Think that the gaming ban in Honduras won't happen in your country? As it turns out, there's more than one way to get violent games out of the hands of consumers, and a way to make sure it happens in every country.
According to a recent GameSpot article, which is based on an ESPN.com article, the NFL is taking a closer look at their licensed video games (specifically NFL Blitz, although allegedly that game is not their sole target) due to an editorial by Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly which attempts to make a moral statement on the violence in NFL Blitz and its relation to the actual NFL games.
As it turns out, there's an excellent chance that the makers of NFL Blitz will have to scale back some of the classic violent play that made Blitz the game it is, in order to maintain the NFL license. In what could be a precedent making decision, a game already in production and one that has already published this known "violent" gameplay (which is rated E, for everyone) for four years is going to probably be asked to pull content which gamers fully expect to be in the next version in order to appease the NFL.
The only question which remains to be answered is whether or not real football players will stop making late hits and illegal chop blocks due to this video game censorship.
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Posted by: reg | 01/05/2003 at 12:28 AM
I think censorship of video games are stupid and un-needed. SOmebody please send you opions and thoughts to me.
Thanks
J_dub916@hotmail.com
Or the "J" is lowercase. I forgot>
Posted by: John | 04/28/2003 at 07:45 PM
i feel that game censorship and restriction should end i feel that it inhibits a games greatness like with the incidents of trying to remove GTA 3 and BMXXX off the shelves was just unnecessary thanks to a parents stupidity in not paying attention to what they buy their kids it is punishing those of us who are die hard game fans.
Posted by: kyle | 11/04/2003 at 08:37 AM
Terrific something else is going to be censored that doesn't need to be censored. When are people going to learn that there are waaaay better things to try and shield our children from....like Wars, AIDS, and reality tv.
Posted by: dast's chick | 11/17/2003 at 10:48 AM
What's the point in censoring games? The vast majority are 'violent'. From the early days of squishing moombas in "Mario" on the NES most games have an element of violence to them and i'm willing to bet most would agree it satisfies a certain something, to squish a moomba or kick butt on Tekken that everyday life can't.
PS ummm... is there a guy's page for this or something?
Posted by: Kyle | 11/21/2003 at 05:01 AM
Very nice blog
Posted by: Michael | 11/29/2003 at 03:37 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:29 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:30 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:30 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:30 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:30 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:30 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
I did a whole debate on the effects of violence on children, and if violence in media results in real violence...the overall conclusion (and this was in a Surgeon General's report) was that media has less than 10% effect. The main causes of violence are family structure, urban blight, poverty, and factors that cannot be helped: male, minority, low seratonin levels in the brain, etc.
Yet they still make video games the scapegoat for everything. Over here in Columbus, with all the shootings on the highway, the news speculated that it was a bunch of teens acting out what they saw in video games and tv.
Even regulation of media is the same as censoring it, inhibiting the right to creative expression is unconstitutional. Ha! Take that Joe Lieberman!
Posted by: Funklordtoejam16 | 12/08/2003 at 11:33 AM
Sure most games don't need to be censored, but I could have lived a long and happy life with out the crap ass BMXXX. For all the hype, the game just plain sucked, and the "XXX" portion was not XXX by my standards. Anyone who disagrees is a minor who can't find a store that will sell to him. Obviously some games just should not see the light of day, but that is just cause the games suck, not because of potentially disturbing and offensive content.
Posted by: Perry | 12/10/2003 at 10:57 AM
Sure most games don't need to be censored, but I could have lived a long and happy life with out the crap ass BMXXX. For all the hype, the game just plain sucked, and the "XXX" portion was not XXX by my standards. Anyone who disagrees is a minor who can't find a store that will sell to him. Obviously some games just should not see the light of day, but that is just cause the games suck, not because of potentially disturbing and offensive content.
Posted by: Perry | 12/10/2003 at 10:57 AM
Sure most games don't need to be censored, but I could have lived a long and happy life with out the crap ass BMXXX. For all the hype, the game just plain sucked, and the "XXX" portion was not XXX by my standards. Anyone who disagrees is a minor who can't find a store that will sell to him. Obviously some games just should not see the light of day, but that is just cause the games suck, not because of potentially disturbing and offensive content.
Posted by: Perry | 12/10/2003 at 10:58 AM
I think we all have to take into account that if such material isn't censored then there are going to be huge uproars from upset parents saying "Think of the children!" The fact of the matter is that the producers of video games should be allowed to create anything they want - it's an artform, just like films. Films are rated and therefore taken seriously. The same can happen to video games and it will stop annoying parents by saying "Then DON'T let your kids play it!" instead of the artform being destroyed.
Anyone who agrees on this - the serious acknowledgement of censorship for video games and anime, please email me if you want something done about this matter.
knightess_squallina@hotmail.com
Posted by: Knightess | 05/03/2004 at 04:35 PM
what and idiot. even worse than censoring truly violent videogames is censoring violent SPORTS games.
football players might not be the smartest tools in the shed, but surely they don't go and use violent play just because of a videogame.
man, people can be so stupid it's scary.
someone ban stupidity.
Posted by: Azrael | 05/08/2004 at 06:40 AM