Comments on: Get a clue Granny

By: Mad Marc

Mad Marc — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:17:28 +0000

I just read an article about another video game that has politicians stepping in and trying to prevent it from being released. The New York Senator, Charles Schumer, wants to ban the upcoming game “25 to Life”.

For those not familiar with this game you have the ability to choose either a gang and recruit people, or you could choose to be the police. When you are with the gang you go around doing whatever it is that gangs do. Namely robbing, looting, and killing police officers that stand in your way. On the police officer side you defend the city and stop the gangs from doing their evil deeds, arresting them, using excessive force, killing if necessary.
So what is the problem? Sounds like it could be a fun game. Well apparently the Senator doesn’t like the idea of people being able to kill cops in a video game. He says that if the game is released people are going to just start killing cops in real life because they saw it in the game. He goes on to say that the cop killing gameplay is “sickening” and “offends all sensibilities”

Two things, one, doesn’t the Senator have more important matters to attend to? Two, if the Senator did his homework the game just isn’t about killing cops. You can be the cops to stop the gangs. Why aren’t police stations everywhere worried about their job enrollment going up? We all know that everyone who plays the game from the viewpoint of the cops is going to go out and join the local police force and start taking the law into their own hands (that last part was sarcasm, incase you missed it).

I can’t even get into how many games there are where you play as the good guy upholding the law and bad guys try to kill you. That is the element in every game. Good versus evil. Someone has to win. Maybe the Senator would like a game where the two sides could sit down together and talk and negotiate. If they came out with that Senator Charles Schumer would be the first in line at midnight waiting for his copy of the game.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:25:50 +0000

Unfortunately, this is the type of behavior you see among adults with regards to video games thir children shouldn’t be playing. They buy it without first looking into it, then it’s someone else’s fault when it turns out to be bad news. It’s the American Way–blame someone else! Say hellow to opportunity! Say goodbye to personal responsibility!

Who the heck buys that game for a 14 year-old kid, anyway? Rated M! RATED M! Well OK, now AO, but you get my meaning.

By: Sandstone

Sandstone — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:33:27 +0000

Caulder: exactly - I read the news about Florence days ago, and considered it non-news. She hadn’t actually done the mod, and she ignored the ESRB rating. Uh - what’s the case?

By: nathan caulder

nathan caulder — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:12:44 +0000

I actually have no pity for granny Florence either. She bought it for her… 14 year old grandson(?), I know he was under age for the “Mature” rating. That will be the first argument for the defense. If anything, the kids’ parents didn’t want to buy it, so the kid pressured grandma to get it. Second, did the grandson actually unlock the “AO” scene? If not… what’s your case, lady?

Anyway, it is still negative press for the gaming community. I bet with all these recent developments, we are going to see a lot more about “impacts on society” in the next year or two.

Lastly, I completely agree with not owning any GTA games. I played one once for 10 minutes, the impression was not my cup of tea.