Rom's Rants: [Politics] The Worst Game

Monday, February 06, 2006

[Politics] The Worst Game

I want to talk about one of the most violent games out there right now, and what our government is doing about it. See if you can guess what game it is before the end of the article, and before visiting any of the links.

Fans of this game tend to follow bizarre rituals and wear odd costumes in an attempt to feel closer to the game. However, this behavior seems to be considered socially acceptable.

Over 20% of the people behind this game have been accused of committing a crime. It is unknown what percentage of those actually have criminal records.

Two years ago, West Coast fans of this game rioted. At least 80 people were arrested in a single evening as a result of their behavior.

Each year, almost 186,000 children aged 5-14 required treatment in the emergency room because they were emulating what they saw in the game.

Recent Congressional hearings led to nothing but rave reviews for this game, however. This is undoubtedly because of the large amount of tax revenue that these companies bring to the table.

Three of the companies associated with this game are valued at over $1 billion.

In fact, in spite of the spate of anti-social behavior and injurious acts associated with this game, local and state governments are falling over themselves trying to give the companies behind this and similar games exactly what they want, even seizing private property for them in some instances.

Guess what game I'm talking about.

posted by Michael Russell at 2/06/2006 01:14:00 PM

13 Comments:

Anonymous said...: My guess? Football; 2/07/2006 6:51 AM
Anonymous said...: i was gonna say wrestling...but football is a bit more popular...; 2/07/2006 8:25 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow, like i am in shock. FOOTBALL ROCKS.; 2/07/2006 8:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Ahh Basketball.; 2/07/2006 11:49 AM
Kyote said...: oh yeah, I know it...
its DDR isn't it

you can get hurt playing that game; 2/07/2006 1:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah DDR is evil. Those fat bastards jump on those squares at extrondinary speeds..
Why can't kids just stay at home and play GTAIII. Also why I'm here read the other day since 2001 (GTAIII release year) crime rates have gone down. So if video games are so evil why is it that crime rates are going down?
It's because kids are occupied a lot more now.; 2/07/2006 3:42 PM
Anonymous said...: ....I love you.

Down with the jocks, dammit; 2/07/2006 6:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah Football is pretty brutal. Glad to see someone bashing sport instead of RPG's or FPS's.; 2/07/2006 6:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Man, I guessed Pokemon.

Now I just feel lame.; 2/08/2006 6:34 PM
sod said...: you guys really need to shut the fuck up and stop crying; 2/09/2006 5:20 AM
Anonymous said...: fantastic comment sod, I bet you play basketball video games, dont you?; 2/09/2006 11:27 AM
Anonymous said...: Katamari
>.>
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..whut; 3/27/2006 9:00 AM
Siderite said...: I thought you were speaking of GTA, until I gathered you were speaking about a sport... :)
---Siderite; 1/10/2007 11:22 PM