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  • looks like someone is not a gamer therefore can't give a review of the game.

  • This games violence is filtered compared to the holy bible, only nobody is trying to ban the holy bible from children. -weird world we live in.

  • thats why we dont sell to sell these games to kids. And that is bullshit. retailers are not selling them to kids under 17, fucking CBS, trying to voice their opinion instead of the facts. assholes!

  • critics...., makes me wanna get out there and kill cops, preachers, teachers, children, believers AND people like this stuck up bitch who probably does not have adequate seks on a regular basis

  • Katie Couric's Notebook

    Page 1: The earth is flat

    Page 16: Violent videogames makes everyone violent

    Page 34: Hitler was a good man

    and so on, this lady makes stupid comments on eveything ;)

  • GOSH!! she pisses me off so much!!!! im 14 and i play GTA. so what makes you think im going to go down the street and smash some ones head open?!! tTh thatats right i wont. youre just some fat bicth that has way to much time on her hand. Oh and get this:ADULTS DONT UNDERSTAND TEENS/YOUNG ADULTS!!

  • she should be told about the Thief series that has way more crime than GTA

  • @SandstonRedneck2

    wait wrong vid but still she should be told lol

  • and all you people out commenting how she is stupid! yall are all teens/adults this is kids we are talking about here!!!!!!

  • well the people are stupid enough to release the games cuz they know kids gonna buy them!!!

  • Stupid BITCH

  • Violent behavior my ass

  • this idiot

  • show me your so called reaserch and this page from your notebook

  • have your kid play Doom 3 (when u see fit: after homework, chores, what ever) read a book with them have conversation with about their goals and how to get ahead in the world when you're not protesting about what the world is teaching your kid. post the experience and the results on here. repeat all but the last part if you are satisfied with the results.

  • violence was everyday life for thosounds of years even in the bible metions that a kid was forced to kill a king by his father. the bible is more violent than video games even videogames dont match up to history.

  • just stfu talkin bout afectin anybody

  • im 15 and grew up playing violent games and i am one of the least violent people you would see or meet every game has violents if you think about it

    Mario:who wants to be jumped on by a fat italian

  • you know violens is a part of evey day life , violens is evey were , am not saying to injoy violens , but we do need to acsept it.

  • Focus on real problems!

  • I just love how parents blame the game for being unsuitable for their kids when clearly it's THEM who let them play it in the first place.

  • when i heard they was going to ban it i actually felt like killing somone....

  • Oh shut up Katie. Common Sense Media is a lying controlling "Big Brother" group that deserves no mention. And DISCOURAGE people from playing certain games? Screw you, I don't really like "Manhunt", so you know what I do? I just don't play it.

  • Shut the fuck up and go right in your diary about something else

  • At 5 years old when i started playing CoD on PC , didnt effect me at all other then playing all day, now im 11 and im playing much more than before, and still do well in school work then other dumb kids who dont play games and still do bad grades.

  • Wow I guess you all learned effective communication from video games, too.  Pathetic.

  • bullshit the first game i ever played was grand theft auto and i was like four and now im thirteen and the games dont affect me ive only gotten in one fight in all my life and it was self defense(i won). i also think that games help you express yoourself like if your having problems u can go play video games and kill some A.I. instead of killing an actual person.

  • durr me and this media analyst make our living by criticizing work by actual creative people

  • ive got a better game idea. how about a game that lets us beat the fuck out of katie couric and simulates us ramming a hot iron bar up her filthy little cunt and then allows the user to ram a huge cock down her mouth. ..... oops, did i say that out loud???

  • manhunt 2 can suck my dick. how many people actually bought it? probably 1/18th of the amount of sales MW2/black ops or halo made in the first HOUR of launch. and those games are considered of high source of entertainment and fun rather than violence. people need to stop LOOKING for issues in this world.

