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January 9

Fable video game

Hi,

Is it possible to die of natural causes on Fable? Thanks 82.111.87.198 13:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. You're character's age does not affect game play. You can only die by running out of health, and if you don't have a resurrection vial, you will be forced to restart from your latest saved game. --71.250.106.10 18:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

igaming and credit cards.

hi, i live in the uk and am having trouble putting a few dollars (25) into the "devilfish poker" site. i have a visa card that is ok for amazon,ebay etc... why not poker? is there another free way to put money into my acount?

tia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 91.105.97.89 (talk) 19:07, 9 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Betting websites don't like to accept cards from US credit card companies, since using their services for online betting is illegal here. There are some Paypal-like services that will transfer the money for you, but I can't remember any of them at the moment. Luigi30 (Taλk) 16:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What are the most extremely violent or sexual videogames?

There are quite a lot of people (conservative Americans mostly) who criticise games for being excessively violent or sexual. What sort of titles are these people referring to? Which mainstream (non-hentai) games are the most violent or openly sexual? I can't really recall many games on the level of Takashi Miike or Russ Meyer: the only ones that come to mind are Custer's Revenge (rape scene) and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (rape, genocide, racism, suicide scenes). Pesapluvo

Well, the games in the Grand Theft Auto series are frequently the targets of this kind of criticism; another that comes to mind (as far as violence is concerned) is God of War. In general, I don't believe that these games are necessarily much more violent than most of the games in their genres, but they are more popular, which I think leads to their being targeted. As far as being excessively sexual is concerned, GTA:San Andreas was the subject of a lot of criticism due to a hidden minigame. Games like Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 and Rumble Roses also rely heavily on sexuality, but this is a pretty common practice in the video game industry. However, I can't, off the top of my head, think of any that really rise to the level you seem to have in mind. Carom 20:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

7 Sins would certainly come to mind when it comes to what could be described as an "excessively sexual" game.Circeus 20:18, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The classic example is Postal, but I think the first real shitstorm was over Doom, with all of its violence and shooting and satanic imagery Oskar 22:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See List_of_controversial_games#Video_games. —EdGl 03:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of video games considered the worst ever lists some of the most notorious ones, as does Video game controversy. Laïka 08:08, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you pronounce Neil Peart's last name?

How do you pronounce Neil Peart's last name? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.98.64.121 (talk) 21:03, 9 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Like "peer" with a "t". Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 03:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He pronounces it "Pert"