Comments on: Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 Review http://tattlerextra.org/2010/01/cabelas-big-game-hunter-2010-review/ B-CC HS Student Newspaper Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin Skovholt http://tattlerextra.org/2010/01/cabelas-big-game-hunter-2010-review/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Justin Skovholt Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:57:23 +0000 http://tattlerextra.org/?p=2960#comment-347 This game is a hunting sim. It's not graphic or particularly mature in any way. It also depicts a perfectly legal activity. Grand Theft Auto, on the other hand, rewards players (and in fact requires players) to commit crimes, kill people, etc. etc. in order to advance. A hunting game doesn't deserve press any more than a movie with guns does. This being said, all the press around Grand Theft Auto, Mass Effect (sigh), Manhunt, Bully (even less deserved) is misplaced by the media. The way media vilifies games (despite their M ratings) is ridiculous to me. Even something like the hot coffee scandal (which is reasonable to oppose) should be overlooked as the game has an M rating. When was the last time you heard of R movies being too violent? Media controversy happens when parents buy games they shouldn't buy for their kids. Parents walking in on their 11 year old during a Mass Effect "sex scene" and telling the media how horrified they were is why this happens. Given that this is called "Big Game Hunter", I doubt many kids from that age range are interested. Parents won't buy the game for their kids as it also isn't a hyped title. Furthermore, the violence in this game isn't particularly graphic or disturbing. I know I wrote a bit of an essay here (with a rant in the middle) but I hope this answers your question. This game is a hunting sim. It’s not graphic or particularly mature in any way. It also depicts a perfectly legal activity. Grand Theft Auto, on the other hand, rewards players (and in fact requires players) to commit crimes, kill people, etc. etc. in order to advance. A hunting game doesn’t deserve press any more than a movie with guns does.

This being said, all the press around Grand Theft Auto, Mass Effect (sigh), Manhunt, Bully (even less deserved) is misplaced by the media. The way media vilifies games (despite their M ratings) is ridiculous to me. Even something like the hot coffee scandal (which is reasonable to oppose) should be overlooked as the game has an M rating. When was the last time you heard of R movies being too violent?

Media controversy happens when parents buy games they shouldn’t buy for their kids. Parents walking in on their 11 year old during a Mass Effect “sex scene” and telling the media how horrified they were is why this happens.

Given that this is called “Big Game Hunter”, I doubt many kids from that age range are interested. Parents won’t buy the game for their kids as it also isn’t a hyped title. Furthermore, the violence in this game isn’t particularly graphic or disturbing.

I know I wrote a bit of an essay here (with a rant in the middle) but I hope this answers your question.

]]> By: Shoshana http://tattlerextra.org/2010/01/cabelas-big-game-hunter-2010-review/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Shoshana Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:51:24 +0000 http://tattlerextra.org/?p=2960#comment-344 Regardless of the aspects of the actual gaming experience, I think that this type of video game is a terrible influence on extremely susceptible young children and adolescents. Simply think about the message the game is sending: that of environmental destruction and violence. I understand fully that it is "only a game", but what about all of that hub-bub surrounding Grand Theft Auto. Why is it that this game is not receiving as much press? Regardless of the aspects of the actual gaming experience, I think that this type of video game is a terrible influence on extremely susceptible young children and adolescents. Simply think about the message the game is sending: that of environmental destruction and violence. I understand fully that it is “only a game”, but what about all of that hub-bub surrounding Grand Theft Auto. Why is it that this game is not receiving as much press?

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