Denver editorial blasts GTA |
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First there was the issue of banning violent game ads in buses where morally conscious parents and activist groups got the upper hand. The game advertisers were forced into retreat, but they found a new kingdom to rule.Enter light rail systems. Take-Two Interactive conceded the fight on buses and have moved to the trains. It may not have been a cakewalk as the Regional Transportation District tried to resist, but in the end, Take-Two prevailed with the use of lawsuit threats.
Ironic as it sounds, the makers of the Grand Theft Auto series forced the RTD into having their ads posted by reasoning that refusing the offer infringes on their right to freedom of expression. To avoid a messy legal conflict, the RTD gave in.
The Rocky Mountains News said through an editorial that the line of reasoning that the game makers employed was based on flawed interpretations of the law. The editorial said that advertising deals are based on contracts that both parties agree upon and fully understand, and should either party balk, the alternatives are negotiation or total disruption.
In the editorial's view, the RTD should have stood their ground instead of giving in and taking the money. The publication expressed its commitment in keeping the minds of children safe from the influence of games that it sees as negative forces that can influence the minds of minors.
Personally, I think the editorial contained some solid argumentation founded on the principles of American law. If you want to read the full article, follow the read URL.
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I don't think "IV" looks bad in a train. It doesn't mean a thing to kids looking at that. The Playboy bunny logo is worse than GTA 4 in terms of warping their minds.
Freedom here in the U.S. getting to be more and more like communism every day. l wish people would worry about what really matters and stop trying to control others lives.
PFF gta dosnt warp your mind *holds glass of blood to nose...sips* "ahh a wonderful '07"..............."mom".........."oh yeah thats right...muahahahahahaha haha!!!"
on a serious note video games dont warp your mind at all and if parents dont want thier kids playing them then they shuoldnt buy them for them!!!
Parents should get off of their lazy butts and do research over the game to see if their kid is mature enough to realize that a video game is a video game before buying it. Also, just saying "Grand Theft Auto 4" in an ad shouldn't cause the ad to be taken down, it's not like it's showing a scene of violence, nudity, drug use, or whatever... IT'S JUST THE TITLE OF A GAME!!!! You don't go banning people from talking about Hitler or Saddam or Osama Bin Laden and they actually caused the deaths of thousands!!!! But it's perfectly ok to ban a video game ad just because the game, not the ad, shows violence?! That's unfair treatment! Not fair to video games at all.
Things like this are really starting to get disturbing. On one hand you have people like Jack Thompson who are legitimately nuts, they think that violent video games should be banned. On the other hand you have people like a few of the big-wigs(err maybe previous peeps) at take two who fight to make it legal for someone under the age of 18 to purchase their game. Both are soo very wrong, its entirely un-american to ban something simply because you don't want people exposed to it, while is also very wrong to allow children to purchase, and in my opinion play games such as gta. In terms of advertising this is just stupid, I can go get on a bus and see adds for strip clubs etc but if its a video game intended for adults its over the line? Its getting progressively worse as well, many politicians view video games the same way they did back in the nintendo, and sega generation when games were for the most part designed as childrens toys, they then use the fact there "against violent video games" as campaigning points, why are there no politicians who wish to ban movies such as Sin City, or even worse grindhouse?
IMO games should be treated just like other forms on entertainment, if its deemed violent and/or explicit it should be illegal for someone under the age of 18 to buy it, playing it though should be entirely up to the parent no one else.
its already shown in the box, if only the parents would care to see if its ok for their kids.
anyways idiot people that resides on politics are stupid morons, first and foremost the GTA4 should not be an issue, the trailer is very clean, nice graphics no violence whatsoever, nobody should ban this in advertising yet.
Take 2's trying to make it okay for children to buy GTA IV? Don't think so. If you haven't been to a game store in a while, they actually card you if you're trying to buy an M rated game (they're aparently as harmful as cigs, now). So if you're under 17 and don't have a parent, no dice.
Is that really that bad? The only "children" able to get GTA without their parent's approval are 17 years old or older. Are these "children" too young to understand what's happening? Is that one year before 18 really going to season them enough to make them see that "OMG, this isn't real?"
I've been playing M rated games since I was 14. Never have I taken a plasma gun to some Covenant soldiers, shot any real life zombies, nor have I killed 20 people only to be run over by the police.
Why? Because I, like many, know the difference between a game and real life (the controller's a dead give-away).