Don’t buy these games, they’re much too violent!

Kokaku · Post by **Kokaku** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:00 pm

‘tis the season, the season of pointing out how much everything else sucks.

The games the group singled out as the year's "Worst Violent Video Games" (at bottom of the page) are all rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB and are not supposed to be sold to children under 17. Besides containing Postal 2 and Manhunt, which both came out in 2003, the list also misspelled and misidentified a number of games, including "Gunslinger Girls 2"--presumably the import Gunslinger Girl Vol. 3--and Hitman: Blood Money, which won't be out until spring of 2005. The list also contained Shadow Hearts, which was released in 2001. Presuming the group meant Hitman: Contracts and Shadow Hearts: Covenant, respectively, the rest of the coalition's list consisted of: Doom 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, and Mortal Kombat: Deception (which the group spelled as "Mortal Combat"). (from GameSpot)

Here's the full statement from the idiots who made it… http://www.iccr.org/news/press_releases ... 112304.htm

At least they were nice enough to provide a list of non-violent games…

1. Antigrav
2. EyeToy:Antigrav
3. Jak 3
4. Karaoke Revlution Vol. 3
5. Madden NFL 2005
6. Mario Power Tennis
7. Prince of Persia
8. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
9. SimCity 4

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:26 pm

Ahaha. That PA owns.

What's so hilarious is that they say PoP isn't violent.

Even if it's not gory, it's violent. Hell, Sands of Time had sex shit related in it.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within however is the completely opposite. That thing is BLOODY.

no name · Post by **no name** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:31 pm

In Sim City, cant you usually cause natural disasters to happen to your city? So, apparently its okay for causing thousand upon thousands of people to die!

lmao @ PoP being on that list

ShadowDrgn · Post by **ShadowDrgn** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:44 pm

Out of all the sports games to pick as non-violent, they choose football? How about a sport that doesn't involve physical contact such as golf or tennis? That's just stupid. Every year these groups release completely ignorant lists and get laughed at; making fun of them is just too easy.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:23 pm

PoP... gr8

TheStrife · Post by **TheStrife** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:34 pm

rofl, wut a list

ShadowMoses · Post by **ShadowMoses** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:27 pm

asshole puritan bridge playing old ladies

Kakeru · Post by **Kakeru** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:33 pm

Indeed. I imagine their idea of "games for appropriate age groups" is Pong til your 18. Talk about sheltering kids from the real world. Do they even realize how often they mention the parents, but not their responsibility to pay attention to what their kids are watching/playing/listening to? Obviously if my little brother goes to a store and buys a violent game it's not my parents fault if he developes violent tendancies when they were ignoring what he was doing.

Arashi · Post by **Arashi** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:51 pm

who the hell actually takes these recommendations?

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:55 pm

In Korea, worrying about violent video games is for the elderly.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:40 pm

why the fuck is antigrav there twice? The only difference is that one has an eyetoy packed with the game. Hello credibility grandma!

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:59 pm

rofl I was wondering about that myself. I thought they made a typo!

Patchingko · Post by **Patchingko** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:41 am

I KILLED A MAN AFTER A GAME OF MARIO TENNIS. WOE IS ON TO THE WORLD ME!

These people are an endless source of humor.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:02 am

At the very least this list has informed me that a company will be importing one of the Gunslinger Girls game.

Other than that the list is a pile of garbage as expected.

thirdchildren · Post by **thirdchildren** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:12 am

Wait, Jak3? Isnt that pretty much GTA with fur?

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:27 am

Jak II is much like that but I'm not too sure with Jak III. I havn't purcahsed Jak III yet but I thought it focused more on desert areas than a city.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:01 am

bridge owns tho

Spruchy · Post by **Spruchy** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:25 am

Oh man the first frame of that PA arcade is too funny.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:00 am

Gunslinger Girls has a video game?

I want.

Kokaku · Post by **Kokaku** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:42 am

Leftover wrote:Gunslinger Girls has a video game?

I want.

From what I heard, three of them.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:35 am

Gunslinger Girl game? I might rent this!

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:18 pm

!!!

B0N3M4N · Post by **B0N3M4N** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:47 pm

Looks like Time Crisis to me

G-Con game?
Not that I could even play it here in Europe

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:45 pm

Actually they mentioned the game playing quite a bit like time Crisis, which I think is fucking awesome.

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:43 am

These old geezers are so lame these days.

Brody · Post by **Brody** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:34 pm

Its basically a list to reverse and turn into a wishlist!

seedofmana · Post by **seedofmana** » Wed May 04, 2005 11:43 am

The whole argument about game violence is so flawed. I studied it as part of my degree and what it basically comes down to is that as games get better graphics they become more realistic and therefore more impressionable, apparently. There's no true evidence though because games are always changing. I think you have to be pretty impressionable (and stupid) to let a game influence you enough to make you act violently...

