Prosecutor Takes Aim at Top Video Games

WXYZ ^ | 12-5-2007 | WXYZ

[Westlander]

Citing a connection between violent video games and a rise in youth crime, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy blasted some of the biggest names in entertainment and urged a holiday boycott of 11 best-selling games.

[Rick.Donaldson]

Geez.

What’s up with people today? they are just crotchety. LOL. Boycotting doesn’t work most of the time, and no one is going to listen to some idiot lawyer urging one. What happened did this person lose money on something in the stock market.

[knews_hound]

Call of Duty 4  kicks major arse....

Cheers,

knewshound

http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/

[The Louiswu]

What, they left off Counter Strike! I get 3 or 4 good headshots each night or how about Red Orchestra where you can relive the killing during Russia in WWII. I stumbled onto a server where all the German players were actually speaking German and they seemed to be very good at killing Russians.

[mysterio]

Those durn kids and their rock n’ roll music alert.

[jacquej]

Rofl!

I can’t wait to send my enraged ravager after a few in my neck of the woods, then follow up with my trusty crossbow. Hmmm, an arcane shot or a scorpid sting?

[SoldierMedic]

I love the AC-130 level. Most realistic videogame (In terms of mission and graphics and dialogue) that I had ever played.

[jpl]

Thank goodness she isn’t boycotting “Super Mario Galaxy”, because I’m really looking forward to playing that one.

[Yo-Yo]

Yep, video games are responsible for Detroit's number 1 ranking for murder per capita.

Aw, c'mon. Detroit only ranks 9^th

[relictele]

Amazing how liberals resent Christianity, Christmas and the holidays but somehow always want to wage their PR wars in conjunction with the season.

[Grimmy]

Age of Conan is shaping up nicely.

Conan! Rawrrr!!

[relictele]

GRAND THEFT AUTO – Allows players to act out crimes and rewards them for doing so.

Much like the modern welfare state & justice system then.

[wally_bert]

I am not that much of a gamer but do enjoy a few rounds of Battlefield 1942/Vietnam or Microsoft WWII combat flight simulators.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Best 1st person shooter on the market!"

*cough* COD 4 *cough*

[Domandred]

Yeah...everybody scrawls "PWNED" across their tax return when they get a refund.

LOL holy crap I am sooooo doing that this year.

[Westlander]

DETROIT — In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.

The report looked at 378 cities with at least 75,000 people based on per-capita rates for homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and auto theft.

Last year’s crime leader, St. Louis, fell to No. 2. Another Michigan city, Flint, ranked third, followed by Oakland Calif.; Camden, N.J.; Birmingham, Ala.; North Charleston, S.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Richmond, Calif.; and Cleveland.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/19/AR2007111900134.html

[wastedyears]

I like rock and roll music.

[knews_hound]

Agreed. I am replaying single player again just because it was soooo much fun.

On line is next up!

Cheers,

knewshound

[mysterio]

Yeah, me too. Sometimes I even switch it to the rock station when I’m playing San Andreas.

[The Louiswu]

""Best 1st person shooter on the market!" *cough* COD 4 *cough*"

Perhaps I should have added

IMHO : )

I have not tried COD 4..yet, but I have heard good things.

[SoldierMedic]

I’m stuck on the sniper mission. I’ve made it to the playground, but I can’t stay alive long enough for the helicopter to arrive.

This has become my #1 reason for wanting to get XBox live.