While the Thai government is on a self-serving morality crusade following the murder of a cabbie blamed spuriously on GTA IV, they have exposed themselves as dirty common criminals themselves. The Thai Ministry of Health issued a list of the top ten most violent games, but neglected to note that the list was filthy plagiarism. Here's Thailand's list of dangerous games:
1- GTA
2- Man Hunt
3- Scarface
4- 50 Cent - Bullet Proof
5- 300
6- The Godfather
7- Killer 7
8- Resident Evil 4
9- God of War
10- Hitman
And here's Detroit Prosecutor Kym Worthy's list of the ten most violent games, issued last December:
1. Grand Theft Auto
2. Manhunt
3. Scarface
4. 50 Cent Bulletproof
5. 300
6. The Godfather
7. Killer-7
8. Resident Evil 4
9. God of War
10. Hitman Blood Money
Wait, what? It's twins! No wait, it's
disgusting and
shameless plagiarism on the part of Thailand. Just what are Thai officials teaching its children? That you can lie and steal and copy the work of others to get ahead? That's a sordid practice if ever I saw one, and Thai's Ministry of Health ought to be ashamed of itself. Theft indeed, of all things. And they say that videogames are corrupt.
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8:21 AM on 08.07.2008
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Goes to show the only people who get upset over video games are those who know nothing about them.
*ba-dum piiiiiiish*
Scarface?
50 Cent?
What moron came up with this list?
I guess I'm out of the loop. Either that, or they released it exclusively in Thailand.
Nice one Thailand
and 300 came out on PSP or something like that
Also Hitman: Blood Money's so non-violent it should be rated T. No gore at all. Even when you blow someone up they just collapse as a ragdoll. Half-life 2's a more violent game because you can cut zombies in half.
Manhunt is the only game on that list that merits it even remotely. That game is awesome.
Killer 7 is not particularly violent when compared to so many other games. Is it mature? Incredibly, but it's not particularly violent.
Etc.
So it shows them to be ignorant arsehats who steal from other ignorant arsehats but you can't say that they didn't at least try to do some research on the subject and ultimately the point that they are trying to make still stands, that "these games are dangerous"
I KILL PEOPLE