Focuses on upcoming 2K Games title, The Darkness II.
The heads of the Christian Police Fellowship have taken aim at violent video games, singling out an upcoming title from 2K games, The Darkness II. Its complaint about the video game is that it will create a distorted perspective of police officers for younger gamers.
The group drafted a letter for politicians and game developers ... [ read the full article ]
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People who think video games cause nasty problems are wrong.
The kid(s) most likely have violent tendencies in the first place.
Like someone mentioned, it is the parents or lack of parenting. Possibly violence in the home by the parents themselves.
When I was a kid Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner should of caused me to purchase Acme products and drop an Anvil on somebodies head. Do the powers at be think, "My Little Pony" is a cure all?
I am still amazed that they are speaking up at all...Norway isn't old news yet...and that guy clearly did what he did because of his christian beliefs (he even wrote a thick book about it).
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P: People who think video games cause nasty problems are wrong.
The kid(s) most likely have violent tendencies in the first place.
Like someone mentioned, it is the parents or lack of parenting. Possibly violence in the home by the parents themselves.
When I was a kid Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner should of caused me to purchase Acme products and drop an Anvil on somebodies head. Do the powers at be think, "My Little Pony" is a cure all?
Finally some folks with common sense.
Jeff
Society has changed. Many parents have given up being involved with their children. The do not teach them right or wrong and do not correct them when they exhibit bad behavior. On top of that they make excuses like "Oh they are just expressing themselves. I have to let little johnny be himself"
To me this is like the whole guns kill people crap. I grew up in a house where my father was a cop and he had a gun. I also watched Looney tunes and Tom and Jerry and all those cartoons with violence in them. I am a long time gamer and played games with violence in them. The difference is my parents taught me good moral values so I knew the difference between right and wrong and fantasy and reality. I knew my father's gun was NOT a toy and was off limits and when I was old enough he taught me how to respect the gun and how to clean and shoot it safely.
Today I see parents letting their 6 year old play rated M games and the parents leave them be and do not care to keep their kids in line. It is all very sad really.
It isn't sad...it is just strange. Those same parents that let their kid play GTA4 won't let the kid watch a PG13 movie because of content. Also, they are usually just fine with a game showing graphic violence...like GTASA...no one cared that you could run down 50 people while running from the cops and shooting those who managed to dive out of your way, all while delivering drugs; but there is a secret code that allows for dry humping, so a woman most famous for having her husband cheat on her decided to ban the game after it had already sold millions of copies. Today Mortal Kombat can show any manner of terrible murder techniques in precise detail...but if a nipple happens to become exposed for a single frame while the torso is being ripped to shreds, that is not acceptable; that shred of clothing must stay attached to the nipple as if it were a tassel in a strip club.
There is only one way to deal with these kinds of people...push farther. If you give them a single inch they will take a mile. Agree to remove one item and before you know it you will have to get a priest to OK your work before release. This sounds like something that could never happen...but it has already happened to hollywood; actual priests are involved in the rating process for movies...no other religions are represented either...just Catholics.
I played mortal kombat as a kid i didnt turn out violent (got sick of mortal kombat been playing ssf iv last last few days).what i dont understand is them parents that will let there kids watch extremely violent movies and then put there hands over the kids eyes when a sex scene comes on.nudity and sex is normal.
the catholic church is one of the weathiest organisations in the world and through out history have been one of the most powerful.
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