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Want Fallout 3? Try Signing A Petition!

Logan Booker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:30:00 +0000

If you’re not quite ready to turn your back on Fallout 3, you could always put your name down on a couple of petitions. While their effectiveness is questionable, every little bit counts. Heck, even if one person unaware of the issue takes an interest and agrees with our position, then it’s worth the effort.

I’ve spotted two petitions so far – one on ipetitions.com and another over at Gameplayer. Give them a look-see, add your signature, and feel a little happier in the knowledge you’ve done something positive.

Alternatively, if you’re on Facebook, reader Kent Dempsey has started an R18+ classification group on the social-networking site. At last count, it had over 600 members. Nothing like uniting for a cause!

Michael Atkinson, No R18+ For Games In Australia: Why It Hurts Children [Kotaku AU]
It’s Official: Fallout 3 Refused Classification In Australia [Kotaku AU]

Uwe Boll Responds To Million Man Petition: “Look I’m Not A Fucking Retard”

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:32:00 +0000

Yes, we’ve definitely heard all about Uwe Boll’s claim that if a million concerned gamers were to band together, say via internet petition, he’d stop making movies. You can throttle back on the tips, Turbo. While no one at the Kotaku Towers complex believes that Uwe will give up the movie biz for a second, it doesn’t seem to have curbed enthusiasm for an internet rallying cry. How does Mr. Boll respond?

In shattered English, Boll says he hopes that someone, somewhere will start a pro-Uwe petition. Why? Here’s why.

“I’m not a fucking retard like Michael Bay or other people running around in the business or Eli Roth making the same shitty movies over and over again,” says Boll. “If you really look at my movies you will see my real genius you know, and if you go on May 23 on Postal you will see that I deliver a movie what nobody else delivered in the last 10 years, what is way better as all that social critic George Clooney bullshit what you get every fucking weekend.”

Pretty infallible, but if it’s not clear yet, Boll clearly illustrates that you’re at fault, not him. “You have to really wake up and you have to see me what I am,” he says. “I am the only genius in the whole fucking business. Goodbye.”

Genius? And how! He’s got a legion of anti-fans paying him more attention than ever as Postal approaches. I’m off to generate that pro-Boll petition, ’cause if Boll stops making movies, we’re out a half-dozen posts a month. Oh, and sprinkle some [sic] around this post. It’s all verbatim.

Postal [MovieSet]

Make Uwe Boll Disappear (Yeah, Riiiiight)

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:15:00 +0000

Poor Uwe Boll. Beat up some game nerds and making some shitty movies and suddenly everyone hates your guts. What gives?! Some folks dislike Uwe so much that they’ve created an online petition hoping to do what online petitions typically do: Nothing. That, or convince Dr. Boll to stop making crappy movies. Ha! From an interview with website FEARnet:

Are you aware that there is a petition online, signed by 18,000 people, requesting that you stop making movies?
Yeah, I know that. 18,000 is not enough to convince me.

How many would it take?

One million. Now we have a new goal.

If Uwe Boll did not exist, someone would have to invent him.
Boll Interview [FEARnet via /Film Thanks, Jonathan!]

Want Bionic Commando on the Wii? Sign This Petition!

Kotaku US Edition — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:37:00 +0000

As we reported a few days ago, the fate of Capcom’s Bionic Commando on the Wii rests squarely on the shoulders of the players. GoNintendo’s RawMeatCowboy has decided to take the matter into his own hands and has started an internet petition to get the ball rolling. Generally, internet petitions don’t seem to lead anywhere (I’m speaking from experience here) but Capcom sounds like they are ready to hear what you have to say. So let your voice be heard and put your digital John Hancock on this petition!

Bionic Commando on the Wii Petition [GoNintendo]