The fabled “Cops and Robbers” promo
If you remember a week back, we mentioned that the wonderful folk of Microsoft were going to show off their Xbox 360 by introducing a “Cops and Robbers” theme for their latest TV ad. We also promised you that we’d show you the darned thing, parkour and all, when we find a copy of it.
Thank goodness for YouTube and Xbox Scene, as it’s finally there for embedding.
Now, after watching the video, ask yourself this: Do you think we’re bound to see an increase in idiot-related crimes in the UK because of the video?
It’s a serious question for an otherwise lighthearted ad. Putting it into perspective, there have been a bunch of crimes that people are now attributing to video games. Heck, even criminals themselves are trying to use it as a scapegoat. While commenters to QJ have mentioned that it should also be our responsibility to teach future generations that you can’t make games shoulder the responsibility of your own dumb actions, what are we going to do with the generation of today?
More questions, not enough answers. At the very least, we can tell people to not be as reckless as the characters we play in games, right?
If you remember a week back, we mentioned that the wonderful folk of Microsoft were going to show off their Xbox 360 by introducing a “Cops and Robbers” theme for their latest TV ad. We also promised you that we’d show you the darned thing, parkour and all, when we find a copy of it.
Thank goodness for YouTube and Xbox Scene, as it’s finally there for embedding.
Now, after watching the video, ask yourself this: Do you think we’re bound to see an increase in idiot-related crimes in the UK because of the video?
It’s a serious question for an otherwise lighthearted ad. Putting it into perspective, there have been a bunch of crimes that people are now attributing to video games. Heck, even criminals themselves are trying to use it as a scapegoat. While commenters to QJ have mentioned that it should also be our responsibility to teach future generations that you can’t make games shoulder the responsibility of your own dumb actions, what are we going to do with the generation of today?
More questions, not enough answers. At the very least, we can tell people to not be as reckless as the characters we play in games, right?
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