New York Police come down hard on Saints Row 2
- Posted October 16th, 2008 at 06:53 EDT by
- 30 Comments
According to Ripten, the New York Police department has it in for THQ's decidedly unsaintly Saints Row 2. Apparently, Illinois developer Volition may have its New York privileges revoked.
NYPD union boss Patrick Lynch has been carping on royally at New York's Daily News, claiming, “horrible and violent video games desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior.” It's only a game, Patrick. Like table tennis and tiddlywinks and that, you know.
Saints Row 2, as you'll probably be aware, is an especially down-and-dirty specimen of Grand Theft Auto 3 clone. One of your first tasks in the game is to bust out of an offshore prison, killing any and all representatives of the law enforcement community in the process, so it's no surprise the real-life fuzz are getting steamed up.
Saints Row 2 came out on Wednesday in North America and hits European shelves tomorrow. Australia gets it today.
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west_end_matt
- 2:04am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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More people kill in the name of religion than they do in the name of video games, why not whine about that????
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chomperbull
- 4:33am EDT - October 16th, 2008
- 9
religon has been the #1 killer of all time if u don't know that go back to school
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ironflag55555
- 4:48am EDT - October 16th, 2008
- 10
ha ha they diserve everything they got coming to them, hope they get hit hard
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djrussell
- 5:25am EDT - October 16th, 2008
- 11
I do understand where he's coming from, but at the end of the day it's still just a game. I dont think a video game glorifies violence any more than a blockbuster movie. But i do know what he means; killing police isnt exactly great. But then again i'll happily play GTA any day of the week cause they have such great storylines. Dunno about Saints Row 2 though...
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Promethius30
- 5:37am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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@1 very true people who kill because of games would kill any way because there crazy
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MMDs
- 5:46am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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Rated M for "MATURE"
its on the box. i think i'm mature enough to realize that this is just a game and not to be taken seriously. PARENTS BEWARE kids do not count as mature individuals their minds are weak and are so easily influenced, do not buy this game for them.
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iplayonlysony
- 7:24am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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@ #7, I just started the game but so far the action is there! The layout and scope of the city is not near GTA4, but the craziness is there.
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GunsOfLiberty
- 10:30am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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The game is fun and the customizations are some of the DEEPEST around!
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MotorStormman222
- 11:08am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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Quit picking on videogames!!! damn- IT'S ONLY A GAME. That's the point of games- to do stuff you either can't do in real life, or do stuff you would get in trouble for in real life.
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Tseng VII
- 11:34am EDT - October 16th, 2008
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Correct: “horrible and violent video games desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior.”
Incorrect: It's only a game, Patrick. Like table tennis and tiddlywinks and that, you know.
Statistically, those who enjoy these types of games don't go as far in life than those who shun them....Can't argue with the stats.
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solid1snake67- 12:10pm EDT - October 16th, 2008
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all i hear is whining. people like this needs to stop worrying about kids playing violent video games, more likely i would blame the parents instead. don't we have that rating thing ERSB. so, then go after parents dumb cops. they probably got PAID by hillary clinton to do this. ANY FOR OF ENTERTAINMENT IS BAD! i'm just glad she didn't make it in the election. she'd try to take the video game industry down some how.
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