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According to GamePolitics, Florida attorney Jack Thompson has apparently convinced the state's Attorney General Bill McCollum to take a look at the Wii version of Rockstar's Manhunt 2. While the violent nature of Manhunt 2 is enough to get Thompson rallying against it, he has been speaking out against the Wii release in particular thanks to its motion-sensing controls, calling it a "training device" for ill behavior. It's precisely these controls which McCollum has subsequently expressed concern over in a yet-to-be-aired Fox News interview. A comment from McCollum's Press Secretary certainly suggests potential investigation or action:
Attorney General Bill McCollum is concerned about any games which may instill violence in children, particularly games that encourage children to engage in violent behavior, even in simulation. He believes it is important to help protect children from influences which may introduce violence into their lives and stresses the importance of parental involvement in the efforts to keep these influences out of our homes and away from our families.
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Honestly, don't these people have anything better to do? Like some madman is gonna practice killing people on a Wii game. Bloody hell.
Bless him.
Maybe he's just going to say that parents must make sure they don't buy this game for their kids? Which is perfectly reasonable.
It's not Jack Thompson's responsibility to keep these games away from kids. There's a purpose for the ESRB ratings, to notify parents about the content within the game. I'm sure there will be a big M for Mature rating on the box.
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