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There is no place for Children in the GTA universe by codemonkey uk (3.00 / 0) #11 Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 06:18:37 AM EST

I heard it argued that no one is innocent in the GTA games. I guess having kids (or worse, babies) in there would break that rule, and in doing so, break the sense of freedom to act without guilt that the game world creates.

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Homeless people are unattractive by Rogerborg (5.00 / 1) #13 Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 06:31:03 AM EST

And therefore evil, if I know my Hollywood conventions.

It's a nice piece of post facto rationalisation, but I'm not buying it. Put it to the test? How about pushing for ShadowNode's idea of midgets? Evil midgets, I mean. Midget clowns.

Meandering a bit, but have a look at Neverwinter Nights. There are kids in there, and you can attack them, but they're completely invulnerable. No explanation given.

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You ever tried to cook a 12-year-old? by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #14 Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 06:35:34 AM EST

I did, couldn't even get the damn thing to brown. This also explains why children are so resilient to bumps, scrapes, and general mishaps.

As such, I think NWN was just going off of their base level experience with children.

Babies however.. totally different story... there's millions of ways to attack them.

Come to think of it, I want to make a game where the point of the game is attacking babies... if you get low on health, just pop and munch a baby...

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You could call it: by Rogerborg (4.00 / 1) #15 Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 06:45:32 AM EST

TerminaTerror. Wipe out the dusky skinned hordes before they reach breeding age, spawn some future orphans, and then come looking for you.

Hmm, perhaps a little too close to life.

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: Oi? by MisterQueue (3.00 / 1) #17 Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 06:57:16 AM EST

Why? Who've you been talking to?
Damn backstabbers, that's the last time I assemble a crack-team based solely on the Classified ads.

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