Former ELSPA boss Bennett questions the validity of the Manhunt 2 ruling |
A lot of members of the gaming industry are currently considering the implications of the recent refusal of the BBFC to rate Manhunt 2 in the UK. This decision essentially made it illegal to sell the game to the public. The former director general of the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) Roger Bennett has questioned the criteria upon video games are being rated as compared to other forms of media such as TV shows and movies.
Apparently, the guidelines that were used in making this decision assumed that because games are interactive, they should be classified uniquely and not grouped with other forms of screen entertainment. Bennett gave the exact reasons on why this shouldn't be the case,
There is no evidence for it to make such a flawed assumption and concerns should be apparent that through pressure from Government, games are becoming increasingly and wholly unjustifiably separated from other forms of screen entertainment. Thus prejudiced and equally unjustifiable comparisons are forming its and the BBFC's judgments.
It seems to me that the Government and thus the BBFC have become heavily influenced by previous events which in no way have any link to our industry, other than the fact that someone with a certain opinion stated that there is, without a shred of knowledge or fact to justify such a claim.
Following his logic, it shows that the decision must be taken into reconsideration. The entire case must be handled by industry leaders who know the gaming culture and know the effects and roles video games play in the lives of people. And more importantly, these same people are regularly exposed to video games themselves.
To end this article, I would like to close with a very striking quote from Bennett that I believe sums up what supporters of this game are fighting for.
In what is often called a 'civilised society', adult people should at last be given the responsibility for making informed judgements as to what they or their children do/watch/play, or whether they should continue to be told by the State what is or is not good for them.
If that were to happen, then it would definitely be "Delicious."
Via MCVUK
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Comments [refresh]
Dont worry UK brothers if they release it on the US well make and ISO of it youl play this game promise ....
no time to read. whats he sayin´?
Mr Bennett thank you ,its about time someone with a brain and commen sence finaly pointed out the truth on the matter.wii love you guys at ROCKSTAR and know that wii are in the rite.the esrb is a damn joke and nintendo are hypocrites and liars to market to all age demigraphics and then when tons of adults purchase there console ,wii find out that nintendo ffuukkkeedd us over and wii cannot even buy games aimed at ower gae group and this is ffuukknnn bull$$$hhhiiitt t.
i live in Scotland and me and a lot of other people are obviously going to import it so BBFC just make it an 18 like most countries
its their choice ban the game and have thousands of people downloading the game or sell it and have a small proportion of people downloading it
Too bad you don't have a brain. You can't even spell half of your words and your punctuation is horrible.
This game should be destroyed..
king kacorot: Look up the term racist in the dictionary, it doesn't apply here.
...: "This game should be destroyed.." says who? the moral MINORITY?
BBFC !, oh no sounds like something to do with the BBC, (British brainwashing corporation) or its other named (Bagdad broadcasting corporation) I hate the BBC they charge us a license fee for ***** programs that we dont want, *****OFF BBC
Don't worry, the game will be rated as +18 in Portugal so if Rockstar decides to go ahead with it, you, european people, can all buy the game from portuguese stores.
At last something good about my country!
this man is f()cking brilliant. F()CK BIG BROTHER. LONG LIVE MANHUNT 2!!!!!!!!!!
isn't wii and nintendo the same?
Playing the latest action games is no more constructive or destructive than reading the latest Tom Clancy novel or Harry Potter novel. Some games are gruesome but some books and films are also gruesome. You wouldnt sell a movie like 'Saw' to a minor just like you wouldnt sell a game like 'Manhunt2' to a minor. Just get the Ratings' sorted out and let us choose to play what we want or what we are elegable to play....or try to ban books and movies too!