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I like the idea of using real-time cgi to render shiny suits of armour and the consequence of "hits". As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ra

I like the idea of using real-time cgi to render shiny suits of armour and the consequence of "hits". As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge.

voltagex_ 11y ago
I immediately thought of the recent Mortal Kombat games - the "X-ray" moves work like what you describe.
sp332 11y ago
You could even have different feeds rendering different levels of gore, and the viewers could pick which they wanted.
bmelton 11y ago
> As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge. I don't recommend watching it. Someone I know posted an ISIS (or similar) video on Facebook, which popped up into my feed while I was doing something on the other monitor, and it auto-played. By the time I realized that it wasn't fake (it wasn't a clean, axe-lop decapitation, but rather done via sawing away with what appeared to be a camp knife) and it literally froze me, then left me quite out of myself. I consider myself fairly stoic, and entirely un-squeamish, but that bothered me in a way that I didn't realize anything could. For your own sanity, I recommend avoiding it where possible.
- martincmartin 11y ago
  Imagine what it's like for the poor people that moderate those posts. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/ http://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/
- arcticfox 11y ago
  To be fair, CGI decapitation is a totally different story. Even really grisly "well-done" deaths aren't that disturbing to many people when they're not real.