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Midway's Slugfest, Ballers Inappropriate For Kids?

Posted by simoniker on from the i-wish-i-was-a-little-bit-taller dept.

Thanks to ABC News for its article discussing controversy over the content of Midway's officially licensed baseball and basketball videogames, as the story explains: "Nine-year-old Stephane Safar likes to play MLB Slugfest, a video game rated 'E', that is, for everyone 6 years old and older... But then he played it in front of his mother Amy, and what she saw went well beyond real-life baseball, as players punched and kicked each other during the course of the game." Amy explains: "Does he know that that's not really how Barry Bonds acts out on the field? Does he know that Nomar [Garciaparra] can't punch somebody?" Midway's NBA Ballers also comes in for criticism, with Kimberly Thompson of the Harvard School of Public Health complaining: "I think the message that kids take away from NBA Ballers is, it's all about money... Women are objects in this game."

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  1. Re:Ballers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I think the message that kids take away from NBA Ballers is, it's all about money... Women are objects in this game."

    If the NBA, NFL and MBA are appropriate for children, then so are these games.

    Seriously, how many pro players of the above sports are convicted of drug posession, spousal abuse, rape, murder, violent crimes, illegal weapons, doping, brawling in games, clearing the bench (in all sports) . . . and go around driving expensive cars and living in expensive homes (you see NBA and NFL guys on MTV's Cribs with their extravagent houses and cars all the time - not that there is anything at all wrong with that, though).

    So what, do they want the game to be a lie and pretend that these sports franchises are wholesome and goodnatured? Jesus, our team alone (Portland Trailblazers) is filled with nothing but convicted criminals. And look at Barry Bonds and his doping. Look at half the Cowboys. Look at Wilt Chamberlain. Look at that guy who killed his limo driver with a shotgun. Look at Kobe. Look in any direction and see that a game in which players "buy women" is the LEAST offensive of the things they do.

    And besides.. IT IS A FUCKING GAME.

    And since when don't women sell themselves to the highest bidder? Are you telling me that these whores who go after guys in bands and sports are there for any reason other than the fact that the dude is rich and/or famous?