Dudes in Prison HAD a Pretty Good Game Collection...

[puxley]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I thought you all might find this interesting.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1216041game1.html

Champions of Horrath, eh? I guess they even had some rare protos.
Awww, crap, they even took away Midway Treasures 2??
I guess Kosmik Kroozer is just too much of a murder simulator....

[TheRedEye]

Why would they take away Midway Treasures 2? Maybe I'm taking this way too personally, but that pisses me off.

[puxley]

Probably because of NARC, but more likely it was Total Carnage.

I wonder what they are playing now?
Any Strawberry Shortcake XBox games out there yet?

[christianscott27]

geesh, i thought prison was suppossed to be punishment, what are they doing with a game room?

[TheRedEye]

But NARC taught us an important lesson about how even messy violence is more socially acceptable than drugs. They should be ENCOURAGING inmates to play NARC.

[puxley]

A game room in a prison adds new meaning to "Room of Doom", doesn't it?

I agree with both of you - they probably shouldn't have a game room in the first place - but they should be forced to play NARC!

[Gapporin]

Heh. Nothing like playing "The Suffering" in a prison...

By the way, when I first saw this topic, I thought that "Dudes In Prison" was the name of a local used game store, heh.

[studvicious]

Why would they take away Midway Treasures 2? Maybe I'm taking this way too personally, but that pisses me off.

Isn't MKII on that??

[puxley]

Yep. Not exactly The Smurfs........

[tholly]

shit, they had more games to play in prison than a lot of people have that our out of prison.....thats not punishment....they should have taken all the games away

[MegaDrive20XX]

geesh, i thought prison was suppossed to be punishment, what are they doing with a game room?

Are you kidding? Free meals and Cable at our tax payers expense? Shit, if it wasnt for the daily rapings, it would probably be a cozy place

[Bratwurst]

if it wasnt for the daily rapings, it would probably be a cozy place

Speak for yourself, girlfriend! </flail hands>

[MegaDrive20XX]

if it wasnt for the daily rapings, it would probably be a cozy place

Speak for yourself, girlfriend! </flail hands>

Grab onto my belt! Cuz I just sold you for a cigg!

[s1lence]

if it wasnt for the daily rapings, it would probably be a cozy place

Speak for yourself, girlfriend! </flail hands>

Grab onto my belt! Cuz I just sold you for a cigg!

WOW!

[studvicious]

they had more games to play in prison than a lot of people have that our out of prison.....thats not punishment....they should have taken all the games away

I agree, while seniors have to jump through flaming hoops to get prescription drugs, the system does seem messed up.

[Promophile]

The reason they let prisoners play games and watch TV and lift weights is because if they didn't have those things there would be a hell of a lot more fights and gang violence in prison, making it more dangerous for guards and the immates themselves.

[qbertandernie]

what kind of dip shit in acquisitions ordered a game called 'hitman' in the first place?

but i bet the wardens kid is going to have a playstation laden xmas!

[JJNova]

I must be the only one that found the writer of the article funny. Did you guys notice that he mentioned Grand Theft Auto right before saying that it had the same things that the prisoners did while they were at liberty?

Liberty......Grand Theft Auto......Are you making the connection?
Maybe I am just reading into it, but it made me laugh. COuld he have accidently slipped a pun into that article?
Regardless. I liked

[john_soper]

The reason they let prisoners play games and watch TV and lift weights is because if they didn't have those things there would be a hell of a lot more fights and gang violence in prison, making it more dangerous for guards and the immates themselves.

I agree, also adding priviledges in prison gives the inmates the incentive not to have them taken away. People used to get grumpy about conjugal visits (do they still do those?), but they were a reward for the most well behaved prisoners, it encouraged good behavior.
It comes down to the main problem with prisons, are they trying to
1. punish
2. reform
3. or just keep inmates out of society?
Hard to do a good job on all three at once.

[dvdguy]

So let them have cards and Scrabble and things like that. But geez, there are poor kids out there whose only crime is being born into poverty that would desperately WANT the things that PRISONERS have. That's F'ed up.