BBC bans Video Game, Manhunt.

The Doctor · 07-29-2004, 05:03 PM

[Story in short]
14 year old, plays manhunt (18 rated), kid kills friend, because he has played it. BBC blames game, BBC bans game. Says it all really.

Clicky

This bring back the old question, How in the blue hell did he get his hands on a eighteen rated game?
Plus there are age ratings on games for a reason. Why can't 99% of people see that?

Rattan · 07-29-2004, 05:24 PM

Castrate the kid, send the parents to prison for negligience or something.

UserGoogol · 07-29-2004, 06:33 PM

The BBFC banned it. The BBC is the news organization which reported this story.

Bomby · 07-29-2004, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nomytaker says::
This bring back the old question, How in the blue hell did he get his hands on a eighteen rated game?

The same way kids under 18 get cigarettes.

Sim Kid · 07-29-2004, 08:53 PM

It's never a parenting problem, it's the Game's fault that they shot people.

Let's just Ignore those things the ESRB puts on the game boxes, they're only put there for show.

[ July 29, 2004, 08:56 PM: Message edited by: Digi ]

**Wyborn** · 07-29-2004, 10:50 PM

What the hell is the BBFC?

Sonic 5 · 07-29-2004, 11:16 PM

What an idiot.Video games don't make you go out and kill people.He obviously can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

El Barto · 07-29-2004, 11:25 PM

I'm not convinced that these games aren't somewhat unhealthy, it's stupid to ban them because they cause murder. That is possible- hell, even the Beatles produced Mr. Manson- but extremely uncommon, and not something that is going to cause a real societal issue. It's like banning barbeque skewers because someone loses an eye with one. Just a (usually) unneccessary 'Be Careful' disclaimer should suffice.

OcarinaMan · 07-29-2004, 11:33 PM

I don't think the video game was responsible, but I thought that it was a kind of game that should not have been released. It's not the kind of trash we need in this world.

Erdawn Il Deus · 07-29-2004, 11:55 PM

14 year old should be imprisoned, parents should be ****ing smarter.

And if we ban Manhunt, why not ****ing ban "The Running Man", since the game was inspired from such. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Parrakarry · 07-30-2004, 12:01 AM

OMFG I jsut plaeyd GTA:VC nwo eye wlil gho and klil peeple wtih hommade boms

c_jks · 07-30-2004, 12:40 AM

They first vieo games I played (in my most impressionable years) were Wolfenstein 3D and Doom and Doom II. the most influence it had on me is probably the fact that I love FPS's. I haven't killed anyone, and I don't plan on it. Why? I owe some of it to having loving friends, loving family, and the rest to being sane.

Ditto McCloaker · 07-30-2004, 01:35 AM

Yay for Patriarchical, obtrusive government!

"We Know What's Best For You."

Sim Kid · 07-30-2004, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sonic 5:
What an idiot.Video games don't make you go out and kill people.He obviously can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

EXACTLY. People who can't distinguish reality from Fantasy only turn these kinds of people on.

UserGoogol · 07-30-2004, 04:32 AM

I'm sure Dance Dance Revolution could kill somebody. That's about it though.

The Doctor · 07-30-2004, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UserGoogol:
The BBFC banned it. The BBC is the news organization which reported this story.

Actually, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company), is T.V. and Radio stuff.

The BBFC couldn't ban it, but the BBC has. The BBC has banned lots of things, but it doesn't actually get taken off the market. Although some shops have.

I still liked the fact that the BBC banned Jasper Carrots "Funky Moped".

Sim Kid · 07-30-2004, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UserGoogol:
I'm sure Dance Dance Revolution could kill somebody. That's about it though.

Yeah, you can fall off, but that's not really it.

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 08-02-2004, 02:16 PM

^Actually, that might just happen. Then they'll try to ban THEM.

And I would post my remark, but I would be repeating what I said a thousand times before.

Everybody Nose · 08-02-2004, 06:33 PM

Some one would twist their ankle, and then it'd be all over

Legion · 08-06-2004, 11:44 AM

Guys. You know what>

They've found out that the game was owned by the victim, not the killer. The killer wanted to rob the victim to pay off a drugs debt.

I mean, the bloody Daily Mail, which is in my opinion Britain's most bigotted and idiotic right-wing newspaper, never ifgnored police reports which said about 17BLOODY TIMES that there was no connection between Manhunt and the murders.

So it turns out that the parents didn't care about their son at all in this. They just wanted the money.

Of course, heaven forbid if the Daily mail actually apoligises to Rockstar for this. ¬_¬

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UserGoogol Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Greater Boston Area Gender: Posts: 4,024 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,147.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,647.00 Donate	The BBFC banned it. The BBC is the news organization which reported this story.

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Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 35,082.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 35,582.04 Donate	It's never a parenting problem, it's the Game's fault that they shot people. Let's just Ignore those things the ESRB puts on the game boxes, they're only put there for show. [ July 29, 2004, 08:56 PM: Message edited by: Digi ]

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Sonic 5 Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Chair Gender: Posts: 2,044 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 1,037.60 Bank: 0.42 Total Points: 1,038.02 Donate	What an idiot.Video games don't make you go out and kill people.He obviously can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

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El Barto Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,708 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 1,496.12 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,996.12 Donate	I'm not convinced that these games aren't somewhat unhealthy, it's stupid to ban them because they cause murder. That is possible- hell, even the Beatles produced Mr. Manson- but extremely uncommon, and not something that is going to cause a real societal issue. It's like banning barbeque skewers because someone loses an eye with one. Just a (usually) unneccessary 'Be Careful' disclaimer should suffice.

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OcarinaMan Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ikana Castle Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Points: 9,003.77 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 9,503.77 Donate	I don't think the video game was responsible, but I thought that it was a kind of game that should not have been released. It's not the kind of trash we need in this world.

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