Gotta love the quote, though:

Right now, we only know of the three Missouri children who have been contacted. Anderson says this is not something to be paranoid about, but to be aware.

It's not something to be paranoid about...just something to make broad, sweeping generalizations and assumptions about.

[Black Atom]

Sadly, this is not the case. The ability to seek out and molest children would've added a wrinkle to this game's replay value that it otherwise lacks.

[MushroomMan]

That's laughable.

[WeAreGoingToEatYou]

How hard can it really be to protect your child from online predators? And if you can't, it's probably because you're a moron who raised a little moron. I know this is kind of harsh, but sometimes I feel like some kind of service is being done when these idiots fall into these traps.

[sHayden]

Wow...and the pigs probably wonder why people consider them stupid.
I mean, we all know guns don't kill people, DOOM and Marilyn Manson kill people.
Now Nintendo rapes kids.
Yeah..and a Boy and his Blob gave me irrational fears that wads of jizz eat jellybeans.

[jessecuster3]

Ah yes, another finger pointing anywhere except for their parents.

[Agent Helix]

The parents of pedophiles?

[JCAll]

As a resident of Mid-Missouri, I would like to apologise for my entire state. We're not bad people, just stupid people.
Although this would probably explain why there are so many software pirates around here, the Internet Crimes Task Force is insane.

[Black Atom]

How hard can it really be to protect your child from online predators? And if you can't, it's probably because you're a moron who raised a little moron. I know this is kind of harsh, but sometimes I feel like some kind of service is being done when these idiots fall into these traps.

Considering how difficult Nintendo makes it for two adult gamers who already know eachother to connect over the internet, at which point it's still impossible to share information, a kid would really have to be trying to get raped to hook up with any predator via NWFC.

[Donald M.]

Obviously this task force needs to make broad, sweeping generalizations to achieve its ends. The guy admits right in the article that they're so severely underfunded they can't afford a couple of game systems and a computer in order to monitor this terrible situation.

Therefore they've gotta get creative and rile up angry mobs of parents who'll shoot down suspected gamers in the street. Problem solved!

[ZachSensei]

It makes me upset when I see the disconnect some people have with video games. People still see games as nothing more than a child's toy.

Thankfully this view will die out, or else we would still hear about the evils of rock music and the comic code authority would still matter.

[Royal]

*itches head*

Did he even see the marketing champain?