  • im 12 and i have this game for the wii and the only reason my parent bought for me is because they knew im not stupid enough to do this in real life and it hasnt effected me at all and i get good grades. its the parents decsion if the kid can handle it .if if he cant ,he wouldnt wanna play it simple as that. i cant believe they think kids today are so stupid that they will do this i real life...the media these days. also the kid phycoligist are bs too. .games dont effect kids. bad parents do

  • im 12 thx for saying were retarted if playing violent games makes u wana kill someone then ur fucked in the head

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  • Bull. Shit.

  • videogames are fun, so i dont give a shit

  • this is a bunch of bull.

  • Dont blame videos games for violence....Blame the fucked up horror movies.

  • Ball on a stick is more dangerous than Manhunt....can like, poke your eye out.

  • Why do these nuts attack video games? Don't they realize we're in two real wars?

  • People kill people, not video games.

  • I know people who are 8 years old playing Black Ops! That video is bullshit!!! And yeah kids see violent stuff happen a lot!

  • I know people who are 8 years old playing Black Ops! That video is bullshit!!!

  • voilence is already part of real life

  • hmmm, so its wrong to play violent video games but its perfectly fine to make violent movies, show violence on tv shows that dont require an age verification, and declare war on other countries for the dumbest reason when the dilemma can be resolved over a conversation, the government makes killers of everyone on the battle field but god forbid if there is a violent video game!

    look its up to the parents to decide what theyre kids play, its retards like her that piss me off , they dnt kno shit

  • Man ill grab that fucking shard and shove it up ur ass bitch

  • stfu bitch ill do what i please

  • Well I don't know about you guys. But I get more violent without my video games.

  • sut up!

  • Or you could just follwo the ratings and not let your kid buy an M rated game.

  • only people that have something messed up with them in the head go killing crazy 

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  • retards they think that will happen but it wont

  • thats gay because some times if you are mad at them just take it in a video game i bet if the kids parents or his head is so messup they might do it but if this is becuase they are mad take it out on a video game i mean really this helps if there parents werent messed up or the kids head

  • people are so ridiculous. they just use video games as a scapegoat for all evil, like music or any other type of media. it isn't the video games fault that children grow up to be serial killers (only some, not all i may add), it is their prior past and mental unstablility. i study psychology in my free time as well as play video games and i can say that they are not a provoker for children to suddenly become mentally unstable, it would take a psychological trauma or stresser. take that arnold!

  • If a kid goes out and kills something or someone because he saw it in a video game then the kid is already messed up in the head and could watch a violent movie and the outcome would be the same. Don't blame the game just because of bad parenting. It is up to the parent to decide what is good for their kids to play, there are child blocks and they should be used.

  • Violence is a part of nature. The fact is that most of the creatures on this earth will suffer violent gruesome deaths. People are ignorant to this(this bitch) and need to be educated before they force they're subjective reality on others.

  • violence is a part of life

  • fuck cbs its a bunch of dumbass jews who dont do anything i can play whatever i want i dont give 2 shits what they say about my games i like teabagging and killng

  • I would love to fuck Katie Couric.

  • Back to the kitchen!!!

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  • Oh yea, I have a better question for this repressed cunt. If religous extremists brought down the towers....does that make religion dangerous? Suck on that Katie. And my balls too.

  • Thank you Katie for telling us what to do with our kids. Anything else you want to add?

  • Parents shouldn't 'discourage that type of entertainment' but rather 'discourage coping the actions that are shown in that type of entertainment.' Video games won't make children violent if their parents teach them well enough. And everyone says 'Video games make people more violent' WHERE IS THIS RESEARCH! Give us some damned statistics!

  • wow she has no idea what she's talking about and I don't mean oppinions I'm talking out and out facts she gets wrong.

    1 manhunt uses a Controller like any other game

    2 you don't have to be 17 or older to buy an m rated game, it's an optional system used as an advisory.

    3 this might be more debatable but there's no evidence to suggest vg violence makes children violent.

