Florida AG concerned about Wii Manhunt 2

[7th lutz]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_bl...ewstop;title;3

Earlier this year, Take-Two Interactive filed suit in a Florida court to prevent activist attorney Jack Thompson from disrupting its planned releases of Grand Theft Auto IV and Manhunt 2. Thompson countersued and the pair settled, with one condition being that Thompson could not sue to stop the distribution of its games.

That might not be the end of Take-Two controversy stirred up in The Sunshine State this year, as GamePolitics is reporting that the Wii version of Manhunt 2 has Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum "concerned."

In a yet-to-be-aired interview with Fox News, McCollum reportedly balked at the way the game might utilize the motion-sensing Wii Remote to have players virtually stabbing, clubbing, or strangling opponents. While GamePolitics didn't mention any official action McCollum would take regarding the game, it did cite sources as saying the attorney general was "looking into" the Wii version of the game, but not focusing at all on its PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable counterparts.

A representative of McCollum's responded to the issue by saying that he "is concerned about any games which may instill violence in children, particularly games that encourage children to engage in violent behavior, even in simulation." The rep also said he stressed the importance of the parental role in keeping negative influences away from children.

I got a problem Mccollum with being concerned about the children for playing videogames. First off Manhunt is not made for kids, and the 2nd thing is its the parents job for determine what games that his or her kids should play. Video games have a rating system and it the parents job for using judgement for deciding what games their kids should paly. If a 8 year kid wants to play a game that for a rating that no one younger then 21 should play the gameand the parent allows the kid to have game, then the parent is a moron. The person responsible in that case the stupid parent, not the video game companies.

[heybtbm]

I've never understood why rating something "M" (or even "AO") doesn't immediately deflect any and all criticism of a particular game in relation to it "affecting children". If it's rated "M", it's not for kids. Seems pretty simple to me. You don't see lawyers and AG's bitching about "R" rated movies.

I suspect someone wants to get their name in the news and Take-Two seems to be an easy target as of late. Pathetic and transparent.

[joshnickerson]

The Wii has a built in parental control feature. If parents will take three freakin' seconds out of their day to set the system not to play "M" rated games, everything would be fine.

Ah, who am I kidding? Manhunt could require three forms of ID, a retina scan, and a urine sample, with a ten day waiting limit, and idiots would STILL be whining how easy it is to fall into children's hands.

Meanwhile, in the mid-west, a ten month old gets his very own hunting licence and 12 gauge...

[FantasiaWHT]

Is anybody ever worried about overly-gory movies having horrible affects on children? Good grief...