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Seems like another storm's a-brewing for the already controversial game, Manhunt 2 (Wii and PSP), and this time around it's not Jack Thompson. GamePolitics managed to unearth a short but meaningful post in an obscure blog titled Veggie and Boston Blog authored by Maynard Clark from Harvard Medical School. Here is an excerpt of the post:CCFC has big plans for the months ahead. In the next few weeks, CCFC will be launching new campaigns to stop a horrifically violent video game from being marketed to childrenÂ…
It's very likely that the video game being referred to is Manhunt 2, given its July 9 release date. However, it speaks of a "game being marketed to children". With Manhunt's apparent M rating and its graphic cover, its hardly something that spells out "CHILDREN'S GAME" with loopy, colorful font, so it's a bit surprising that Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood (CCFC) can mistake Manhunt 2 as a game meant for children.
Developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive may have some cause for worry. CCFC, along with the Parents Television Council (PTC), was able to win in its past case against GTA Vice City Stories being advertised in Massachusetts' buses and trains.
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The BBFC has rejected Manhunt 2 on PS2 and Wii, the ratings board has revealed, meaning that the sequel "cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK".
We've called Rockstar several times but have yet been unable to contact anyone.
According to the BBFC, the decision to refuse the game a rating was taken by the Director and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Lord Taylor of Warwick and Janet Lewis-Jones.
Under the terms of the Video Recordings Act, distributors have the right to appeal the Board's decision.
David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said:
"Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly. Where possible we try to consider cuts or, in the case of games, modifications which remove the material which contravenes the Board's published Guidelines. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible. Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing. There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game.
"Although the difference should not be exaggerated the fact of the game's unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying and the sheer lack of alternative pleasures on offer to the gamer, together with the different overall narrative context, contribute towards differentiating this submission from the original Manhunt game. That work was classified '18' in 2003, before the BBFC's recent games research had been undertaken, but was already at the very top end of what the Board judged to be acceptable at that category.
"Against this background, the Board's carefully considered view is that to issue a certificate to Manhunt 2, on either platform, would involve a range of unjustifiable harm risks, to both adults and minors, within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and accordingly that its availability, even if statutorily confined to adults, would be unacceptable to the public."
This game should be banned every where, period. Only people with messed up minds play stuff like this...and the creators of this game only scare me more... I hope it starts to get banned all over the place, as it has no place in society..
If we ban this, then why not ban movies like Hostel, because y'know, only people with messed up minds will go see stuff like that? This is the biggest load of bull$hit I've seen in a while.
Your a dumbass.
Nothing should be banned anywhere PERIOD. Censorship is bull. Nothing but other people's moralities attacking other people.
Live by your moral codes but don't force them on everyone else. If you don't like the game, DONT BUY IT!!!
Shut up Jack! We know it's you. Since you're name is completely unknown, it is certain that this man could indeed be Jack Thompson himself.
Now to the question: Why should anything be banned? Why? Why don't we just ban movies like SAW III? Or what about rap music? Because it's up to the person to decide what he wants to play/listen/watch etc.
If you don't like it, then simply don't play it okay?
Since you're not allowed to buy a game if you're underage, then why the hell should we ban it?
this is stupider than some of the stuff jack thompson has said
People are dumb reading Ratings
The parents should take responsibility for children, the parents who don't take the 2 minutes to monitor what their kids are playing are broke. But anyone forbid if someone attacks the Saw movies, or Hostel movies.
Someone needs to stand up, and stop the Madness.
O Brave New World, with such people in it.
I dont remeber children being able to buy M rated games! Maybe at Best Buy...
I hate it when people say ***** and try to ban VG's n stuff.
This game should be banned because like someone said, who would buy this game other than people with messed up minds? Most you will say "Oh why not ban movies like Saw 2 blah blah blah" well you watch movies that are scary (which actually none of the SAW mvies are scary) to be thrilled buy only a messed up someone would buy Manhunt and start killing in very grotesque ways and whoever takes pleasure in playing Manhunt would also take pleasure in torturing in real life and doing messed up things. I am against banning games like GTA or Doom (or other games attacked by Thompson) cause they're not grotesque, they're fun and very mild but Manhunt is not. I played that game and it's really boring yet exageratedly grotesque, if someone would love playing that game then he has mental illness or something and should go to a psychiatrist cause that person is probably depressed and is near committing homicide or suicide.
Well people watched Saw and other horror movies but no one says ***** about them types of movies, they have the same concept as games but you just interact with it.