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Choice words from The Sun
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:11 pm
by CIH
On Rule of Rose (a game I've never heard of, I should add, but has been getting plenty of colum inches:
It's "16" age certificate is part ofa feeble voluntary code with no legal foce in the uk...
and highlighted later on
Extreme violence is a sick way to entertain kids
I guess the fact a 16 cert obviously indicates it isn't suitable for the bay-bees has escaped them....
They also linked the games industry to Columbine and a German school incident, just to really ram the point.[/i]
Re: Choice words from The Sun
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:14 pm
by aldo
Roanoke wrote:On Rule of Rose (a game I've never heard of, I should add, but has been getting plenty of colum inches:
It's "16" age certificate is part ofa feeble voluntary code with no legal foce in the uk...
and highlighted later on
Extreme violence is a sick way to entertain kids
I guess the fact a 16 cert obviously indicates it isn't suitable for the bay-bees has escaped them....
They also linked the games industry to Columbine and a German school incident, just to really ram the point.[/i]
What's particularly abhorrent is that the 16 certificate (play.com actually lists it as 18+) is voluntary in that it's voluntary to have it certified - i.e. the publisher acted responsibly in creating that age barrier - and that the f#####g Sun likes to ignore the concept of parental responsibility.
Technically, you could say alcohol is simialrly 'abhorrent' because it's '18 rated' but kids could still obtain it from their parents....
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:27 am
by Flipside
Not only that, but iirc, the BBFC which is enforced by law, rated it at 18, so if kids get their hands on it, the responsible party is either going to be the person selling it, or the parent for being stupid enough to buy little Timmy and 18 cert game. Certainly not the producer of the game.
But as usual the 'Computer Games are for Kids!1!1' ethos breaks through, despite vast quantities of evidence to the opposite.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:37 am
by karajorma
Maybe someone should point out to the Sun that some people don't like their kids seeing naked women and that the Sun therefore needs more than a feeble voluntary code with no legal foce in the uk to ensure that young children can't buy a copy of it.
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:43 pm
by Robo
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:17 pm
by karajorma
I wouldn't even if it wasn't for that
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:39 am
by Hunter
Don't read newspapers.
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:33 pm
by ghhyrd
DOWN WITH T3H MEDIA!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:14 pm
by Taristin
Yeah, um... Just so you know...
Posts like this are predominantly why you don't have "rants" access...
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:21 pm
by ghhyrd
...How did you know?
I hate my life.
I will not spam.
I WILL NOT SPAM.
For a very long time.
But when I go on an angry rampage with a thirst for blood I can't do it in the rants section then can I?
Thanks for the tip. Looks like I have to go home now and, well, rethink my life from here on out.