    4 also the story line isn't that unusual despite being a little dark it actually does fall into vg social mores

  • @Limejello10512 If I may add to point 3.

    The so called "evidence" that violent video games cause kids to be more aggressive has been refuted by actual REAL scientists, not bias agenda driven political puppets. Also many of these studies cite effects in children when most of those who actually play video games are in fact adults.

    LiveScience did a really good article about this subject called Reality Check on Video Game Violence

  • im 13 i played a lot of controversial games

    i watch a lot of violent anime and nothings

    wrong with me

    i would say violent video games help people

    deal with their anger

  • i play video games and i seek violence is not the way to go but in video games no holds barred

  • im 13 and this game diddn't affect me at all, comparing this game to real world problems makes it look like spongebob.

  • Fuck You! I've been playing video games since I was twelve and have never seen violence as a solution to real-world problems. This dumb bitch doesn't know what she's talking about.

    Bad language, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter...

  • Shut up Katie, Because people play video games they automatically think in their heads "WHOAH, THIS IS FUN. I SHOULD GO KILL A WHOLE FUCKING BUNCH OF PEOPLE," People play video games to do that, which is why it doesn't happen every day. Video games are a way to kill time or for entertainment or take your anger out inside of the game. Imagine the world WITHOUT video games

  • @iamgodforreals just go to the 70s.

  • manhunt 2 is violent game!!

  • I really hate that the news only concentrates on games with "graphic violenece" all though kid games can portray violence by hitting each other with hammers or knocking them out with something stupid. I feels more like we fear exposing our kids to blood and gore than to violence.

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  • @Smurfsoncrack95

    WOW! That is priceless. Congrats, you made it onto the wall of shame at my work where only the crème de la crème of screw ups are immortalized. Your "mine comp" gem will grace the wall along with others such as "for all intensive purposes", "and there it was, wala", and "it was his greatest feet yet". There are too many others to list them all, but yours will go down in history as one of the best!

  • In my opinion I don't think it matters if you play games like she was describing and grow up thinking that violence is okay. What I think matters is not the type of games you play, but how you are raised.

  • ah..it's not the game..in fact studies show,the more violent games you play...the more stress you take out...rathier than actultly killing..plus...your stupid...VIOLENT AMES ROCK!!!!and remember the first admendment?I do...

  • CBS news makes me puke.

  • i really hate when people stereotype all underage gamers to be psycologically connected to the game, not all kids who play mature games end up being jackasses in real life, i play mature games myself (15 year old) and i honestly don't see why the hell people are complaining so much, only complete and total retards who obviously weren't raised right would actually imitate the crimes on video games expecting unrealistic consequences

  • @Tooopper So true. I've been play 18 rated games since I was like 10, and believe it or not, I'm one of the least violent people you will ever meet.

  • What? when do i get a axe and knife in my copy of Man hunt? hahaha guess it must have been the colllectors edition hahaha and this person is a idiot

  • That's funny. I don't remember getting a knife and glass shard with my copy of Manhunt. 

  • Tetris trained me how to stack bodies efficiently.

  • man fuck this lady

  • yep thats the media for you look at one side of the story and not the other

  • Well, she's retarded. I don't think little kids should be playing GTA4 or Manhunt, but there's no proof that playing violent games makes people violent! And when I was in 6th grade, I found books in my school library more violent than any of my games.

    

  • HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH?!?! WTF!!!!!! ive been playin M games all my life and have i murdered anyone yet? NO! DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND BURN THAT NOTEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS SOON AS I HEARD THEM MENTION COMMON SENSE MEDIA I KNEW THIS VID WOULD BE BULL!!

  • HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH?!?! WTF!!!!!! ive been playin M games all my life and have i murdered anyone yet? NO! DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND BURN THAT NOTEBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • wuddup with grown ups these days they don't want violence in video games... thank god Jack Thompson is done with his crap

  • i wanna burn that notebook

  • F U! Im done here

  • problems with today's kids is they aren't aggressive enough because of stupid parents who actually listen to these news reports there turning there kids into pussy's and a majority is boys that have to deal with shit in there futures turn into losers that have no aggression to fight back for there view of what is right and wrong

  • Fuck you katie, this is why no one watch's the CBS Evening news. Your ratings are in the toilet.

