It looks like all may not be all puppies and daisies in Wii-land after all. That is, if the Florida Attorney General has anything to say about it. GamePolitics came across an interview with Fox News in which Bill McCollum expressed his extreme displeasure over the thought of Manhunt 2 finding a place on the Nintendo Wii.
As you might have guessed, the same controller hailed for its ability to finally make videogames truly interactive does have the potential for being a bit too good at it for its own sake. After all, the last thing politicians want to see is a fictitious game in which players reenact clubbing and stabbing motions with Nintendo's angelic point and click device.
The interview itself has yet to be aired, but it is widely expected to make a controversial appearance closer to the game's July 9th disturbance day. In the meantime, enjoy the next best thing -- this excerpt from McCollum's press secretary:
Attorney General Bill McCollum is concerned about any games which may instill violence in children, particularly games that encourage children to engage in violent behavior, even in simulation. He believes it is important to help protect children from influences which may introduce violence into their lives and stresses the importance of parental involvement in the efforts to keep these influences out of our homes and away from our families.
You'll never guess in a million years who else was interviewed by Fox News to give their two cents on this report? No, it wasn't Bozo the clown. Sadly, he passed on many years ago, but I still say he's the better man. Expect none other than Jack "videogames are Satan's propaganda" Thompson to be on hand for his view on the whole thing (as if we will ever need another interview from Thompson to realize this by now).
Will Jack and Jill his army finally be able to make us see the light, and rebuke our evil mature rated game-loving ways? I seriously doubt it, but the guy sure is good at working a crowd. Too bad it's made up of people who don't play videogames in the first place, and whose backgrounds and morals are statistically no better than those of us who do.
[Thanks Sasquatch]
Contest:
1:28 PM on 06.06.2007
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That's just annoying, at long last RE4 and MANHUNT 2 come out to save the Wii from the kiddy pool... and now: here we go again?
Actually no they're probably right this game will probably make the player sick to his stomache after an hour of playing.
FUCK YEAH!
Swing, batta, batta, swing.
But not to death, thats just wrong.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kLkNNDfFMzo
Peace.
Bastards.
We do. I have no issues with keeping this sort of game out of the hands of a child. For everyone else, it's fair game.
I saw that over at Kotaku the other day. One critism, could've used more blood when that chunky kids throat got slashed.
.BUT NOW ITS DEFINATELY FOR THE WIIIIIIIiiii!!!!!!!!!
squeal like a pig!!
I can't wait.
Fcuking awesome!!
yeah...no way I'll play it in front of teh kids but damn, on the Wii would be the best
disturbing is the correct word
Awesome. AWESOME!!
You win at life.
You are ase a God here. You win the internets
this game looks great, and i personally can't wait to get my hands on it.
but now we need to add those new FL lawyers... wtf they are worse than Dracula, they come back with more lawsuits than he comes back from the dead.
I agree that children under certain age shouldnt play, isnt that why we have the ESBR?
if they should sue someone should be the parents/friends, then game retailers, then the FEDEX who shipped them, then may b the game company.
Go figure.
That's an interesting way of being a parent, but not one that I agree with. How can a child be expected to deal with violence and - gasp! - death, if they're never allowed to be introduced to it?
"The Wii device does not utilize traditional push button game controllers but instead utilizes hand-held motion capture devices… It is a training device."
Yes. That's right. Nintendo and its friends want to train people to kill. Man, this guy's got Nintendo's grand scheme pegged.
I'm not saying Manhunt 2 is going to be kid-friendly by any means, but get real. Who is this guy to decide what games get released, and on what platforms? Perhaps this Attorney General should get back to more important issues that affect children much more dramatically - like child sex slavery, education, and even immigration - and stop wasting his time trying to be a guardian to an audience that doesn't need one.
I'm an adult and i know that playing manhunt or any other violent video won't make me want to kill people. just because kids live in the same world as adults who have a brain, doesn't mean that games shouldn't be made. eventually people will realize that stifling creativity will not keep people from seeing violence and nudity, it merely just stifles creativity.
parents have to be informed, but they actually have to be proactive for this information to work. why don't all these lawyers {i'm looking at you jack} start looking more into the parenting skills of parents that have children that commit crimes instead of going after the artists and their support system.
oh wait, parents who can't parent are usually also not made of millions of dollars, i forgot you have to get a payout to feel like you did anything.
What do you call a Jewish girl's tits? Juice.
Have you?
In the UK all adult orientated games are rated by the BBFC (the same board that classifies movies) as 18, 15 or 12. Those being the ages at which it is a crime to supply anyone younger than with the game in question. It is backed up by threat of a six month stretch getting your ass stretched or a £5,000 quid ($10,000 approx) fine.
Money salad, however, is actually really good.