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So, as I'm leaving today, Mom tells me that games like ManHunt and Grand Theft Auto 3 are either being taken off store shelves or are being hidden as people are starting to complain about the games, saying that they're violent and that they shouldn't be sold to minors. I found the article - the Ontario Government has placed an "R" rating on the game.
I say to that - GOOD! It's about fucking time that people noticed that the games carry a MATURE RATING, and therefore shouldn't be selling them to kids, dammit! The ESRB Rating system was put in place to avoid children from seeing potentially damaging games. It started with Mortal Kombat, but for the greed of the corporate dollar, the game stores don't care about who the game is sold to - only as long as the game was sold and they got our money, and therefore didn't discriminate if they were 8 or 28.
When you go see a movie, it's not up to the purchaser of the ticket if you can go see an R-rated movie, it's up to the person selling the ticket to verify if you're old enough (18, in our case). Therefore, the person behind the counter of the local EB should be carding people if they think they're not old enough to purchase the game.
I propose that they should be slapping people with fines if they sell games to underage people as listed on the ESRB rating, much like cigarettes are governed. (Heh, games as a controlled substance. XD) And yes, that means 12-year-olds can't get their hands on a Teen-rated game.
I told Mom that I was intruiged by the concept of the game, and Mom, meanwhile, believes that I shouldn't be seeing this kind of stuff, and told me the video she watched had brains splattered. I bet she was watching the opening FMV. (I guess she never really noticed that I have Phantasmagoria, a game that featured a diabolical chair with a swinging blade that was aimed right between the two hemispheres of the brain, and I purchased that in 1995 or 1996. I was either 15 or 16. And since the "bad ending" features that chair, and the game was really hard...)
I sometimes hate the way media depicts things, and this is one time that they pick every little bad thing out of a game. But at least the awareness is there now, and maybe others will finally follow suit and actually pay attention to what they're buying.
Oh yeah, ManHunt was made in Vancouver, too. Same with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I wonder if video game companies will get sued by the government for endorsing "bad behavior" or something like that.
I just watched the video on the CTV website - They mention a skull being shattered, and then have a similar scene taken from in-game, and yes, some blood gets on the camera, but I didn't see the head explode or anything. (Then again, I am watching grainy video on the Internet.) - they mention GTA3, Silent Hill 3 and Fatal Frame as "very graphic". GTA3 I can understand. Silent Hill 3, I know more like a "psychological horror" but not graphic. (did this change?) But Fatal Frame? Isn't that a "take pictures of ghosts in a haunted house" game? O.o *sigh*
*waves* Hey Ontario Government! Why don't you ban Burnout 2 while you're at it? It gives more points for driving on the wrong side of the road! GO BUS!! Sheesh.
I came in without a car today, as I'll be heading up to Pacific Mall with Dave and Erin later on to belt out some tunes. ^_^
Hey cool, they've made a "3-episode" PS2 X-Files game. :)
I say to that - GOOD! It's about fucking time that people noticed that the games carry a MATURE RATING, and therefore shouldn't be selling them to kids, dammit! The ESRB Rating system was put in place to avoid children from seeing potentially damaging games. It started with Mortal Kombat, but for the greed of the corporate dollar, the game stores don't care about who the game is sold to - only as long as the game was sold and they got our money, and therefore didn't discriminate if they were 8 or 28.
When you go see a movie, it's not up to the purchaser of the ticket if you can go see an R-rated movie, it's up to the person selling the ticket to verify if you're old enough (18, in our case). Therefore, the person behind the counter of the local EB should be carding people if they think they're not old enough to purchase the game.
I propose that they should be slapping people with fines if they sell games to underage people as listed on the ESRB rating, much like cigarettes are governed. (Heh, games as a controlled substance. XD) And yes, that means 12-year-olds can't get their hands on a Teen-rated game.
I told Mom that I was intruiged by the concept of the game, and Mom, meanwhile, believes that I shouldn't be seeing this kind of stuff, and told me the video she watched had brains splattered. I bet she was watching the opening FMV. (I guess she never really noticed that I have Phantasmagoria, a game that featured a diabolical chair with a swinging blade that was aimed right between the two hemispheres of the brain, and I purchased that in 1995 or 1996. I was either 15 or 16. And since the "bad ending" features that chair, and the game was really hard...)
I sometimes hate the way media depicts things, and this is one time that they pick every little bad thing out of a game. But at least the awareness is there now, and maybe others will finally follow suit and actually pay attention to what they're buying.
Oh yeah, ManHunt was made in Vancouver, too. Same with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I wonder if video game companies will get sued by the government for endorsing "bad behavior" or something like that.
I just watched the video on the CTV website - They mention a skull being shattered, and then have a similar scene taken from in-game, and yes, some blood gets on the camera, but I didn't see the head explode or anything. (Then again, I am watching grainy video on the Internet.) - they mention GTA3, Silent Hill 3 and Fatal Frame as "very graphic". GTA3 I can understand. Silent Hill 3, I know more like a "psychological horror" but not graphic. (did this change?) But Fatal Frame? Isn't that a "take pictures of ghosts in a haunted house" game? O.o *sigh*
*waves* Hey Ontario Government! Why don't you ban Burnout 2 while you're at it? It gives more points for driving on the wrong side of the road! GO BUS!! Sheesh.
I came in without a car today, as I'll be heading up to Pacific Mall with Dave and Erin later on to belt out some tunes. ^_^
Hey cool, they've made a "3-episode" PS2 X-Files game. :)