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Banning Video Games Illegal in One More State

Submitted by Seanbaby

Edited by WilWheaton

Banning violent video games has become a new hobby for attention whore prosecutors, but it looks less and less likely they'll get their wish. A federal court in Michigan has killed a proposed law that banned "ultra-violent" games. The way it was worded, it would have been illegal to sell violent games to anyone under 17 or to even play them near kids. This would have put a real dent in many children's Watch Daddy Run Over Vice City Whores With a Motorcycle time.

According to the law, a game is "ultra-violent" if it repetitively depicts extreme violence, such as "rape, dismemberment, mutilation or torture." Yikes. What video games has this lawmaker been playing? It seems like this is based more on a lunatic's imagination rather than clinical research. Dismemberment, sure, but if they were playing something with rape and torture, I don't think that was a video game.

Although it is common knowledge that the world never knew violence until video games invented it, does that make them responsible? At the risk of editorializing, yes they are, Michigan. Ban them! Apparently your big stupid state doesn't have the same problem the rest of us do like impressionable children freezing their friends with ninja rays and tearing out their spines in victory.

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Telltale

Telltale

USA
May 2004

APR 06, 2006 12:32 PM

One small step for free speech...

Ska_Boss

Ska_Boss

Indianapolis, IN
October 2005

APR 06, 2006 12:34 PM

It makes me happy on the inside to know that somebody came up with a legal definition of "ultraviolence."

Paul9000

Paul9000

Monterey, CA
November 2004

APR 06, 2006 12:53 PM

Custer's Revenge rides again.

wottan

wottan

Vancouver, BC
July 2004

APR 06, 2006 01:19 PM

Ultraviolence to me always indicated extreme use of graphic violence in a movie to produce a point. Tarantino uses it a lot, like in kill bill, and reservoir dogs.

At elast this was turned down.

thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

APR 06, 2006 01:30 PM

Paul9000 said:
Custer's Revenge rides again.



BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What's worse, the fact you're enough of a video game nerd to make that joke, of the fact I'M enough of a video game nerd to get it?

-TM

seanvegas

seanvegas

Lincoln, NE
December 2004

APR 06, 2006 01:33 PM

Good! smile

Skutch

Skutch

Portland, OR
December 2003

APR 06, 2006 05:02 PM

whatever

Paul9000

Paul9000

Monterey, CA
November 2004

APR 06, 2006 05:30 PM

thefreak said:

Paul9000 said:
Custer's Revenge rides again.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
What's worse, the fact you're enough of a video game nerd to make that joke, of the fact I'M enough of a video game nerd to get it?


What's worse is remembering the actual release of the game.

LiquidYogi

LiquidYogi

Claremont, CA
September 2003

APR 06, 2006 06:41 PM

Video games are the reason why our society is AWFUL. By the way Torture in video games isn't something new. It was in everygame in the Metal Gear Solid series soo far. Rape I've never seen, they're trying to say that GTA is rape in some way but they're obviously wrong. Theres prostitution sure, and theres consentsual sex (hot coffee) as a reward for being good to your girlfriend. I've never heard of a game with rape though.

Torture, hell yeah theres torture.

Oregano

Oregano

Boston, MA
January 2006

APR 06, 2006 06:44 PM

LiquidYogi said:
Video games are the reason why our society is AWFUL. By the way Torture in video games isn't something new. It was in everygame in the Metal Gear Solid series soo far. Rape I've never seen, they're trying to say that GTA is rape in some way but they're obviously wrong. Theres prostitution sure, and theres consentsual sex (hot coffee) as a reward for being good to your girlfriend. I've never heard of a game with rape though.

Torture, hell yeah theres torture.



People who are incapable of seeing the difference between video games and the real world are a much bigger problem.

thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

APR 06, 2006 07:15 PM

Paul9000 said:
What's worse is remembering the actual release of the game.



Boy, I guess so, ya old fart. wink

-TM

hadees

hadees

Austin, TX
December 2003

APR 06, 2006 07:21 PM

Here is a crazy idea. Lets find somthing these anti video games nazi's like to do and ban it.

Drusylla

Drusylla

Mesa, AZ
May 2005

APR 06, 2006 07:21 PM

The world never knew violence until video games came along?

Man, I seriously hope that you were being sarcastic because violence has been around waaayyy longer than video games wink

Anywho-I'm glad someone was actually smart and killed the bill. I don't want the government telling me I can't play certain video games in front of my kids.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

APR 06, 2006 07:35 PM

Actual, player-inflicted torture is relatively rare (although check the new 24 videogame for at least one example.). Mutilation and dismemberment are highlights of many games.

Custer's Revenge is, as far as I know, the only game with the PC committing rape.

fountainofdreams

fountainofdreams

Batavia, IL
January 2005

APR 06, 2006 07:45 PM

malkav11 said:
Actual, player-inflicted torture is relatively rare (although check the new 24 videogame for at least one example.). Mutilation and dismemberment are highlights of many games.

Custer's Revenge is, as far as I know, the only game with the PC committing rape.



well, and those hentai games that are highlighted on something awful.

but we're not gonna go into those.

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