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*Many people have commented that it was the 14 year old victim who owned a copy of the game and not the attacker. At the moment though I am only going by what the BBC have reported on the incident (See sources)."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content...e=pub&aid=3918
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08..._murder_claim/
For what it's worth.
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Don't encourage Rockstar’s unhealthy habit of making ULTRA Violent games just for the free publicity of having them banned.
(Don't shoot the messenger)
There's a lot better publicity you could get than wasting £10 million developing a game you can't sell. Also, how could they be certain it was banned, the game contains no reason for that to happen and no game has be banned (and stayed banned) in the UK EVER before this.
Also the game isn't banned in the US or Japan, both bigger markets (although admittedly Japan don't buy that many game like this, just family friendly tentacle rape simulations)
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I signed them all, and I also doubt it will accomplish anything. I'm actually not against them censoring the game and releasing one toned down enough for an M rating, so long as they're allowed to produce their original idea, and that Sony and Nintendo won't shut them down with an AO. It seems foolish that they'd deprive themselves of game sales, for what the ESRB considers enough adult material to merit and extra year of life, minimum.
Absolutely, I have no problem with the AO rating at all, the problems in the US are Sony and Nintendo's faults, not the ESRB.
The BBFC however has an 18 rating for this kind of thing.
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Everyone keeps saying that this is a violation of free speech. This is true but at the same time just because someone can do something doesn't mean they should. Ithink R* should have used a little common sense when making this game they most likely knew it was going to be very graphic half way through the development. But they chose to keep upping the ante to the levels they have now.
And assuming nothing illegal is done to make the game, why shouldn't they? It's a game for adults. Selling it to a kid is a 2 year in jail criminal offence.
We're being punished because a small minority of parents are morons.
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I'm lost: why on God's green earth would someone try to save this game? First person to say "freedom of speech" just to make me laugh wins!
Really, is this is where our morals have fallen? I find it equally funny when it's the fanboys who say "look, Nintendo gets it!" but at the same time they think a world with adult only content games is a great think to have That's even oxymoronic: adult content in games and movies are usually catered 1) young pubes who can't even find their pubic hair and 2) grown men who still can't believe they have pubic hair. Nothing adult about that. Smoke a Joe Camel, son!
"Because I don't like it anyone who doesn't is a moron"
I didn't even know Jack had an account here.
And your link that somehow letting this through leads to a world with ONLY adult content games is laughable. No, it would allow people to make the games they want to make.
If you ban Manhunt 2, you're accepting that video games depicting crime, cause crime. So how do you then defend GTA? Crackdown? Hell, even Need for speed or Ridge Racer? I can't. I don't want to play Manhunt 2 (or didn't before this), I do want to play a lot of other games that WILL now be banned.
How come films like Hostel and saw are just fine too?
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i hope it doesn't work.. come on y the fck do they have to do extremely violent games like this!! ban it!
hmm and yes stop sayin if there are violent movies ..y not violent games.. games is not equal to movies ..so stop the comparison for god sake!
Why are they not the same? Why shouldn't ADULTS (which by your typing you clearly are not) be allowed to play any game that wasn't created illegally if they wish?
