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Missouri Prisons Pull Violent Video Games
blueZhift writes "Missouri's most violent criminals will no longer be permitted to play violent video games that simulate the kind of offenses that resulted in their incarceration in the first place. Prison officials pulled the games, which included such killfests as Hitman: Contracts, once they were informed of their violent content. Science fiction and sports games were not pulled as part of the sweep, so more nerdy prisoners will not be affected by the changes."
"Missouri's most violent criminals will no longer be permitted to play violent video games that simulate the kind of offenses that resulted in their incarceration...."
OH NOES!1!!11!
No more playing "Martha Stewart: Living" or "Martha Stewart: Baking and Basting for Bubbette" in prison anymore? That is cruel and unusual punishment!
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In other news, 387 prisoners in Missouri were shivved in separate incidents yesterday. Reports are conflicting at the moment, but assailants were overheard screaming things like "M*therf*cking Zergling Rushing F*ck!!!" and "I'll show you a m*therf*cking hat trick, b*tch!"
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
...when the prison administrator was asked to pick up a game called Grand Theft Auto.
Free food, a free bed, and free video games.
Why haven't I killed someone, yet?
Yeah - 3 square meals, no work, no rent, oh... and that pesky forced-anal-raping and beat-downs daily*. But hey - free cable and video games!
*from my watchings of Oz - my skinny, white, jewish ass would last all of 45 seconds in a prison.
Game Name: "Hitman: Contracts"
ESRB Rating: Mature (17+) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs
Sounds coming from prison: "That !@#* warden Dormire is gonna get !$*#$!"
Also note that the ESRB does explicitly label Cartoon Violence as opposed to Violence.
I am amazed at how warning labels are ignored, even when they are simple and relevant! I bet I could put a label on something that says using it will kill you, and people would still buy it... Oh wait, they call that Tobacco!
> Jacqueline Helfgott said: "They're not afraid to engage in violence, unlike the nerd sitting in front of his computer."
Funny, because I'm a nerd, and I have sudden urge to bitchslap someone.
Respect It.
Looks like Thug Life over in Block C is going to have his Atari 2600 and Keystone Kapers confiscated.
...your skinny white jewish ass might be quite the commodity there.
See- that's the problem with this whole outsourcing thing.
Some prison official got the idea to outsource, (or send 'overseas') the task of determining if the prisoners purchases were appropriate or not.
I can't expect someone in India, making only a few Rupees a day, to understand, or care, what prisoners in the US should be doing with their free time.
Once again- outsourcing is the cause of our troubles.
No reason to lie.
Streleski was a math student convicted in the early 80's of killing his PhD advisor with an axe, after spending some unreasonable number of years as a grad student.
Sounds like a clear case of justifiable homicide to me.
deus does not exist but if he does