Manhunt 2 is being pulled of the shelves at Target due to a "code" that is floating around that reverts the game back to its original gory-violent ways. Target found out about this and decided to pull the game from their stores. I had a feeling that something like this would happen, once the developers of the game were forced to tone it down. Games like this typically will have a code "leak" of some kind that will allow a user to play the unrated version.
My problem is with Target and their double standard on media. There are tons of movies that are on their very shelves right now that are more gory and violent than Manhunt 2. How they justify that is beyond me, but I get the feeling that this is coming from the stock holders. Are games marketed towards kids? Yes. But there are many adults who play games that are not for, or marketed towards kids. Just as there are movies that are marketed towards adults, and not kids.
I wish everyone would get on the same page.
[Crunchgear]
3 comments:
I agree with you totally. It's all due to wacko lobbying groups intent on getting their way by spewing their ridiculous point of view to retailers. Retailers of course bow down to their pressure cause they don't want a large group of people (most likely a religious sect/group of folk) who the lobbyists claim won't shop at their stores unless they comply with their demand. I'm all for freedom of speech; but in this case, a group of people are using that right to silence others who have just the same right to that freedom.
When are these folks going to learn, if you don't like something, don't buy it, or change the channel, or put a parental lock on.
Gah, these self righteous people are very annoying!
They want the responsibility to be on someone else other than the parent. That is how raising kids is done now. And it's truly sick.
Is that good "sick" or bad "sick"?
LOL (you know I'm kidding)
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