Beware the Kilographic games!

[Jakanden]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.gam...eut/index.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A public interest group had a holiday warning and a new word Monday for parents of video game users: Beware of "killographic," defined as the "graphic depiction of brutal violence."

The National Institute on Media and the Family, an independent, nonprofit group, said "killographic" scenes are featured in a number of video games within reach of children.

Issuing its eighth annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card, the institute listed games parents should avoid for their children, led by "Manhunt."

"If pornographic is the 'graphic depiction of sex,' then killographic should enter our vocabulary to describe the 'graphic depiction of brutal violence,"' David Walsh, the institute's president, told a Capitol Hill news conference.

"Clever phrase," Doug Lowenstein, head of the Entertainment Software Association, which represents computer and video game software publishers, replied when asked about "killographic."

Lowenstein noted that the average age of those who play video games is 28, and said as adults they should be allowed to pick their entertainment.

He also pointed out that the industry rates its games on age appropriateness, and that Walsh's institute found most parents are not aware of a game's content. "The message is that parents in many cases aren't doing their job," Lowenstein said.

[Luca Brasi]

Ummmm...I hate to break it to these people, but they're about 10 years too late here...

[atsharrock]

Originally Posted by Luca Brasi

Ummmm...I hate to break it to these people, but they're about 10 years too late here...

LOL, true.

How long had Mortal Kombat been out for? AGES and that games full of blood!

I remember the contraversy sorounding the release of the first Grand Theft Auto...and what a game that was.

[Jakanden]

Originally Posted by atsharrock

LOL, true.

How long had Mortal Kombat been out for? AGES and that games full of blood!

I remember the contraversy sorounding the release of the first Grand Theft Auto...and what a game that was.

MK was the first big controversy. It went all the way up to congress and was the cause of the ESRB ratings system (That and night trap).

I remember "Mortal monday" which is the infamous day that Mortal Kombat was released =)

[atsharrock]

Originally Posted by Jakanden

MK was the first big controversy. It went all the way up to congress and was the cause of the ESRB ratings system (That and night trap).

I remember "Mortal monday" which is the infamous day that Mortal Kombat was released =)

They just dont make games like they used to anymore.

[Luca Brasi]

Originally Posted by Jakanden

MK was the first big controversy. It went all the way up to congress and was the cause of the ESRB ratings system (That and night trap).

I remember "Mortal monday" which is the infamous day that Mortal Kombat was released =)

Yes i remember all that bulls***! It was all because of Al & Tipper Gore and the rest of those damn finger-pointing liberals that are always looking for something else to blamefor children behaving badly OTHER THAN BAD PARENTING!

Ahhhh...Mortal Monday! The memories!! I still remember all the fatalities!

[Julius]

hahaha killographic! hahaha i can't wait for the game! KILLOGRAPHIC:Rampage of the bad parents!