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Officer's Group Calls for Ban On 25 To Life

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-offensive-all-right-offensively-bad dept.

Kotaku reports that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is calling for a boycott of 25 to Life. From the post: "It is absolutely unconscionable that game makers are enabling young people--or anyone--to dramatize shooting and killing as a form of entertainment while officers and innocent people are dying in real-life on our streets every day. We're encouraging parents, caregivers and everyone who is concerned about both law enforcement officers and children to ensure this game never makes it into the homes or hands of impressionable young people."

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  1. to the media-whore-cave, Robin! by Thud457 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Paging Jack Thompson. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. I'm in! by caffeination · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'll certainly be boycotting this cookie-cutter crime game. It's $GameTypeoftheWeek with $Gimmick7654 added in - GTA with a pick-sides dynamic.
    This is one gaming fad I've had 100% enough of, and I'm actually beginning to worry about the effect that this saturation marketing of crime games might be having on the many, many kids that are getting these games bought for them.
    I hate these "OMG THINK OF THE KIDS" bandwagons, but to be blunt, fuck these game companies with their bullshit megaviolence crime tripe. In a few decades, we'll look back on this crap like we do to all the boring-ass crime investigation dramas from the 70's (which incidentally are having a high-tech renaissance as we speak - fuck that too).