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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 280451" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I don't believe they would do two artwork passes. That just gets too complicated and there's room for error where the art shows up where it's not supposed to. Right now Zen is doing self censoring which kinda causes me to twitch. They can have a table like Doom, which is literally set in hell, you can shoot zombies with a sniper rifle in Walking Dead (plus, freaking zombies!!), they can have the screen tint red when Ripley 2 gets attacked in Alien: Isolation, but god forbid there's red ink on the sword in Medieval Madness which I honestly never even noticed until it was pointed out.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of Walking Dead, one of the grand head scratchers out there is how the TV show can show amazing amounts of carnage and gore, but are forbidden from dropping an f-bomb at any time. Meanwhile, on the same network, other shows are allowed it a few times per season but they feature no gore. I mean, if I'm letting my young kid watch gruesome horror in a show that features plenty of other salty language, am I really going to write a complaint letter because the mother of all swear words was uttered?</p><p></p><p>Back to pinball though...I have never come across one pinball table in my life that I'd not let my pre-teen child play in its regular state. This coming from a household that does not swear in front of him, does not let him watch The Walking Dead, has never shown him a movie with nudity in it, we aren't drinkers, and we don't smoke. I had him playing Scared Stiff 4 years ago and didn't think twice. He watched me play Medieval Madness 6 years ago when it came out in TPA and we laughed at every call out together. Too often self censorship is worse then when it's mandated, because it's done out of fear and no set rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 280451, member: 134"] I don't believe they would do two artwork passes. That just gets too complicated and there's room for error where the art shows up where it's not supposed to. Right now Zen is doing self censoring which kinda causes me to twitch. They can have a table like Doom, which is literally set in hell, you can shoot zombies with a sniper rifle in Walking Dead (plus, freaking zombies!!), they can have the screen tint red when Ripley 2 gets attacked in Alien: Isolation, but god forbid there's red ink on the sword in Medieval Madness which I honestly never even noticed until it was pointed out. Speaking of Walking Dead, one of the grand head scratchers out there is how the TV show can show amazing amounts of carnage and gore, but are forbidden from dropping an f-bomb at any time. Meanwhile, on the same network, other shows are allowed it a few times per season but they feature no gore. I mean, if I'm letting my young kid watch gruesome horror in a show that features plenty of other salty language, am I really going to write a complaint letter because the mother of all swear words was uttered? Back to pinball though...I have never come across one pinball table in my life that I'd not let my pre-teen child play in its regular state. This coming from a household that does not swear in front of him, does not let him watch The Walking Dead, has never shown him a movie with nudity in it, we aren't drinkers, and we don't smoke. I had him playing Scared Stiff 4 years ago and didn't think twice. He watched me play Medieval Madness 6 years ago when it came out in TPA and we laughed at every call out together. Too often self censorship is worse then when it's mandated, because it's done out of fear and no set rules. [/QUOTE]
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