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pritchke · 03-03-2004, 04:12 PM

Must be a really violent game to get this rating.

TORONTO (CP) -- The Ontario government has slapped an R rating on a video game for the first time.

In Manhunt, which is already banned in Australia and New Zealand, the player takes on the role of James Earl Cash, a death-row inmate.

Instead of being executed, he is kidnapped and thrown into a freakish world of psychopathic gangs and kidnapped.

Although the game does have some puzzles, the main objective of Manhunt is to kill the enemies encountered by Cash.

The violence is so explicit that it prompted a ban in New Zealand, where it was called "injurious to the public good."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...368956-cp.html

[ 03-03-2004, 04:13 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

03-03-2004, 04:12 PM	#1
pritchke Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 50 Posts: 3,491	Must be a really violent game to get this rating. TORONTO (CP) -- The Ontario government has slapped an R rating on a video game for the first time. In Manhunt, which is already banned in Australia and New Zealand, the player takes on the role of James Earl Cash, a death-row inmate. Instead of being executed, he is kidnapped and thrown into a freakish world of psychopathic gangs and kidnapped. Although the game does have some puzzles, the main objective of Manhunt is to kill the enemies encountered by Cash. The violence is so explicit that it prompted a ban in New Zealand, where it was called "injurious to the public good." http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...368956-cp.html [ 03-03-2004, 04:13 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]