Really? I could find much more violent games than some of those listed

Maybe if 75% of black children weren't born out-of-wedlock and actually had parents raising them, there would be someone to prevent the kid from playing the games and committing crimes.... oh wait, but that would actually address the problem.....

Did they actually play Killer7? Sure, its content isn't for kids, but putting it above RE4 and GoW shows how little she knows about games.

Looks like someone is trying to make a name for themselves! What branch of government is she running for?

I think it is funny that Gears isn't on the list. You can't really get a much more violent game then Gears.

11. Custer's Revenge (1982)

I think everyone played their part in NOT buying Killer-7 already.

So she's going to be the new JT? great...

If people like this want to be taken seriously, they should at least do enough research to create a list of 10 games that ARE suitable for young players. CNN and Fox News have the market on fear all tied up. One might find they do quite well by also putting forward a positive angle instead of this tired, old, hell-in-a-handbasket malarkey (hint hint Ms. Worthy).

Killer 7, do you really belong here?? i mean yeah you were screwed up but most violent top 10. surely civ should be up here, you nuke people for god sake!

think they actually played any of these or simply chose on the title?

As a native of Michigan, I can say this:

Video games didn't make Detroit a hell hole. The people of Detroit made Detroit a hell hole.

Looks like she just grabbed games from a potluck of M rated ones. I doubt she put much effort into it.

The violent content of video games is almost as bad as smoking, according to a University of Michigan research study that was published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Don't know about you guys... but all this jumping on the "using violent videogames as a scapegoat" bandwagon is beginning to piss me off just a little bit now.

@lawblob: Stop making sense. That's not allowed. Also, if you're white you're a racist and if you're black then you're an Uncle Tom. Just want to cover the bases since someone else will inevitably come in and say it.

12. Phoenix Wright - Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

To be fair, it's possible that bargain-bin games are most popular in economically depressed Detroit. For them the choice is: do I buy a PS3, or a $700 house?

I'm glad Gears of War isn't on it as now I can get that for my 5 year old nephew for Christmas. Oh wait, no, that would be insane.

Someone should get her and JT in mugen. That'd be boss.

13. Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

I did just as much research as she did.

I bought Killer 7 when it first came out. I actually thought it was pretty good. Stylish and interesting, really weird story. Gameplay was good, but it could've benefited from being a Wii-age game, vs. Gamecube/PS2. I don't think I could go back and play it today, it would need to be sharpened up and have some control changes to make it more playable. It wasn't a failure, though. Well, not from my perspective. Obviously, not many people were interested enough to buy it. Same can be said for Beyond Good & Evil, too, though. Nobody bought it, it was 10 bucks in the bargain bin practically the instant that I noticed it even existed. What a phenomenal game that was, though. Way better than Killer 7. Hell, it stands out in my memory as one of the finest games of last generation, period. I wish they'd decide to do a sequal to it. Damn that sequal-teasing ending.

No, she's onto something here. I mean, anyone that would be stupid enough to purchase or play a copy of 50 Cent Bulletproof might turn into an idiotic, violent murderer after they realized how shitty the game was, and how they would never get their money or time back from such an endeavor.

Detroit was a hell-hole well before video games became "realistic". Things like Reaganomics, a shrinking industrial base, crack, the war on drugs, and incompetent civic leadership that is more focused on making Detroit look good and attracting the next Super Bowl, instead of fixing the real crime and poverty problems there.

If anything, I'm sure the nonsense that comes on MTV and BET has something to do with it. Games? Maybe some rare cases where the child gets too involved and obsessed.

Otherwise?

Kids like to act out what they hear on the radio and what they see in videos. Simple.

Geeze, outdated much? They might as well include a list of violent movies to avoid and include Cannibal Holocaust, Halloween, or the original Dawn of the Dead. Once that's done, we can focus on the real problems, like the evil that is The Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch Up" and the backwards satanic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven."

Why couldn't she jus say: "If a game has a big capital M sitting at a funny angle in the corner of the box, don't get it for young children." Hell, I probably just conveyed the message in less time than statistics say most adults in this country stop paying attention!

Wait, what was I just talking about?

