Hi Dark, Yeah, seriously. There were Christian publications that actually stated He-Man was satanic and urging Christian moms and dads not to let their kids watch it during the early 1980's when the show was originally aired. As incredible as that sounds to me today it actually happened.
However, one must keep in mind the mindset of the readers and writers here. One of the main characters of the show, Evil Lyn, was a sorceress who could wield powerful dark magic as could Skeletor. On the flip side the Sorceress of Grayskull also could wield white magic to combat the villains, and He-Man did not derive his power from God but from a magic sword. Since in the mind of many Christians all magic is evil, satanic there is no such thing as white magic and dark magic. In their opinion all magic is evil, and the authors of such publications objected to witchcraft etc being practiced on TV for their children's entertainment. Plus I guess the idea of the hero, He-Man, getting his powers from a magic sword instead of God was pretty objectionable as well. It is basically the same argument leveled against Harry Potter and other such popular series. Any time there is a popular series be it He-Man or Harry Potter with magic involved there are people in America from the Christian Right who will get on TV or write articles in some publication or other asking for censorship of the content based on their religious views. In fact, it doesn't even have to involve magic per say. I heard of a case where some Christian publication claimed that Darth Mahl was suppose to represent Satan in the Phantom Menace which was totally off the mark. I am pointing this out only to state that rating a game, movie, whatever is really complicated because it seems everyone has his or her own opinion on what is and is not appropriate for their children to watch, play, read, whatever. For some it comes down to their religious views. For others, such as myself, I base content on more general principles like if I think it is too violent, too gory, or too sexually explicit for a child and will not share it with them. Still, I agree that sites like Audyssey and Audiogames.net does need some rationale for how they rate their games. I think everyone does this on some level anyway, and most of it is common sense so to speak. Excluding issues of religion and such a person should be able to tell if this or that is alright for a child, teen, or needs to be labeled for an adult based on its content. Something like Jim Kitchen's Battleship is fine for people of all ages, but Dungeon Master obviously needs to be labeled for adult gamers only. I think most people would agree with that assessment and would do the same if it were up to them. Cheers! On 4/17/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol tom, heman too violent or satanic? with all the morality it included > that is just insane! > > while I agree everyone has a slightly different opinion, some more extreme > than others, equally there does need to be some sort of rationale worked out > > for such things and some thought given into it, especially when considdering > > wratings for sites like audiogames.net. > > for example, the game flexible survival is both a mud, and an rpg written in > > glulx format, yet, because it's subject matter is exclusively s/xual in > nature and it's descriptions can be pretty graphic, on audiogames.net it's > catagorized as an adult wrated xxx game. It's rpg features are certainly > mentioned! in the entry, and there is no restriction on trying it, just as > there is no restriction to someone playing tripple j shooter or any other of > > Jim's adult games, but I am concerned people know what they're getting into > > before trying the game hence the wrating. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
