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The New York Police Department has "popped a cap" in the "ass" of Saints Row 2, claiming it'll make people mad and wrong.
That's according to Ripten. Apparently NYPD union boss Patrick Lynch was speaking to the New York Daily News when he said that "horrible and violent videogames desensitise young people to violence, while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behaviour".
Quite a different point of view to our own Rob Fahey, then, who recently wrote that Saints Row 2 is "one of the most ridiculous and enjoyable games of the year".
Where do you stand, readers? We cannot guess.
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Comments: 1-35 of 35 in total
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At the risk of being a bit serious so early.
A) People should be better educated by parents about right and wrong. B) The game is age restricted so only adults should be playing it anyway. C) Has this twat seen the amount of violence that populates his TV screen everynight? D) Anyone of a certain age in America can own a handgun and carry it around with them legally so already you have people desensitised to gun crime from an early age. Paricularly as mum probably has a Magnum (not the ice cream) in her purse. |
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Ninja_Tino
16/10/08 @ 09:10
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Man that bitch needs to stop sucking dick 'cus his brain is mashed up aiiiiii!
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Kirly_Wombat
16/10/08 @ 09:11
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Kirly Wombat has "popped a cap" in the "ass" of NYPD, claiming it'll improve the quality and accuracy of its news bytes.
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PearOfAnguish
16/10/08 @ 09:15
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Did Mr Lynch say this before or after he kicked a black man down the stairs?
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dazrichards
16/10/08 @ 09:20
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Cartoon escapism. Next they'll be arresting Martin Scorcese.
If people decide to kill someone because they were influenced by a game then perhaps they were fucked-up in the first place. We all know the arguments so I'll stop there |
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Vice.Destroyer
16/10/08 @ 09:26
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These arguments always make me laugh, mainly for the fact that the city of New York routinely gives permission for film studios to film the most outrageously violent films in..., New York. I would have a lot of respect for the argument of violence desensitizing people to violence if they applied their complaints to films (which presumably don't desensitize because they pay for the priviledge of filming in NY), as well as movies.
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jack_klugman
16/10/08 @ 09:26
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Next they'll be arresting Martin Scorcese.
I'd arrest Martin Scorcese. IN THE ASS! |
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kangarootoo
16/10/08 @ 09:49
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"Is this the same NYPD that regularly murders people in the name of "justice"? I'd rather take advice from Hitler, might have been a prick but he was honest about his policies."
/rolls eyes |
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kangarootoo
16/10/08 @ 09:56
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"Please don't report news with the word "apparently" in it."
Pedantic, but a very good point. Serious news or pub gossip? |
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The_Inquisitor
16/10/08 @ 10:03
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Games like this don't make me want to shoot and kill people, London Transport does.
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Games get the blame again for people's depravity. If games teach us anything it is that you can't get away with much.
I'd much rather engage in a virtual police chase than a real one. At least if you get caught in the virtual one you just restart, not spend so many years in a cell with some guy who wants to lick your "pretty face" when you are asleep. I don't see why games get the blame when films portray similar things, in a lot more graphic detail. I've played plenty of games and watched quite a few violent themed films, yet I don't go out on a killing spree. Some people just don't know right from wrong, that's why they do depraved things, nothing to do with video games. |
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Ninja_Tino
16/10/08 @ 11:15
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Books are never shouted at. Anyone read 'American Psycho'? That's the only form of media that has made me want, a little bit, to murder someone!
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JedEvangelion
16/10/08 @ 11:26
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"Serious news or pub gossip? "
Gossip. Checking the Ripten piece, it's unsubstantiated and it doesn't mention Saints Row 2, just 'violent video games'. I suspect someone's using this to generate a bit of media attention on Saints Row 2. |
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HiddenPooh
16/10/08 @ 12:00
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I was reading "American Psycho" on the train and some dungaree wearing bean flicker accused me of "hating women".
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ParanoidZombie
16/10/08 @ 13:42
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If I was a cop, I probably wouldn't be a fan of a game where you kill cops, be it saint's row, gta, kane&lynch, etc. If I was mexican, I wouldn't be a fan of GRAW or R6V. If i was a mexican cop, I would hate most videogames .
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loopholezero
16/10/08 @ 13:51
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@ParanoidZombie: i'm a stoner and i liked total overdose. does this mean there's something wrong with me, doc? :D
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ParanoidZombie
16/10/08 @ 14:25
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@loopholezero: no, I love Dead rising despite the fact that I'm a zombie. That's because I'm a tolerant ghoul.
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Okay from now on to protect us all.
all games must be like Mario All TV must be like The Vicar of Dibley All Films must be like Mary Poppins All magazines must be Hello All Books must be The wind in the willows And the everyone must smile all the time under punishment of death. Remember happy Happy happy thoughts everyone, your life depends on it. |
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metalangel
17/10/08 @ 11:26
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Can I be immoral and depraved without also being a criminal?
EDIT: Which is to say, continue to be? Hang on, someone at the door. Oh look, it's the Gordon Brown Secret Police, they're arresting me for having heard of Bittorrent, and are giving my house to a family of illegal immigrants!
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