Ban Theft Auto
Right. This annoys me more than anything.

We see the stories in the papers about violent video games being harmful. I mean, Manhunt 2 was banned in the U.K (last I heard)and everytime they go to release a GTA game there's uproar from politicians, lawyers and general twunt-flaps.

But why? Because they influence violence.

WTF? How is that possible? Have you ever seen Saw?

Not that there's anything wrong with any of the Saw movies. Neither is there anything wrong with any of the GTA games. Or any other violent games for that matter. The problem with people these days is if you picked up a gun and shot someone, you would probably get let off lightly and the gaming industry blamed.


I've played GTA from the 1st game, and however tempted I've been sometimes I have never run over anyone or shot them another nostril.

I have watched the Saw movies and never tried to stick razor blades through people's throats.

But people want to ban the violent games. Why? 'Because a movie is made by people for viewers to watch. It is totally fictional. However, in a video game the player is a catalyst in what happens on screen.'

Bullshit! This isn't some fanboy post I can assure you. The point I'm getting at is the world is getting too PC.

Politicians should be banned. Overbearing PC twunts should be banned. People should be free to make their own decisions. If someone does emulate a game or movie in real life then let the penalties fall on them and not the gaming industry. All they do is make things for our snjoyment. And I enjoy playing games.

If people think that I have no life and spend all day playing games, then you got me totally wrong. I have children and a loving fiancee who I spend most of my time with. Films and games are little time wasters to me. Something to fill the boredom gap.

The world is getting too strict. One day, we probably won't be able to fart in case we offend someone.

Kids can't play conkers anymore because of the PC brigade.

Chav schoolgirls can't wear crosses to school anymore in case they offend someone of a different religion. When this person of another religion is wearing a burkha. (I'm not racist. I will gladly live freely with all races. But not when people start stomping over our beliefs and our whole system).

So here's the message...let games be made and sold freely. Stick an 18 rating on it. If a mother or father wants to buy it for their 10 year old kid then that's their choice.

Rant over.
( sausagesucker just paid £5.00 for a cup of Tea!, Sat 3 May 2008, 10:27, 4 replies)

I wrote a school essay on this
when I were a young un, from exactly your viewpoint. What I couldn't get away from, was that a million people could play a game, and maybe one might go nuts after. If looked at from any sort of rational standpoint, the child is clearly the anomaly, not the game.
(bacontrout got ska, Sat 3 May 2008, 10:59, closed)

I agree mostly
however after playing gta (san an) for an extended period of time and then walking down the road the thought "this is taking to long, i'll go steal that car" was not just a funny thought, i started to go for the car.
Obviously as i'm not typing this while being analy penetrated by a guy called bubba i stopped myself. It still remains though that i thought that, the game conditions you.
For the record i'm 21 and know my own mind fairly well. Games can be dangerous, as tv, as films, my problem with a game over the other media is the level of exposure. You can throw yourself into marathons of a tv show or a series of movies yes. A long running series could keep you occupied for a couple days of fairly intense watching but what is that compared to the 50 hours of playtime that you can give a game?
I love games, but they are dangerous.
(Malcav, Sat 3 May 2008, 12:23, closed)

@Malcav
I agree...everything which shows violence is dangerous. But to target specific things because it shows someone killing someone else is pathetic. Clearly if someone does decide to act out what they see in a game then they have a problem. As I said, I have played all the GTA games and watched a lot of violent gory movies and I still haven't felt the urge to kill someone...well I have, but I haven't acted upon it just because it's 'cool' because it's in a game.
( sausagesucker just paid £5.00 for a cup of Tea!, Sat 3 May 2008, 21:55, closed)

Half of that is urban myths about "PC gone mad"
The other half is actually trying to be banned by Daily Mail readers, whose paper of choice fabricate the other half.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Sun 4 May 2008, 0:00, closed)