  • I kinda want to wield a knife or an axe or a glass shard to stab her.

  • Thank you Katie, you have also showed me that it's unhealthy to be an asshole. I'll try not to turn out like you.

  • i feel bad for Britain for not having an epic game BUT on the other hand if you have a hack psp then thats a different story ;)

  • OH GAWD WHEN I HEAR COMMEN SENSE MEDIA I JUST EXITED THE FREAKING VIDEO

  • PEGI.info FAQs

    Do games have an influence on children?

    The research on the impact of videogames has been focused primarily on violence. Numerous studies have been published, but until today there is no evidence that playing violent video games causes any long-term or lasting increase in aggressiveness or violence among players.

    Sources: Long list....

    Honestly...

  • Even my parents play videogames, and they didn't do anything violent IRL. :l

  • Fucking katie Couric isnt gana make me throw my Xbox out window and say "I CANT PLAYS BECAUSE KATIE COURIC SAID SO" I play Fallout 3 and blow peoples heads off, but im not gana grow up and go blow some guys head off.....Geez, These crazy parents are to paranoid. The only kids that do that have some kind of Mental Problem.

  • god shes a bitch

  • This dumb blonde wench obviously did not have a normal childhood because she doesnt understand the differences between fantasy and reality. For example of what happen to her when she was a teen or young child, she was punished by her parents for pretending that she someone else such as a halloween costume. So in her point of view all kids and teens do not have the right to fantasize or to have a imagination of anything that helps them put up with the bullshit that occurs in their life.

  • There is a version Mature (2 versions) and there is 1 version adult only idiot.

  • I dunno she could be on to something. Don't you guys remember the 90's when people kept jumping on turtles after playing Mario Bros?

  • gets me afraid... i have been acting a little aggressive lately... But it shouldn't have been that game it should have been Gears Of War 2 That Freaked Me out. just at the end you go into a giant freakin worm?!?!?!? and cut out its guts?!?!?!?!?

  • Violent video games cause children to act more aggressive? It's people like her, who take the games away, that make children more aggressive.

  • yea yea blame the video games look at the world!

  • I dont think violent video games have no effect on children i have been playing violent video games scince i was 6 yrs old like GTA, call of duty, medal of honor, turok, teken,and much more. im 15 now and not one but violent. sure if someone phyicly hurts me i will hurt them back bt thats normal. parents need to stop freaking out about rating systems. even some parents wont let their kids watch spongebob. i say expose kids to violence and drugs and teach them what it is and why its wrong.

  • wot kind of dumb ass kid will go around killing people with a fuking glass jar fukin slag eat shit

  • 'actually wield a(n) [object]' ? Ow really? I thought they were holding a controller and were pressing (read, pushing) the buttons on that controller..

    Also it has an M rating for a reason, if retailers give products to people who aren't allowed to purchase those product and they know it, then blame the retailers >.>

  • How are violent video games any different from violent movies?

  • i think parents need to shut their goddamn mouths about some of the craziest things on earth, like playing violent video games. if you don't like these violent games, don't play them!!!!! and parents, one more thing, fuck u!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The guy is runs Common sense Media is a ugly moron.

  • bbbbbb bull spit

  • 0:28 - 0:36  So why direct the hatred towards the games when it's stores ignoring the rules? If violence is such an issue then I suggest every news anchor stops broadcasting news from Gaza or wherever violence takes place. Also, hollywood should stop producing horror movies or thrillers where people get decapitated or mauled to death.

    It's all just a cheap front because games have become more entertaining than TV. It's movie producers paying game developers to make movies based on games now.

