Some merry pranksters pulled one over on former Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback ... and it's all because of the DS. Last month, GamePolitics picked up on a particularly atrocious entry at Blogs 4 Brownback, an unofficial site for the then-candidate that focused on the very dangerous Nintendo DS, and how it was offering predators free access to millions of children worldwide (since only children play DS, you know). Several other venues picked up on the story as well; feathers were ruffled, fingers were pointed, and many people had a good laugh and a head-shake over the level of crazy to which some people will rise.Of course, we can't blame other games writers for being taken in by the fake blog; after all, the included video at Blogs 4 Brownback was one quite familiar to us here at DS Fanboy, so we know that there are plenty of people who really are worried about the horrific and insidious dangers of Pictochat. Today, GamePolitics is reporting that it seems that Blogs 4 Brownback is nothing more than an "ultra-subtle parody," but the folks behind it deny any such accusations and claim they are the real deal. So which is it? Folks having fun at the expensive of Brownback and his supporters, or truly rabid Brownback supporters who hate Nintendo? Either way, those of us who get to read the outcome feel like winners.
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11-07-2007 @ 5:16PM
ssuk said...
Either way it's bloody stupid.
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11-07-2007 @ 5:51PM
Mr Khan said...
Unless the predator is stumping around searching for a PictoChat Room to join by staying within 30 feet of a school or something, i don't see how
Otherwise it's a helluva lot easier to use a PC for that sort of thing...
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11-07-2007 @ 8:40PM
James said...
Sounds like the Ron Paul-bearers who started FredThompsonForum.com, RudyGuilianiForum.com, and MittRomneyForum.com. They spam the URLs in blog comments, then have their operatives pose as other posters and say things that are earnest yet crazy, along the lines of (but perhaps a bit more subtle than) "Man, I can't wait till Romney kills all the homeless people" or "It's gonna be so great when Thompson gives concealed carry permits to 12 year olds" or whatever. It's finally getting picked up by the media, though they've been doing it for months. Wired just ran an article, but imao.us actually got the whois data to prove it, before they switched to anon registration.
People will stoop to basically anything on the internet. I think it's a corollary to John Gabriel's Greater Internet Dickwad theory.
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11-08-2007 @ 2:44PM
Mojo_Yugen said...
I think the picture of Ron Jeremy dressed up as Mario might be a clue to the "seriousness" of this site.
Sure this article didn't originate in the Onion?
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