There’s a national organization of some sort today who’s name slips my mind and I can’t be assed to go look for it because I’m cooking as I do this post and I’m afraid the extra effort might just cause my arms to fall off. They gave parents a grade of C- when it comes to being involved in what video games kids are playing these days. I agree, and as I’ve always stated, it greatly amuses me when people blame video games for teaching children wrongs yet never do they answer where the parents are. That copy of Manhunt 2 just walked out of that glass case and hitched a ride to your house did it?
Now we’ve got a prosecutor in Detroit named Kym Worthy who says in regards to video games and that city’s skyrocketing crime rate: “It’s no wonder we’re seeing the crimes we’re seeing lately.”
She also disclosed a list today of ten video games parents shouldn’t buy for their kids because if they do their child will become a violent murdering rapist incestual pedophile or in other words, they’ll become T-Bag from Prison Break. Proving that she went to the heights of research when composing this list, a grand total of two of those ten games actually came out this year. She doesn’t even have Manhunt 2 listed even though that’s pretty much the poster boy of violent video games for 2007.
I’m not going to go into a rant on the absurdity of video games turning human beings into blood soaked monsters because I’ve done that once already. I just find it greatly amusing that there’s another lawyer out there like Jack Thompson that says things so utterly ridiculous and yet manages to somehow hold a high paying job despite it. Miracles do in fact happen and this may just be some proof of God.
