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GRRRRRR. At least I get it before the banning in the UK. | |
Look at the Mumbai airport attack I wish feckers would stop trying to tell me what I can and can't play. This just further cements my view that Parliament is populated by a pack of pricks who are about as in touch with recent developments as they are with staying loyal to their wives. That is to say, not terribly much. | |
I hate my Government, I really, really do. | |
MY GOD! A game based on war and terroism violent?! Who would have every thought? | |
Never a truer word has been said. Unfortuneatly it has been proven on many occasions that you don't always need to have evidence (or even basic logic) to get a crowd of people to believe you provided you word it right (need I mention both Mccarthyism along with the Mass Effect 'sex scandal'?). | |
Hot damn. A second Jack Thompson. One was bad enough. Hopefully this mind set won't spread to France (where I am). I like having the freedom to pick my games. And if it does I'll have to stick to purely ebay which....well kinda sucks. Honestly though they do say that its for 18s and above. They even state they put two checkpoints before the infamous terrorist part. If that isn't enough are they just going to have to cut portions of the game out? | |
Surely this will be like GTA? Not gameplay wise, but contorversy wise. I predict that people will kick up a stink, but the game will be released, played, then blamed for a murder at some point. | |
They won't ban it. The UK is fortunately not populated by conservative idiots like Thompson or by the likes of the Australian government (seriously, as a side note, while watching 'Border Patrol' on Living TV today I saw that the Australian government won't even allow porn to be imported into the country because it could be deemed offensive). We're lucky enough that games aren't a major concern for the ministers that make up Parliament, so even if one or two retards like Vaz turn around and complain, there's no way the government as a whole will support a motion to ban the game. If Manhunt is still being sold in UK stores (even though I feel personally that that's one game that should have been banned), then I think MW2 is pretty safe. | |
This, ladies and gentleman, is the awe inspiring force of nature intending to bring down MW2. I don't think it's going to happen. | |
killing civilians...hahahhahahha no one can defeat the death toll/terrorism that Kane and Lynch unveils.... | |
I wouldn't be surprised if this gets shot down pretty quickly. I just looked into the past of The Righ Honerable Keith Vaz MP, and he's the sort of person that likes having things banned. For example, he wanted Salman Rushdies "Satanic Verses" banned because "there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech". He also suggested that an IRA bomb in Leicster had in fact been planted by the British Army...he's also been suspended from the House of Commons in the past and got caught cheating on his expenses. To be honest, this man is a nutter. I think the Manhunts were the only games to be actually banned, but I still see them being sold in the shops, so I don't see this going anywhere... | |
For gods sake... It's an 18 for a reason. | |
Hypocrisy thy name is government, "Don't play this violent video game, join the army and kill Arab's for real!" should be there slogan at the moment! We do after all live in a country in the UK where you can't buy booze until your eighteen but can buy acid, at sixteen! Oh and that's the face melty xenomorph blood incase your wondering not hallucinogens! Vaz is a tosser! | |
OK, who here DIDN'T see this coming?
