Rockstar Appeals British Ban on Manhunt 2

1up is reporting (via MCV) that Rockstar has decided to appeal the BBFC ruling on their uber-violent Manhunt 2 title. The 'next step' is to get a hearing scheduled, which will allow the game to be demo'd and arguments given. "Rockstar Games had been given six weeks to appeal the decision, and with that opportunity about to expire, the company lodged its formal appeal yesterday ... The appeal was filed with the Video Appeals Committee, which can overturn the BBFC decision. As noted in our first article about the ban, the VAC overturned the BBFC's ban of Carmageddon back in 1997, giving Rockstar a glimmer of hope in its current situation."

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Ah, carmageddon...

[Cervantes]

Ah, the Carmageddon banning. So many memories. :)

For the uninitiated, they decided to ban the original Carmageddon because one of your goals was to run down pixelated pedestrians in a uniform-but-still-gorey shower of blood. So, to appease those who would protect our values by not letting us run over people in a video game, they changed it so all the pedestrians became zombies, and their blood splatter was now green.

Because, as we all know, it's much less damaging to our youth to imagine that the entire world is infested with the walking undead.

Re:Interesting...

[halcyon1234]

I'm wondering what the arguments are going to be...

Given everything I've learned about Rockstar Games from the media, I'd assume their argument would have to be:

Unban our game or we'll fucking kill you and rape your daughter then kill your wife with your daughter's bloodied still breathing body and then steal your car and drive it into a station full of police-puppies and make them all explode you fucking coffee-fucking assholes.