  • @macnahamic your so right

  • Humanumikey you didn't play POSTAL AV lol, if person is stable then games cannot do any damage to psychics etc

  • thats why there is game ratings T and whatever...

    its ur fault if ur gonna buy some L4D2 game or whatever while u are a kid

    damn...

  • parents need to be more responsible for what their children are playing... the average age of gamers is 25-30. Some children as young as grade one are playing GTA. That is ridiculous.

    Parents need to take some responsibility and stop slamming the game industry. These games are meant for adults NOT little kids.

  • ....really...this is why theres a game rating if your 5 year old starts cussing because its in his GTA then its your fault for buying it for him...its just that simple so im puzzled why the parents bitch

  • "But retailers have been know to sell to underage kids...'

    Big hole in your logic there.

    1. If the employee knows the age limitations of buying the game why are they selling to underage kids?

    And 2 It's not the consumer's fault. It's the employees job to check who buy's what or what they can't buy.

  • The kids got to have some mental issues if he starts killing people after playing a video game.

  • I don't really give a shit if people hate violent games. I don't play GTA 4 and feel like shooting anyone. If a kid feels like killing someone after playing manhunt 2, than he's got some fucked up parents.

  • @chrism60561 you feel like killing someone?

  • Would you rather me cut myself or play video games to release the pain???

  • i wanna fuckin murder her like danny does

  • well fuck you Katie Couric

  • I play video games to prep me for Real Life Combat... is that such a crime?

  • @5iv3z no its perfectly alright

  • Katie Couric shut the FUCK UP

  • I've played Dead Space one of the goriest and more violent games to exist, and I have all advance classes and As and Bs. Cut the bullshit.

  • but.....dead space is killing aliens or necromorphs (whatever there called cant remember)

    it doesnt compare when it comes to human characters

    dont get me wrong though, i love manhunt

    its way more violent than dead space though

  • My answer to stuff like this, though not the best one that could be used: "Real Life Has No Respawns."

  • or checkpoints

  • @Rorethepiedude Yes it does. Hurr durr.

  • why do all ppl think playing a violent game will cause them to kill other ppl its not possible god

  • one word PARENTS

  • its rated AO and if you know of a retailer that sells to underage gamers id love for you to point it out cuz i can't find one and i want gta4

  • Want to know why she says this crap? What is more popular than TV Who are the ones running the program?

    Media hates gaming because it takes away their viewers, I hate media because its stuck up (im a gamer), now I get info on my PC so I know im not being lied to. TV wants to kill video games, its as simple as that... Again, if a kid knows the difference between fantasy and violence, go ahead, play whatever game you want, and if someon swears at em online,tough, lernin like all other peeps

  • i went to buy a game that was 18 i forgot about i got to be 18 but my ma was in the other shop so i got her the people at the shop dont care once theres someone over 18 buying it

  • I'm under the age of 17 and I don't get violent after playing some Halo 2 or Fallout 3.

  • lolol, more than pressing a button, the player actually wields a knife, a glass shard blah blah blah to stab an opponent...

    bitch, don't you have to press the button? ahahahaha stupid as fuck

  • don't blame kids stupid bitch. blame the kids that have no fucking brains.

  • @RoadRageFTW Well sad.

  • Its pecause they sensor their children from any sort of learning

  • I think if a child of any age shows the maturity, or understanding of the difference between reality and fantasy, they should be able to play any game they want to. Grand Theft Auto is completely unrealistic, and someone who can tell the difference understands. Video games dont teach violence, Nationalism does

  • Im not sure why you were rated -1 but your totally right.

  • yea, they need a rating system that bases on how a child behaves, not on their age.

    heres my system of rating=

    CE=you are stupid for buying this, burn it

    E=everyone unless you hate fun

    E10=WTF?-just to make teh 10sies happy

    T=Stupid people beware

    M=Be Mature-very important for online play online

    AO=Most of these games should be "M" but helicopter parents complain way too much

  • read this here  i think you should let your kids play shit like this this is why let say your kid got 3 Fs on the report card you send em to there room more than likly if you grounded them they would thow shit around punch the wall shit like that but you let them play vidio games you let them kill the peds in gta and stuff the anger will die down less anger will start to behave

  • People are naturally violent anyway. They just need something to blame.