What IS it? Does it breed? Can it be killed? | |
Nothing will happen, our government is as soft as shite as it is. We'll all forget about it in a few weeks, when they'll get blamed for expenses and the recession. | |
He has...interesting parents. | |
There are an endless number of games in which the player can kill innocent civilians. Hell, Modern Warfare 2's violence doesn't even come close to the acts of meaningless brutality other games can let you dish out. But let me get this straight. It's OK to kill in-game civilians if you're playing as an escaped convict, hit man, illegal immigrant, or drug pusher, but throw on a sock mask and call yourself a terrorist, and suddenly it's too violent for adult eyes? In all fairness, I can see why the government would have a problem with this game: terrorism is supposed to be, after all, the number #1 enemy of all governments. It's just a shame to see that, despite all the red tape Infinity Ward has included in their own game, that a small segment of virtual terrorism can still cause such a stir. | |
I just laughed my ass off, oh god, thanks for that. | |
Oh no (not Santa's balls)! What a dipshit. In films they kill civilians - no problem there though. The thing's rated 18 for f*ck sake, get over it you nob end. Thankfully the rest (or most) of the government are aware that people are actually capable of choosing what they want to play and then not turning into serial killers because of it. | |
Oh for fucks sake... Mr. Vaz, kindly fall in a well and die. Seriously. I'm sick of these politicians who have never even picked up a controller in their lives criticizing games based on hearsay and conjecture. I'm by no means a fan of Call of Duty but this is just idiotic. | |
Well, just that guy. | |
Oh come on, seriously now? Oh, and taking innocent civilians and turning them into bloodthirsty zombies on the kill definitely isn't violent, right? *sigh*. | |
There is a Twitter and Facebook group ,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8342589.stm (website gives links to the group) That goes against it:) | |
The issue will be dead within a week, as usual. Vaz has pulled this trick before, and it failed then as well. No doubt Activision are rubbing their grubby little hands at yet more publicity. | |
I hope the Australia bug isn't flying in here. That'd be hell. Still, I'll be buying this tomorrow and I will play it non stop til Christmas. Fuck you Government telling me what I can and can't play! | |
Are you more shocked by this or the fact that from this week any public body or quango including but not limited to; Transport for London and the Royal Mail can break into your house and seize your assets without a court order or even involvement from the police? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6892830.ece | |
If they ban this, they can expect the next Guy Fawkes on Parliment. | |
I think the issue that is bringing the controversy is the setting; in an airport. I have to say from the videos it doesn't seem like a very powerful scene. I would have expected something more striking like having to shoot one hostage in a much more tense situation. | |
That's just dumb. It's only done to make Transporters feel like they have any kind of power or usage in the world. Which they don't. | |
In fairness to Keith Vaz he is only objecting to what he believes to be weak controls of content distribution; that there are not sufficient measures to keep the game from those who are under 18. However, in the video on the BBC website I think you can hear him shout from the back that the game should not be sold at all. Remember this is the man who supported Geert Wilders being barred entry to the UK but had not even seen the film which was the focus of that decision. See him in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rUwhGr2n8 - Watch for the classic face of the host, Kirsty when he says he hasn't watched the film. (about 2 mins 10 in) It should be noted that in argument with him another minister, Tom Watson notes that the content is not dissimilar to films and books and that Keith Vaz is in league with the likes of the Daily Mail to create moral panic over video games. See the video of the debate here: | |
He looks like he needs his nappy changed. | |
Yet, they don't object to hyper-realistic war movies. Or the whole 'grindhouse' genre, for that matter. What exactly is it that makes games so different? | |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I haven't even got my copy yet! Don't ban it! | |
In a related note, Edmonton-=Strathcona MP Linda Duncan was shocked at how badly Activision killed the PC version, and has brought forth a motion in parliament to ban Bobby Kotick from life. ...I wish. >.> <.< >.> Seriously though, you Brits have got to elect better MPs. I.E. no one in any political party at the moment in Britain. Forget it, no one will ever find a decent and competent politician.
There IS a reason Americans have the right to bear arms, I would kill the fuck out of anyone that entered my house without permission. | |
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"Shocking" Modern Warfare 2 to be Raised in U.K. Parliament
U.K. Member of Parliament Keith Vaz says he is "absolutely shocked" by the violence in Modern Warfare 2 and plans to raise his concerns about the game in Parliament.
Controversy erupted when it was revealed that Modern Warfare 2 would include a sequence in which players could join terrorists in killing unarmed civilians at a Russian airport. Players who find the scenes disturbing or objectionable will be able to skip them but that's not enough for Vaz, a notorious videogame critic. "I am absolutely shocked by the level of violence in this game and am particularly concerned about how realistic the game itself looks," he said.
Activision pointed out in a statement that Modern Warfare 2 is meant for adults and that warnings about potentially offensive content will be given prior to the start of the sequences. "At the beginning of the game there are two checkpoints where the player is advised that some people may find an upcoming segment disturbing," the company said. "These checkpoints can't be disabled. It is appropriately rated 18 for violent scenes."
Despite Activision's caution, it's no surprise that Vaz is taking issue with the game. He is familiar to gamers, particularly in the U.K., as a Jack Thompson-like figure whose concern for facts often takes a back seat to his penchant for strident commentary. In the past, he has claimed that interactive rape is a feature of some videogames (a statement quickly debunked by the BBFC) and also played a central role in bringing the brief Amazon appearance of the Japanese game RapeLay to widespread attention.
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