{"id":1458,"date":"2007-06-21T21:55:51","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T01:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/06\/21\/something-smells-funny-in-videogame-land\/"},"modified":"2007-06-21T21:55:51","modified_gmt":"2007-06-22T01:55:51","slug":"something-smells-funny-in-videogame-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/06\/21\/something-smells-funny-in-videogame-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Something smells funny in videogame-land"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know who to blame for the fact that Manhunt 2 has been indefinitely shelved<\/a> by Rockstar Games: the Entertainment Software Rating Board, which rated the game<\/a> Adults Only because of its “excessive violence” (thus ensuring that Sony and Nintendo would never release<\/a> a version for their consoles); the video-game console makers for being such nervous Nellies, when they already ship violent titles by the truckload — and happily so; or Rockstar itself, for caving in and shelving the game.<\/p>\n

snipshot_e4hug54p2wp.jpgIs Manhunt 2 extremely violent? Undoubtedly, considering the first one was, and the second likely ups the ante — considering the player is seeing the game through the eyes of someone who may be a psycopath<\/a>, recently held in a mental institution. Is that an unreasonable premise for a game? I hardly think so. I played Max Payne and Max Payne 2, and they had a similar theme — including Satanism — and they were great. Moody, frightening, cinematic even<\/a>. Doom 3 was quite the gore-fest too. And speaking of cinematic, why is it OK for kids to see the Saw<\/em> movies, but not to play video games? As my friend Clive Thompson asked recently, why is it OK for me to grow up playing violent games, but not my kids?<\/a><\/p>\n

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I don’t know who to blame for the fact that Manhunt 2 has been indefinitely shelved by Rockstar Games: the Entertainment Software Rating Board, which rated the game Adults Only because of its “excessive violence” (thus ensuring that Sony and Nintendo would never release a version for their consoles); the video-game console makers for being … <\/p>\n

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