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NIMF publishes its 2008 "games to avoid" list

Posted Nov 25, 2008 at 9:41AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Magazines, News Tags: NIMF

The National Institute on Media and the Family just published their annual "games to avoid" list. Hooray! This is an eminently useful list for both responsible parents and gamers like myself with a penchant for violent videogames (I use it as a shopping list).

So, without further ado, the 13th Annual Video Game Report Card:

Games to avoid for children:

Fallout 3

Rated M for blood and gore, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language and drug use.

Dead Space

Rated M for blood and gore, intense violence and strong language. Much dismemberment, the combat system revolves around it.

Blitz The League II

Players can target which part of their opponent they wish to demolish. Steroid and drug use is encouraged, and wins are celebrated with hookers in a hotel room.

Far Cry 2

Rated M for blood, drug references, intense violence, sexual themes and strong language. Blowing peoples heads off is a regular occurrence in this game.

Gears of War 2

Rated M for blood and gore, intense violence and strong language. (two words: Chainsaw rifle.)

Left 4 Dead

A highly powerful rabies virus is the main theme (fast zombies). Victims become grotesquely disfigured and launch vicious attacks on the uninfected.

Legendary

The story of Charles Deckard, a thief who breaks into a New York museum and opens what turns out to be Pandora's Box, unleashing all of the world's evil and destroying all humans in its path.

Resistance 2

Nathan Hale fighting the same Chimera alien race he did in the original Resistance game. The Chimera obliterates cities and kills civilians by the thousands.

Saint's Row 2

In the game, the player can choose to beat up strippers, slit rival game members throats, shoot cops and more.

Silent Hill: Homecoming

The game is rated M for blood and gore, intense violence, language and sexual themes. Certain "moral" choices near the end contribute to the game's unsuitability for young children.

And on the other side of the spectrum, the great games for kids list:

Guitar Hero World Tour
Rock Band 2
Rock Revolution
Shaun White Snowboarding
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Samba do Amigo
NCAA Basketball 09
NBA Live 09
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
LittleBigPlanet (minus penis levels, of course it made the list)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!
Hasbro Family Game Night
FIFA Soccer 09
Animal Crossing: City Folk
All-Star Cheer Squad

Feel free to view the full report from the source link below.

Parental Advisory: 5 Best Kid Friendly Games '08

Via NIMF website

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i may have to give blitz II a shot, haven't played a blitz game since the arcades...

QJ cut out quite a bit of the descriptions for these games, check the source if you want the full info.

most of these games are obviously not appropriate for most children, the ratings, the box art, even the names on most of them...

any parent that actually cares about being a good parent would undoubtedly take everything into consideration when purchasing anything for their kids...

i think violent video games are a good alternative to the slingshots and pellet guns i had as a kid. thank god i got a taste for virtual blood before i developed a fondness for weapons...

# wat — 93pauott 2008-11-25 12:14

***** levels in LBP? did i miss something?

# huh? — darknaiyo 2008-11-25 12:48

all those games are rated M.....those are obviously not games for kids. in that case parents should just not buy M rated games unless they dont know how the rating system works

# Anyone notice one glaring omission from the list — avatar76 2008-11-25 13:51

GTA IV that game must be too wholesome for them to include that in the avoid list. :)

# GTA — Orlyeh 2008-11-25 15:13

probably because it came out in april? it's also a fairly high-profile "no-no game" for kids, so I would assume they figure parents already know about it

the point of the website is to educate parents on the stuff in games that you wouldn't know about: eg hookers in Blitz or the wonderful Bloody Mess perk in Fallout 3

# damn — Metal Jody 2008-11-25 16:10

Blitz is getting more realistic than ever.. lol

how about a game of Heroine Hero, anyone??

# Here, here. — PinCushion 2008-11-25 16:54

or is it hear, hear? Whatever. My old man put the fear of belts, or whatever was laying around, in me at an early age and it did me a hell of a lot of good. Those games have ratings for a reason. If you don't want your brat to play it, take a look at the rating, and slap em upside the head for asking such a stupid question.

# wot — potat4o 2008-11-25 17:15

Most of these are good games, would make a good shopping guide!

# HA! — xCHRISx 2008-11-26 02:06

lmao! @ the blitz description hahahaha xD

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