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Manhunt 2, Just got an AO rating by the ESRB and may not see the light of day.
Wheatpenny
post Jun 21 2007, 09:13 PM
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Hey AT, dunnow if any of you check out 1up.com and have been following this story but I have and here is the links

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160427

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160456

But it seems that the ESRB just screwed Rockstar and the gaming populace by doleing out an AO rating for the game, know it doesen't sound like much but the problem lies in the fact that Sony,Nintendo, or Microsoft won't publish any game that gets an AO rating. If this decision is left to stand the game will not be released, sounds like no biggie now but it can only snowball from here it seems to me our chosen pastime is being demonized by politicians and the media.
Lets hope the rating gets reconsidered or else this may signal a grim future to come for freedom of expression and or speach in video games.


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Wheatpenny
post Jun 22 2007, 07:58 AM
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I agree that Manhunt is not exactly the posterboy game for freedom of expression but my gripe realy is that modern cinema can get a way with way more than a video game can and anytrime someone tries to push the envelope so to speak on a game and take the content to the extreme much like certian modern horror movies (take Saw for example) a game gets shot down for it.


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