Come on, gamers.

If you haven't seen this rather disturbing video via Gay Gamer today, take a deep breath and listen... make sure you have the volume down— it's pretty explicit.

XBox Community Major Nelson wrote to the gay gamer today to apologize on behalf of the douches playing Halo 3 with him:

I just watched (listened) to the video you posted on your site. Needless to say, it was disappointing to see how some Xbox LIVE members behave. As you know, that is not the type of behavior we support. With over 8-million members, it's unfortunate that some members decide to act like this. I want to point out a few things that ALL Xbox Live members can do to ensure a enjoyable experience:

1) Play online only with friends.

2) Turn off voice from non-friends. This is a system level setting that work across all games, and as you can imagine, will only allow you to hear what your friends will say. You can find details on how to set it up here

I also want to let your readers know that if they EVER encounter behavior like that in any game, they should use the in dash feedback system to file a complaint:

3) File a complaint. Using the dashboard complaint system, file a communications complaint. We DO act on complaints, so I highly encourage people file complaints where appropriate. Details on how to file a complaint here

Also, I'd be happy to play with you and some of your readers sometime as well.

Comments

[Hellzbellz]

Unfortunately, this is the internet, where all social constraints, respect and rules of behavior can be ignored. Where gay people become lightning rods for individual hate and hostility. I don't want to give up internet anonymity, but if the homophobes playing with GayGamer were violating the terms of use, they should suffer the consequences....

And if Xbox won't hold them to those terms, then Xbox needs to suffer the consequences.