This one is funny. Protesters against violent videogames have come up with their top 10 main offenders in a hope to highlight them, stop people buying them and get them banned. From CVG…

The parties involved are Mothers Against Violence, the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, the Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility, the National Council of Women' s Organizations, and New York City Council' s Oversight and Investigations Committee.

And without further a-doo here is the top 10 in no particular order.

1) Doom 3
2) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
3) Gunslinger Girls 2
4) Half Life 2
5) Halo 2
6) Hitman: Blood Money (currently scheduled for 2005 release);
7) Manhunt
8) Mortal Kombat: Deception
9) Postal 2
10) Shadow Heart

What a load of bollocks. CVG points out in their article, Hitman: Blood Money isn’t even out yet and Gunslinger Girls 2 is available on import only.

The inclusion of GTA, Manhunt, Mortal Kombat and Postal 2 is just so predictable. But Halo 2, Half Life 2 and Doom 3… I don’t know why but I forgot these games would be considered violent. I know they are but they are FPS and are by default violent. You just kind of expect a certain amount of violence from them. It’s not like they are particularly over the top with it either and are possibly some of the best games this year.

The final inclusion baffles me to no end. Shadow Hearts? Are they talking about the same Shadow Hearts I think, that RPG? What a waste of time. It saps any credibility the list may have had. Why not put more truly violent games on there. Max Payne 2 maybe.

Bloody hell.

General rule:

Those that bitch, whine, moan, and complain about something they know NOTHING about have zero credibility.

Case closed. If they can' t read the " M" rating on the games, it' s their own damn fault for being illiterate.

If they can' t read the " M" rating on the games, it' s their own damn fault for being illiterate.

My sentiments exactly!

Where' s the list for the most violent movies? Why aren' t people bitching up a storm about them? SOMEBODY MUST SAVE US ALL FROM EVIL!

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This is a general rule I believe when it comes to stuff like this:

If there is an excuse to be found, people will find it.

I was reading something similar to this in yesterday' s Tennessean about Halo 2. It had parents who were very distraught with the game because it was teaching their kids how to kill people. Some places aren' t even selling the game because they are afraid it' s going to be the next Columbine game...

Idiots they are.

Why dont they name Violent books.

Books make ppl go crazzy as well.

Hahaha, ' Teaches kids how to kill somebody' . You don' t really need teaching, it' s not the hardest thing in the world to figure out. The bloody fools.

It' s all rubbish and eventually will blow over. Give it about 10 years.

How exactly does the rating system work in the US? I mean if a game is rated as Mature which if I recall correctly is suitable for persons of ages 17 and over, can it be sold to anyone or do you actually need to be 17 to buy it?

yea alot of those games are voilent but the mothers should stop trying to band them

Man that Manhunt game left such an impact on me and my friend... it was like no other game I had ever played and I thought it couldn' t get any more violent then Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The music and everything I will never forget and I got so scared when I went in the apartment and was running around in the rooms and came face to face with a hanging fat women upsidedown hanging from the ceiling naked and the sound it makes when you touch it eeewww.. Man oh man.. =^(

Manhunt is a *very* adult game. I think it' s possibly the most adult game out there, as GTA San Andreas has a bit of a comical feeling about its violence and story. Manhunt also builds such a great feeling of suspense. And just when you think you’ve figured out how to dismantle one gang you’re pitted against another with different quirks, tactics and abilities.

It’s a good game and doesn’t deserve banning by a bunch of people who probably haven’t even played it, really know much about it and who aren’t fans of games in general.

Bloodrayne 2 displays very graphic violence...I was horrified to see body parts being sliced off right in front of the 10 year old game player.

I said something to the parents, but got the " so?" look.

Another game with tons of violence is Nightmare Creatures.

It' s not videogame violence I' d shield my kinds from (if I had any) it' s overly adult tones in a game. I may allow my kid to play GTA: San Andreas because it' s a bit light-hearted with the story and cartoon violence even if the swearing might be an issue. I wouldn' t however let my kid play Manhunt because it' s a much more ' adult' game.

Then again that’s me guessing because I don' t have any kids.

I think it would be Grand theft auto San Andreas hands down.

Videogames make lotusson mad! LOTUSSON KILL! ROOAAAARRRR!!!!

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Yeah... It' s got blood but it' s all like ' cartoon over the top gallons of blood' . Anyway, nobody really dies. Kill a character in the game and you can still pick them the next fight. That’s how I' ve always thought of the Mortal Kombat games since the first one which I played when I was *cough* 8

I figured the new Def Jam would be in there.
That game is punishing and very violent haha

I do hate this scapegoating of video games.
The " M" rating is there for a reason.

I guess in some places up here in Canada it is now illegal to sell mature games to anyone without picture ID. So now the parents have to go in and buy them for their younger kids. The stores can get in a lot of legal trouble in they sell to minors. Only thing is most parents don' t know ANYthing about video games and won' t even look for the rating. Their kid says I want this game, it' s the best and they go umm ok sure if that' s the one you want.