Bullying Kids The Video Game
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Published 2022-05-25
This video essay looks at the bully, or Canis Canum Edit, as it was later Renamed. One of Rockstar's most controversial games, that neary got banned for being too offensive.
The Bully is basically GTA in a boarding school and plays like you'd expect.
But was the Bully Video game really as bad as people say... Let's take a closer look
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All Comments (21)
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I'm shocked Rockstar invented bullying just to sell this game
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The funniest part is that the main character of the game is actually against bullying, so it’s absolutely clear that adults never played the game
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I like how we all collectively just got over running over hookers in gta but a kid fighting back against bullies is a bridge too far
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Oddly enough, the bullies faction, even by being the first group to be Jimmy's antagonists, stayed with him even when every other faction dissented him
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Jimmy: Goes on a crusade to violently stop bullying in his school Some Karen: "This game encourages bullying"
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This game is summed up well by Russel in the second to last chapter. "Russel likes to hurt people... for peace."
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Whoever voiced Jimmy deserves an award every fucking line is absolute gold, largely due to his delivery
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It's so crazy. Despite the utter cynicism of the Bully universe, it's a surprisingly optimistic story of an ultimately good (if anti-heroic) guy triumphing over a status quo built on preying on the weak and defenseless.
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My favorite thing about the game is Jimmy himself, he's willing to stand up for the little guys but is still not beyond being an ass sometimes. I also love how straightforward he is about kicking everyone's ass. Any faction: "What're you gonna do, fight me?" Jimmy: "Yes"
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"Russell can Comprehend Prison?!" This line had me dying
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“I wanted to pull a harmless egg prank on the lads, Russell, however, is wanting to cause permanent spinal damage.” Brilliant.
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If anything, it seems like Bully actually delves more into the psychology of bullying, showing the environmental, familial, social, personal, and many other reasons everyone in the game bullies everyone else.
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“Russel can comprehend prison?!” This line shouldn’t have made me laugh as hard as it did.
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"Russel... 👏... Likes to hurt people... 👏...For peace"👏 What a fucking legend
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Russel is peak character development. From a violent beast to a man who likes to hurt people for peace.
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I think we all underestimated how crazy a line “why in my day we felt nothing of castrating the new boys” really was.
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I love how Gary invented the term femboy just to make "Bully"
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The thing about Bully is that everyone was a bully in Bullworth: jocks, nerds, posh kids, teachers, adults, everyone was bullying each other throughout the whole game.
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1:04:29 Thats actually a theory in the community. I know 90% of media has a "it was a dream" theory but in Bully's case, after surviving an impossible drop, everything goes perfect for jimmy, the game kinda loses cohesion and everything feels strange, and you start the last chapter: an "endless summer", where time wont pass, no one ages, and everything stays the same forever
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36:04 "No, cousins are legal. Oh... You meant Lola..."
