Stop Playing Games and Do Your Homework Dad!

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My recent editorial on the release of Manhunt 2 brought up some interesting comments, not the least of which was a general dissatisfaction with the idea that video games are just for kids. Gamers are older, consoles and computers are more powerful, and yet the mentality is still that games are for kids. This mentality seems to prevail not only in society but in the game developers themselves.

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[avaserfi]

Nice read. It would be nice if people in the industry realized "Hey, I like to play games, maybe others my age do too" and started gearing more games towards that. I think the real problem with the console manufacturers are they are afraid of the bad press. When the wii was given internet access it became the "porn portal for children". The problem seems to be that the crazy extremists find negatives in everything and the console manufacturers are afraid of this bad press when they should look for it in cases like this I mean how many people are going to be picking up manhunt 2 when it gets released because of the extra press it received?

 

[Will d s]

They may get bad press but I bet that whoever allows AO titles first will get a lot of sales from that bad press.

 

[avaserfi]

They may get bad press but I bet that whoever allows AO titles first will get a lot of sales from that bad press.

That was my point and also the point Tom made in his last article about Man Hunt.