chris82 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 If you've discovered the parental suckfest that is ICCR then you know how I feel. They are so stupid. They deemed a list of the 10 most violent video games not suitable as gifts this holiday season. Wait, I could have sworn that was the ESRB's job. Then they said the ESRB was crap, and madde a list of "safe" games, that were mostly not fun. Look, it's not your job to decide what games kids play. If the parents are too lazy, that's too damn bad. There's even a radio session you can listen to. There are speakers literaly crying over this. Here's the email I sent them: "Hey, shit-heads. How ya doin? I’d just like to let you know that Rockstar, Bungie, and Half-Life’s creators could all sue you for copyright infringement. That streaming video of yours, It’s not creative, and it is, is you slopping the commercials of the games together. There was nothing remotely violent in those ads, just explosions. I play video games, and they’re not even that bad. Any parent who is to lazy or stupid to pay attention to what their kids are doing/playing/buying/whatever, are piss-poor suck-job parents who should be shot. Tell all your SARS infected speakers to stop bitching and take their stupid New Jersey accents back to their studio apartments. It’s true younger (than 10) children shouldn’t play these games, but do you think a retailer would sell San Andreas to a 5-year-old. I DON’T THINK SO!" That's right. They made a violent video game video, but really, all they did was take the commercials for all three games and mash em' together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person123 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 man i hate christans like that telling people what to do with their lifes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I'm lucky my mom doesn't give a shit what games I play. GTA is my life. I worship Rockstar.... I can't stand people who do that; "That's not suitable for you!" "You're too young for that!" Hey, fuckers, I am the ONLY one who decides what is suitable for me. I decide what I want to play, I decide what I think is ok for me too play. Because only I know myself that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 people who are like that deserve to die horrible deaths, such as getting run over by a tractor whilst wrapped in barbed wire and on fire they really suck scrotum and should get on with their own lives rather than lessening the fun and enjoyment of others. Puritans suck ASS! Hey we should start a protest against Puritanism and other people who dont like any fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person123 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 i would if i wasnt so lazy.... being lazy rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I'm lazy too, but I'm with you Chris, they suck horribly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 Well, I got an email back from them. It is this: Hello, Why ICCR is concerned about the marketing of violent video games to children, and what is it doing about this issue? Member organizations of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) are concerned that video games with extreme violence are being promoted and sold to children and adolescents. While these games are labeled for "mature-rated audiences" ages 17 and older by the industry ratings board, retailers are not sufficiently enforcing industry-created standards to limit access to violent video to minors. ICCR's goal is straightforward: To encourage retailers, game developers, and marketers of violent video games to follow and implement any internal codes and those developed by the interactive game industry and the entertainment ratings board to keep games with graphic violence and strong sexual content out of the hands of youth. In many cases, these video games encourage and reward players for performing acts of violence and brutality that include beating women, shooting police officers and committing racially motivated acts of violence. Years of research have shown that violence viewed by children and adolescents can lead to increases in aggressive attitudes, values and behavior. Research on violent interactive media indicates that it has a strong and more lasting effect on violent behavior than other forms of media. ICCR has been a leader in the corporate social responsibility movement for over thirty year and it is not new for us to call on companies to adhere to guidelines. Our 275+plus members are faith-based institutional investors with combined assets in management of over $110 billion who work with corporations on a variety of issues relating to human rights, the environment, labor standards, corporate governance and social justice. ICCR and its members have spent the past two years writing to and attempting to meet with companies that produce, sell or market violent video games. In several cases, these companies have rebuffed our efforts at dialogue. We have also met and continue to meet with the industry's ratings board and merchants association, calling on companies and industry associations to do such things as: q Develop and publish standards for marketing video games that depict images demeaning to women and minorities and that reward players for performing acts of violence and brutality; q Prevent children and adolescents under 17 years of age from purchasing/renting mature-rated games by separating these from other games; q Disclose how policies are implemented to and enforced by staff to prohibit the purchase of any violent entertainment media products to minors; and q Develop policies that respect diversity, environment, and support healthy families and communities. While several retailers have made efforts to restrict the sale of inappropriate games to children by displaying signs about the ratings system, training department store staff, and checking IDs of minors to ensure that they are not able to buy mature-rated violent video games, more must be done. A recent Federal Trade Commission survey found that 69% of children were able to purchase mature-rated games in retail stores while two New York City Council investigations found similar results. By meeting with companies and industry associations, and through education programs to empower citizens and help consumers to better understand the marketing of violence, we know it is possible to develop a positive system for people to enjoy age-appropriate video games. Video games offer a creative and potent venue for advancing positive learning experiences. Game developers and retailers must help by following standards that they themselves have helped to create. For more information, please read the Joint Statement, which expresses our expectations for marketers, retailers and violent video game software and development companies. Included in the statement is a list of several game titles whose scenes of violence, gender and/or racial stereotyping are such that we would urge parents to avoid purchasing them for children and adolescents under the age of 17. These titles were listed in alphabetical order and included games with scenes of first-person shooting and graphic violence - including racial and sexual violence. <http://www.iccr.org/news/press_releases/pr_jtstatement112304.htm> Sincerely, The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Working Group on Militarization and Violence in Society. They really are sick sons of bitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 shitting hell! couldnt be arsed to read thru all that, summarise it please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Ah, we already know it's bullshit without reading it. God I hate people like that. I was watching something on G-4 Tech TV about violent games. The Grand Theft Auto Series one first place as the most controversial game.... Shizzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 It says the same crap that we read before, with some new chunky bits thrown in the increase their self-satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righty Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 They'll be getting an email from me. The reason that kids go crazy is bad parenting. Parents don't dicipline thier kids enough. And then after this happens, the parents blame in on GTA. Really not responisble paretns either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy vercetti guy Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 oh yay, i remember dis in gamespot long time ago when watching that weekly video sum guy in gamespot put like a recorder in the room they were talking in secretly and they showed it to every1. They were talking about the most violent video games, naming SA and half life 2 and mortal kombat and whatever. then the named a couple of the least violent video games. And they were all like saying the rating system and stuff is shit and whatever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righty Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Err... I can't find anything about GTA. I didn't search for long eiether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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