Gaetano Calia of Switzerland writes...

I'm reading GAME BYTES since issue #1 (yes, that's ONE !) and if there's something that is definitely true, then this:

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST

Wow. I'm blushing! No wait! That's a rash...

BUT ! I think you made a big mistake by publishing Merit Software's absolutely scandalous and disgusting screenshot to HARVESTER... You know, the guy with the cut throat.

Oh boy....

Please understand, I'm definitely not the guy who watches his daily dosis of THE COSBY SHOW, COLLEGE FEVER and all that schmuck. I definitely prefer hardcore brutal blood action splatters and DOOM add-ons , but this one picture just seemed not in the right place in a high-quality magazine such as GAME BYTES. It just spoiled all my fun... I hope nobody of the "gamers-are-just-a-bunch-of-potentially-brainless-murderers-that- could-be-the-psycho's-of-tomorrow-league" is reading GB #20 these days...

HARVESTER has so many other gruesome pictures (like the terrific spine on the bed!) -- so why all this brutality for an ad ?

Hmmm, perhaps to .... GET YOUR ATTENTION??

This game is probably going to hit my CD drive as soon as it's out. Finally somebody's taking care of the dark sides of an adult gamer , but I don't like the idea of GAME BYTES publishing this kind of stuff...

Well, I have to take exception to your point on this one. Game Bytes quality indicates our willingness to go out there on the edge. Harvester is certainly a title that will engender a LOT of opinion. SHOULD it have been written? Is it over 'the line'? Is Game Bytes encouraging mayhem and carnage in our society by publishing such a shot? I can only offer my opinion on this matter, not fact. I think the shot you refer to can be used to defend both 'sides' of this issue - The anti-violence side will throw this picture up as a defense of their position of outrageousness, while the 'Show Anything' crowd will cheer it on - "It's just pixels!" I stand firmly ensconced in the "You be the judge" camp.

Ok, that should be enough of yelling now... ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER EPIC ISSUE HAS HIT THE NETS and I want to congratulate you for yet another couple of really entertaining and informative hours in front of the screen... Keep up the good work and I wish you the best of this cruel World for your 'new' life and may you and your family be blessed by all the good things on this blue planet.

Bye, Gaetano Calia Moderator of the CH-GAMES Conference, SWISSLink Network, Switzerland.

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