I care about gameplay, controls, graphics etc. I dont care about how violent it is, or whether it will corrupt the children

who are those lame ass "hardcore players"
that bow down to talking heads cause they are on tv.

i would say
"hey its a fucking game you whore.
what about talking about Iraq?
or
the Cheney administration?
or
the end of the world in 2012 according to Nostradamus?"

holy shit. did this guy just say parents should be responsible for thier children's gaming habits? thats.. thats.. blasphemous! sorry. i meant, logical!

All I have to say is... I so need to get this game, it just looks bad ass.

Rockstar is a company known for pushing the limits of the medium in terms of content, and Manhunt 2 is no exception. I don't want to play the game at all, because anonymous kill-fests aren't really something I am into. The kids can enjoy it, though.

"...therefore to stab, you will mimic a stabbing motion."

/flicks wii remote around lazily

ahahahah needs moar stabbing motion pls.

And of course, Hardcore gamers = "This game is so much more violent than Bejewled!"

Go fuck yourself.

*sigh*

I'm running a caravan to drive over to that news station. I've got a few fishes in the back. I'm going to slap her with one. Any of you guys care to join?

That report was actually not as bad as I was expecting. They did show that ridiculous group of outraged parents, but they also pointed out that the game is rated M, meaning parents shouldn't be buying it for their kids anyway. Bonus points for actually educating people about the ESRB rating system, and the fact that you can lock out certain ratings through the console.

It's violent and educational, but mostly violent. Yay violence!

That was a pretty decent report, especially with the ending, calling the parents to do their content homework. Katie's comment at the end was a bit pissy, but otherwise fine.

Nex, please say "half-naked Katie Couric" again, kthx.

Can I just point out that you all need to shut the fuck up in general, actually? Except the ones who agree with me that is.

This is the best televised report on games that I have ever seen.

It's still not perfect, but as far as middle ground goes, as far as rational, logical, unbiased common sense goes, it's getting there, and that's what we should be focusing on. In a perfect world, we'd all be totally understanding of everyone's point of view, we'd all be loving and comforting to all of our fellow conscious entities, and news broadcasts would give glowing reviews of every game that pushed the medium as an art form. As it is, however, I'm happy to settle for a game broadcast that isn't a pile of alarmist wank.

Let me just recap some of the things that set this aside from other such broadcasts:
- An expert in psychology who doesn't exaggerate the negative effects of games.
- A person showing how to enable parental controls.
- A description of how the game works as well as story exposition and a video demonstration.
- An explanation of the ESRB rating system.
- A heavy weight on the fact that PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR KIDS.

I hope you enjoyed my opinion. If you didn't like it, then you can screw it up, form it into a barbed 3 dimensional ellipse and apply it the function of an anal infiltration device.

Yes, Snaileb, but The Darkness didn't have the Jack Thompson & Friends Controversy Love Train carrying it into the spotlight.

LoL I love at the end Katie saying "Why anyone would want to play that creepy, disturbing game is beyond me." That statement just tickles me pink. And my dear Katie that would be because of the fact that you dont even know what your talking about, and the guy next to you probably dosent either but has some cronies who know a little about the games write up some dialoge for you the pretty little face to read off of a screen.

The only thing that would've made this report perfectly balanced on the issue would be to mention SAW 4 being number one at the box office this week.

Right after Katie wondered why anyone would want to play that creepy, disturbing game would have been perfect.

lol.... some hardcore gamers... the only gamers they could find to make such statement.

To all weak ass parents of psyched, vilent kids:

It's not the games fault, it's yours that you haven't used parental control and won't take 5 minutes in a month to check your kids room for such games, don't blame someone else.... you're the real problem!

I like the fact that everyone useing the Wii Remote was a Wiitard.
USE THE BLOODY WRIST STRAP!! YOU'RE GIVING GAME PLAYERS A BAD NAME! :D
They clearly weren't game players if they can't follow the clearly stated instructions at the start of every Wii game.

i love how people are all crazy against violent video games, but dont give a shit about hostel/saw in the movie theatiers. But OH NO they show a boob in a scene and people freak out....got i hate people that arnt in D-toid :)