  • wow a bitch from the news blaming games for showing violence as an everyday thing, while your fucking news channel is dedicated to infrom people of current violence since that's the only thing ever focused on in your career

  • I've been playing violent video games since I was about 11 years old, and I wouldn't dream of actually harming someone.

    Violence is a part of everyday life, but you don't have to play video games to know that. Just watch the news! Any sane and mature individual would know that violence is not permissible.

  • lol ive been playing violent games since the age of 8 and I am a happy person, I have good friends and the thought of killing someone would haunt me forever. Adults can be pretty damn stupid when they need some excuse for their own kids behaviour.

  • well said :D

  • It is your fault CBS, it is the governments fault, it is are parents fault... but it is in no way are fault. Video Games has never proven increased violence. If you take a proper poll on living status you'll realize that the kids who are violent because of "video stimulation" have parents that are drunks or drug addicts. Watch the news... violence is by the media and by improper parental teachings. it is your fault not ours and not are great entertainment.

  • I rented this and the whole motion controls thing is pretty exaggerated. It's really just waving the controller from side to side or up and down in set patterns. I can why it confuses your average soccer mom but in practice up-left-down doesn't really feel any more brutal or violent, than X-B-Y on any other controller.

  • "Violent video-games can...and accept violence as part of everyday life." I though violence was part of everyday life...

  • These people are retarded

  • DUDE even nfs made me super angry(like punching the keyboard) when i wasn't winning, so stop blaming the violence .you must have down syndrome to immitate a game , movie .

  • lol dont forget about guns, police battons, shock sticks, gourette wires, baseball bats, syringes, and other weapons ya dumb bitch

  • im agreeing to wejw14

  • i agree and on the news they talk about it alot and on the radio you hear about shootings, gang violence and other junk. games are entertainement not real life. news is retarted

  • violence is a part of everyday life.... you never heard of the wars in the middle east..... cus you post that on cbs everyday...... game cause violance! peh

  • it was only band for the wii in England you can still get it for ps2

  • If there was an annual price for being retarded, she would earn it year after year.

  • The violent games or the argument against video games seems like its almost ALWAYS conducted by people who never play the games themselves. I've grown up on various gaming systems and people would be hard pressed to find a discerning difference between me and a non-gamer as far as violent tendencies go. I like how another video showed that parents were less concerned about their kids underage drinking (something DEFINETLY mind altering) or exposure to pornography than to video games.

  • ok im 11 i see why she doesnt like the idea of underaged players but ive been playing for 7 years and i havend been violent at all. ok maby a little.but im positiv im not gunna kill or harm anyone unless they have it comeing to them.

  • im 14, My first game was "Delta Force" back when I was about 5, I would use them in a military training PClab while dad worked (hes a marine), then came halo which had an awesome storyline...My mom hated the games, but my dad knew they were ok, and now, Im glad I played becaue that gaming got me into computers, which is fun and awesome

  • Wow. Katie is a freakin' idiot! And you know what?! WHY WOULD PARENTS BUY A GAME FOR KIDS CALLED "Manhunt"? AND IT'S RATED M! Do the retailers have to say "This has blood, guts, and brains" for every M rated game sold?

  • give me a break...if anything, the games aren't violent enough...I read books that are more violent than any video game I've ever played

  • 30 days of night .... freaked me out more than flood in halo 1,2,3 combined.

  • @Humanumikey Still waiting for A clockwork Orange game to be made! 

  • @Humanumikey you just got my respect.

  • "Retailers are known to sell these M rated games to underage kids"

    It's the parents who buys them. >.>

    Don't hate the retailer, hate the parents.