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Wii-violence too upsetting?

Posted Mar 28, 2007 at 4:08PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii Tags: Advertising Standards Authority, Iraq

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It is apparently quite easy to offend folks now-a-days. Vnunet.com reports that 17 viewers apparently found that the old Wii Play advert of Nintendo to be too "violent, offensive, and disturbing". Complaints have been filed with the Advertising Standards Authority">Advertising Standards Authority.

There was one viewer who even found that the advert was reminiscent of recent videos released by hostage-takers in Iraq. An additional four complainants believed that the ad glorified violence and the use of weapons, and could encourage children to emulate such actions. Six complainants challenged the scheduling restrictions and said that the ad should not be shown when children were watching TV. The remaining seven just found it offensive and disturbing.

It is good to know though that the ASA has thrown out the complaints explaining that it believes that viewers would recognize that the ad was emphasizing the range of computer games available on the Wii. The note: "We also considered that viewers were unlikely to link the ad to recent events in Iraq. We concluded that the ad was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence."

Folks upset over violence on their Wii? Oh dear, and here we were eagerly waiting for Manhunt 2.

Via Vnunet

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So, there are a load of psychological studies which show adverse effect on people from game violence. So, either:

1. You are right, and people who devote their lives to the study of the human mind are carrying out flawed studies, or are involved in some sort of improbably conspiracy.

2. They are right, and you either:

a. Don't have enough theory-of-mind to notice the effects on yourself, and other people

b. Have a brain it doesn't have much of an effect on

c. Don't want to believe it

The ASA is a crap, toothless watchdog.

Enjoy the games by all means, but pretending they aren't harmful seems naive to me.

# ... — Guest 2007-03-29 04:49

But what about all the violence on TV, in movies, and in music these days? It is wrong for anyone to place Sole blame on videogames. Just look at the new movie Grindhouse. It is the ultimate glorification of the sterotypical action movie(not that i have any thing against this movie or directors), just look at the trailers. While the research done by these scientists is not to be ignored, it should not be taken as a clear sign to end the videogame industry. What people(Mainly parents) should see this as is a sign to pay more attention to your kids. As a defense parents say They dont have the time to pay attention to their kids.

Well i say: then why did you have kids in the first place? If you are going to have kids, watching your kids and rasing them to respect life is part of the job.

AND

If you (as a parent) have time to complain to the media, write letters to your congressman, file law suits against other people, or take any other action against videogames, THEN you have time to take care of your kids.

# Unfortunately... — FreePlay 2007-03-29 05:35

There has not been a single PEER-REVIEWED study that came to a conclusive "yes, violent games cause violent behavior" decision.

# your wii sucks sucks — Guest 2007-03-29 12:06

your wii sucks what the hell is wrong with u. r u a small 10 year old that still wears diapers i mean i bet u get scared if you see a person hitting a tennis ball with a racket omg the ball is heading straigt for the guy. Im only going to say this to you once get a life, get some friends (not just the little spiders in the corner of your room), go be gay somewere else and stop disturbing the wii fans

P.S. wii rules esspicaly when they get online multiplayer

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