youtube<\/a> but I guess it doesn’t matter) about a cool game called
\n“Manhunt 2”. I own this game for the Wii. I am nearly 13 and I have
\nbeaten this game. It has had no effect on me at all! Why are these
\nnews stations making such a big deal about this game? They say the
\nviolent game will encourage youngsters to think it’s okay to kill.
\nBut here’s my theory: If you play Pac-Man and watch him eat the dots,
\nwill it make you hungry?<\/p>\nDo you agree with me?<\/p>\n
-C. Welling<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
First of all, Manhunt 2 is pretty much the worst mass retail game in the world (it’s more graphic than Grand Theft Auto and much like another series to watch out for a series called Condemned) – the protagonist is a psycho-killer and he’s surrounded by very bad people he has to kill. A voice tells him to kill.\u00a0 The player hears the voice. And it gets more graphic from there. Fortunately it’s named Manhunt 2 and has a big M on it so parents don’t have an excuse for this one.<\/p>\n
Second of all Pac-Man does not make people want to eat dots but that’s a very clever point Mr. Welling and for what it’s worth, I agree with your point.\u00a0 Manhunt 2 will not make people all crazy violent. It might harm\/influence people already mentally upset, it’s clearly not made for early teens and kids and for that reason I recommend against people your age playing it, but again, your parents are letting you and that’s what matters most.<\/p>\n
To other parents I reiterate: Look at our articles on Manhunt 2, read various reviews of the game, and know that despite the “using the Wii remote to virtually hack and slash fake people” aspect (which is crucial to the game) what we’re dealing with is essentially a horror movie in the vein of the less funny Friday the 13th and Halloween flicks.\u00a0 It’s not like Hostel or Saw (though it’s grimy like Saw), the game is about surviving in a world filled with psychotics and, as usual, Rockstar makes this more clever than you’d think.\u00a0 If you don’t mind your kids seeing movies like this, the game won’t shock your kids.<\/p>\n
But I recommend parents think twice. Kids have plenty of time to virtually slash people up.\u00a0 Mr. “Going on 13” Welling here would have been better off playing Pac-Man and pondering what virtual “dots” are doing to his waistline.<\/p>\n
Arguments?\u00a0 Make ’em below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Got tough questions?\u00a0 I’ve got tough answers!\u00a0 Today we got a question about Manhunt 2 for the Wii – a very controversial title indeed. The question is: Does it make you hungry?\u00a0 Wait.\u00a0 That can’t be right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-askgamerdad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}