Will Manhunt 2 be attacked this week?
Seems like another storm’s a-brewing for the already controversial game, Manhunt 2 (Wii and PSP), and this time around it’s not Jack Thompson. GamePolitics managed to unearth a short but meaningful post in an obscure blog titled Veggie and Boston Blog authored by Maynard Clark from Harvard Medical School. Here is an excerpt of the post:
CCFC has big plans for the months ahead. In the next few weeks, CCFC will be launching new campaigns to stop a horrifically violent video game from being marketed to childrenÂ…
It’s very likely that the video game being referred to is Manhunt 2, given its July 9 release date. However, it speaks of a “game being marketed to children”. With Manhunt‘s apparent M rating and its graphic cover, its hardly something that spells out “CHILDREN’S GAME” with loopy, colorful font, so it’s a bit surprising that Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood (CCFC) can mistake Manhunt 2 as a game meant for children.
Developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive may have some cause for worry. CCFC, along with the Parents Television Council (PTC), was able to win in its past case against GTA Vice City Stories being advertised in Massachusetts’ buses and trains.
Seems like another storm’s a-brewing for the already controversial game, Manhunt 2 (Wii and PSP), and this time around it’s not Jack Thompson. GamePolitics managed to unearth a short but meaningful post in an obscure blog titled Veggie and Boston Blog authored by Maynard Clark from Harvard Medical School. Here is an excerpt of the post:
CCFC has big plans for the months ahead. In the next few weeks, CCFC will be launching new campaigns to stop a horrifically violent video game from being marketed to childrenÂ…
It’s very likely that the video game being referred to is Manhunt 2, given its July 9 release date. However, it speaks of a “game being marketed to children”. With Manhunt‘s apparent M rating and its graphic cover, its hardly something that spells out “CHILDREN’S GAME” with loopy, colorful font, so it’s a bit surprising that Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood (CCFC) can mistake Manhunt 2 as a game meant for children.
Developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive may have some cause for worry. CCFC, along with the Parents Television Council (PTC), was able to win in its past case against GTA Vice City Stories being advertised in Massachusetts’ buses and trains.
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