05-09-2007, 02:22 PM
Remember the promotion Wenis posted of Wendy's selling Wii Toys... Read on and you'll see!
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In the latest chapter of his crusade against the world of violent videogames, the outspoken attorney Jack Thompson has attacked the fast food chain, Wendy’s, in regards to its current Kids’ Meal promotion, which the chain is running in partnership with Nintendo.
GameAlmighty.com reports that the meal in question is served with a variety of toys that include reference to Super Mario, Excite Truck, Wii Sports amd the Wii remote. However, it is the console’s association with the forthcoming Manhunt 2 that is troubling our favourite anti-videogames campaigner . Below is the letter that Mr Thompson sent to Wendy’s, warning the firm of the nature of Rockstar Games’ violent title and asking them politely to end the promotion at once:
On July 10, an extremely violent video game will be released for “play” on Nintendo’s kid-friendly Wii game platform. It is called Manhunt 2. It will feature, according to video game news sites, beheadings with hatchets, bludgeonings with baseball bats, the jamming of syringes into eyeballs, cutting opponents’ testicles off, and “environtmental [sic] kills” in which common objects in the field of vision, such as electrical cords to strangle victims. I attach news reports in these regards.
What makes this Nintendo Wii game all the more troubling is the nature of Wii platform itself. Instead of holding in one’s hand the typical game controller, the player holds motion capture devices, so that by moving one’s hands and limbs one is actually acting out with one’s own body the violent behavior. The American Psychological Association in August 2005 found a direct causal link between the play of violent video games and increased adolescent and teen aggression. One pro-video game industry site is referring to Manhunt 2 as a “true murder simulator” when played on Wii.
A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy’s and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy’s good name to promote Nintendo’s Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform.
Please cancel the Wii Kids’ Meal promotion immediately.
Jack Thompson is well known within the industry for criticising games that he deems as inappropriate. Before today’s revelations, his most recent outburst was in the light of the Virginia Tech shootings, after which he spoke on American television as a “School Shootings Expert” to blame interactive entertainment as the cause for the tragic events. While those allegations were hardly based on any concrete evidence, today’s story - the relation between a set of children’s toys that make no reference at all to Manhunt 2 - seems to be scraping the barrel just a bit too much.
GameAlmighty.com reports that the meal in question is served with a variety of toys that include reference to Super Mario, Excite Truck, Wii Sports amd the Wii remote. However, it is the console’s association with the forthcoming Manhunt 2 that is troubling our favourite anti-videogames campaigner . Below is the letter that Mr Thompson sent to Wendy’s, warning the firm of the nature of Rockstar Games’ violent title and asking them politely to end the promotion at once:
On July 10, an extremely violent video game will be released for “play” on Nintendo’s kid-friendly Wii game platform. It is called Manhunt 2. It will feature, according to video game news sites, beheadings with hatchets, bludgeonings with baseball bats, the jamming of syringes into eyeballs, cutting opponents’ testicles off, and “environtmental [sic] kills” in which common objects in the field of vision, such as electrical cords to strangle victims. I attach news reports in these regards.
What makes this Nintendo Wii game all the more troubling is the nature of Wii platform itself. Instead of holding in one’s hand the typical game controller, the player holds motion capture devices, so that by moving one’s hands and limbs one is actually acting out with one’s own body the violent behavior. The American Psychological Association in August 2005 found a direct causal link between the play of violent video games and increased adolescent and teen aggression. One pro-video game industry site is referring to Manhunt 2 as a “true murder simulator” when played on Wii.
A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy’s and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy’s good name to promote Nintendo’s Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform.
Please cancel the Wii Kids’ Meal promotion immediately.
Jack Thompson is well known within the industry for criticising games that he deems as inappropriate. Before today’s revelations, his most recent outburst was in the light of the Virginia Tech shootings, after which he spoke on American television as a “School Shootings Expert” to blame interactive entertainment as the cause for the tragic events. While those allegations were hardly based on any concrete evidence, today’s story - the relation between a set of children’s toys that make no reference at all to Manhunt 2 - seems to be scraping the barrel just a bit too much.
OMG this guy just cant control himself!!!
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