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Cayman Islands school warms parents of violent games

Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
edited December 2009 in Games and Technology
School creates video game blacklist

Maybe it can be attributed to them being on an Island, reading this list feels like I am in a timewarp.
The games included on the list were: Resident Evil 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, God of War, NARC, Killer 7, The Warriors, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, Crime Life: Gang Wars, Condemned: Criminal Origins, and True Crime: New York City.

They are worried that it might ruin kids..
“Research has showed…that over time, when these kids play the video games constantly…it desensitises them to the act of violence,” Mr. Wallace said. “But there’s no off button in real life; there’s no restart.”

I wonder how Killer 7 got on that list. Did anyone besides about 14 people actually even play that game? It was awesome but doesn't seem like something that would ever get on a list like this.

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  • BlurblBlurbl -_- Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I see no problem with providing a blacklist of specific games to parents. It shouldn't be needed, but providing more information to parents can only be a good thing.
    The list was e–mailed to parents as part of an advisory about a school event scheduled for Thursday, which sought to destroy toy weapons and violent video games in a symbolic act against violent behaviour.

    That's... the wrong way to go about it. Using violence on violent things? What.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It's kind of like rock against rape only it's rape against rape.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    What? They're just showing kids that if there's something you don't like, the solution is to smash and burn it.

    It makes perfect sense :rotate:

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  • Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    My whole thing is the age of the games... would any kids really be playing any of those these days?

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2009
    This is probably the first any of them have even heard of Killer 7. This is like telling kids not to put beans up their nose.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    NARC
    Nobody knew about that game when it was released last generation.

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  • Izanagi-OkamiIzanagi-Okami Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Killer 7... I... what? It's like they had Bob the gamer on staff and said "Bob, we're thinking of seeing to it that none of our kids end up like you. Can you give us a list of games that might negatively effect them?" So Bob threw a bunch of old games on to the list that none of the kid's would play anymore, a few obvious ones, then googled some shovelware to round off the list.

    I say well played Bob the gamer.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    For the most part, those games are relatively understandable. The failing here is that the school has called this a Black List and not an advisory list or something like that.

    Everyone here knows the drill. Games are rated right there on the box, and if parents miss it when buying it for their kid its their own fault, etc.

    I'm taking this with a grain of salt because it is, in the end, a localized list. This isn't state or federal legislation we're talking about. And don't get started on the slippery slope shit.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Izanagi-Okami wrote: »
    Killer 7... I... what? It's like they had Bob the gamer on staff and said "Bob, we're thinking of seeing to it that none of our kids end up like you. Can you give us a list of games that might negatively effect them?" So Bob threw a bunch of old games on to the list that none of the kid's would play anymore, a few obvious ones, then googled some shovelware to round off the list.

    I say well played Bob the gamer.

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    We're in a tight spot here. A tight, tight spot.

    The list just confirms how out of touch with the world of video games most people are.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well, in slightly better news, Australia Opens R18 Debate, Invites Public Submissions

    Australia Attorney General Michael Atkinson's assertion that only "a small number of very zealous gamers" want an over-18 classification for video games in the region may soon be tested, as the Australian government has opened the issue to public debate.

    A government internet portal presents the arguments in favor and against an R 18+ classification for video games, and asks citizens to submit their feedback.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    isn't this the sort of thing rating systems are in place for? maybe I'm just being silly

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Well, in slightly better news, Australia Opens R18 Debate, Invites Public Submissions

    Australia Attorney General Michael Atkinson's assertion that only "a small number of very zealous gamers" want an over-18 classification for video games in the region may soon be tested, as the Australian government has opened the issue to public debate.

    A government internet portal presents the arguments in favor and against an R 18+ classification for video games, and asks citizens to submit their feedback.

    I hope Australia's populace is more than willing to show their Attorney General up on that "oh it's just a few GAMERS, pfft" attitude.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I hope this school doesn't warm these parents too much

    or there might be some kind of fire

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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Well, in slightly better news, Australia Opens R18 Debate, Invites Public Submissions

    Australia Attorney General Michael Atkinson's assertion that only "a small number of very zealous gamers" want an over-18 classification for video games in the region may soon be tested, as the Australian government has opened the issue to public debate.

    A government internet portal presents the arguments in favor and against an R 18+ classification for video games, and asks citizens to submit their feedback.

    I hope Australia's populace is more than willing to show their Attorney General up on that "oh it's just a few GAMERS, pfft" attitude.

    Like there are any games that would need that rating.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Apparently the current legal attitude in Australia towards all video games is "That's KID'S stuff!"

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  • FaffelFaffel Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Apparently the current legal attitude in Australia towards all video games is "That's KID'S stuff!"

    Ripping off a man's head and feeding his entrails to his dog, gutting the dog and feeding that dog's entrails to his mom? KID'S STUFF, KRATOS!

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    MrDelish wrote: »
    I hope this school doesn't warm these parents too much

    or there might be some kind of fire

    It's okay, they're not real parents; only the parents of violent games.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I had to double-check the date of that article, because all the games listed (besides the ones that AREN'T OUT YET) are a few years old.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited December 2009
    Sounds like an excellent idea to me.

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