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:31 pm

seedofmana wrote:I think you have to be pretty impressionable (and stupid) to let a game influence you enough to make you act violently...

Hmm, I don't mean to defend these hysterical parents group regurlarly demanding to "ban these evil games", yet it's true young children (let's say, under 10) can be pretty impressionable (and stupid? well, technically speaking, their brains aren't fully developped yet, so...)
But obviously it's the parent's responsibility to assess they're kids mental maturity and make sure they don't get exposed to "inappropriate material" (or, even better, discuss with them said "inappropriate material" so that the kids don't get "inappropriate ideas"), IMO.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:32 pm

Ban these games, they're evil, kill them
Ban these games, they hurt our children
Ban these games, they'll be a killer
Ban these games, like Mr Driller

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:34 pm

Yeah

... I love that song

seedofmana · Post by **seedofmana** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:35 pm

Maybe "stupid" was the wrong word, naive might have been better. But I think the problem starts with kids having games rated 18, it is the parents overlooking game ratings. It's silly that parents will take a stand on 18 rated films and they won't so much with games which are interactive and require the child to not just be subjected to violent imagery but adopt the mindset to create it.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:35 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:Yeah
... I love that song

Good

You never commented on it when I sent it to you so I presumed you didn't listen/like

seedofmana · Post by **seedofmana** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:59 pm

What do you reckon the most violent game is anyway? I'd say Manhunt.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:00 pm

seedofmana wrote:What do you reckon the most violent game is anyway? I'd say Manhunt.

Cool Spot

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:06 pm

Actually I listened to it for an entire day at work

But I didn't comment on it right away, because I couldn't understand all the lyrics

This reminds me...
The other day (well, when I went skiing a few weeks/months ago, actually) I went in a cybercafe to check my emails, and there was a really young kid (maybe 6 or 7?) there, playing(?) a real-time war simulation game set in a realistic environment : looked like a desert, with palm trees, rocky/sandy moutains, and dark-skinned refugees hiding under tents. The kid was actually too young to understand the aim of the game (which seemed to be : shoting the armed bad guys, and not the helpless refugees), and was just shoting at anything that moved. No blood, but still a bit shocking (looked too much like the evening news, probably

)
... Yet I remember playing a game on the Master System involving piloting an helicopter, saving hostages and killing terrorists, in which I would sometimes kill the hostages on purpose, because they were so bloody stupid and annoying, so...

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:10 pm

Here's a lovely song for all you people who haven't heard it

http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2H78 ... IH7A9DJYRI

Killing hostages is funtastic

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:30 pm

RollerCoaster Tycoon games are very violent. Mostly because the funnest part is to build deadly roller coasters.

seedofmana · Post by **seedofmana** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:54 pm

Talking of roller coaster accidents... [spoiler]Final Destination 3 is coming out and the accident at the beginning is going to involve a roller coaster. [/spoiler]Yeaaaah man. Anyway, back to violent games, I think Rockstar have caused the biggest stir recently. Although Resident Evil 4 is pretty nasty in places.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:56 pm

seedofmana wrote:Talking of roller coaster accidents, Final Destination 3 is coming out and the accident at the beginning is going to involve a roller coaster.

OMG! Mark your spoilers

seedofmana · Post by **seedofmana** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:06 pm

Sorry about that, but once you see the setting at the beginning of the movie I reckon it'll be pretty obvious what happens. BANG.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:08 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:... Yet I remember playing a game on the Master System involving piloting an helicopter, saving hostages and killing terrorists, in which I would sometimes kill the hostages on purpose, because they were so bloody stupid and annoying, so...

And remember Sky Kids?? That was some violent shit

Pipo penalties are probably the most violent things I've seen in a video game though

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:10 pm

Sky Kid

Is very evil :<

Jent · Post by **Jent** » Sun May 22, 2005 6:05 pm

Ward wrote:RollerCoaster Tycoon games are very violent. Mostly because the funnest part is to build deadly roller coasters.

Oddly enough, this is one of the games that came to mind.
I always thought Mortal Kombat games were pretty violent with the fatalities and all. But nowadays, that's nothing.

I guess I would have to go with Manhunt for the most gruesome.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun May 22, 2005 7:01 pm

God...
How many times can a dead thread be "brought back to life"

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:18 am

Maybe they should be more concerned about violence against them for advertising such idiocy. They should REALLY be focusing on the dangers of Pac-man!

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/pacman/default.php

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:49 am

Ban these games like Mr Driller!

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:07 pm

Do you think Tetris should be banned?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:30 pm

Many blocks die in puzzle games.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:33 pm

And things pop and burst and die

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:09 am

Mitsurugi CP wrote:Maybe they should be more concerned about violence against them for advertising such idiocy. They should REALLY be focusing on the dangers of Pac-man!

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/pacman/default.php

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/10.php

From that site:

Rofl, look at that URL about sexual innuendo in games.

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