Didn't Time Magazine rate Detroit's mayor as the worst mayor in America? Never mind that, though, it's better to blame those evil video game corporations that actually do nefarious things, like 'employ people.'

i don't believe that as properly informed about video games as she makes herself out to be. at the same time, whenever politician blames video games for violence, a lot of you guys go "NO IT'S THE PARENTZ FAULT, THEY NEED TO CONTROEL WHAT THEIR KIDS DO." well guess what? she's not trying to pass legislation to ban certain video games. she's warning parents about the possible consequences so that they can make better choices.

seriously, some of you are just as bad as jack thompson, except in the other extreme.

whoops i meant "i don't believe that she's as properly informed..."

@Theoban: c'mon, there was no violence in that! unless you count death by snoo-snoo...

psst - no one tell (american) lawyers there's sex in games! then the witchhunt will be 10x worse. i'm surprised leisure suit larry hasn't been arrested yet.

So how long do we have until the stupid idiots with "power" die out? But I have to agree on one point she made.When I was little I played Mortal Kombat a lot, so much so it drove to put on a blue ninja outfit and then freeze people to death with the power of my hands. Midway why did you make me do that? Whhhhyyyyyyy!

@blaked567: Unless you get at root causes of a problem, you won't solve anything. A poor, urban kid in Detroit growing up in the hood has a lot of things to worry about. Violent video games are so far down on the list it's laughable. Her point is valid, it's just of very low importance.

Detriot was a shithole way before any of those games came out.

Detroit has gone down hill since they got rid of Robocop.

@HyperWrench: haha; so true..

Says Worthy, "Please do not buy these video games and bring them into your home. Stop playing them for their uniquely gameplay elements. Stop playing them for their great graphics. Stop playing them for their great stories. Excuse me, I'll be in my room...studying violent video games."

Seriously, what the crap? 300 and 50 Cent Bulletproof make the list, but we (Saints Row) get left out in the cold. No justice, I tell you!

@HyperWrench: Heh heh heh.

*Robocop extracts gun from interior leg holster, unloads several rounds*

Robocop: "THANK YOU FOR ADHERING TO ESRB GUIDELINES!"
OCP CEO: "That's some nice shooting, son. What's your name?"
Robocop: "JACK THOMPSON."

OK, agreed, kids shouldn't be playing violent games.

I might even stretch a little to say that adults playing violent games isn't the best either, but (most of 'em, anyway) have the ability to discern reality from fiction, so it's not necessarily as harmful.

Nonetheless, it seems to me to be pretty OBVIOUS to parents that they shouldn't be getting these games for kids. I mean, look at the titles.

Grand Theft Auto, Hitman, God of War, Resident Evil, Manhunt. Do these SOUND like titles appropriate for kids? If you need further confirmation, the box art is pretty informative about what's going to be in the game, for the most part. You really can't get Manhunt 2 without knowing what you're getting. Yeah, the rating system's broken, but apparently so is the parental judgment meter.

Im was surprised that they didn't include Halo 3 after all that faggotry video caught in XBL.

Oh man. Now I really wanna play Killer7 again. ^_^

Don't kid yourselves, though, folks. Killer7 is quite violent. Granted it's not constant or completely gratuitous like some games, but any game where you fight a pair of corpses that had their brains blown out, or a game where an explosion blows a person in half is pretty violent.

@sinimax: I have a theory: What if Jack Thompson and all those other video game "concerned Mothers" really play the game. They act like it doesn't exist.

@TalKeaton: I think one problem is that a lot of parents are proud of their kids. So proud, in fact, they think their kids are "more mature than those other psycho kids." Why do so many cases of gun violence in schools happen in rural and suburban areas?

Well, ok, admittedly, I'm sure they've got more metal detectors at inner-city schools, so maybe my theory is a little flawed. But still, you get the idea.

@lawblob: Since when did become mandatory to marry before deciding to have a baby?

Hey, someone mentioned Killer7.. Gotta replay that now.

I think we may have found a new lawyer to call a whiny bitch. The Jack won't be missed, but it seems some new idiot is will to fill in his shoes.

Lovely, So someone says don't buy these games for your kids and you people have a problem with that?!

These games are not meant for kids. These are Mature games. I agree with her. DON"T buy these games for kids.

There is no need to attack EVERY adult that mentions video games. One day, you will be an adult yourself and will agree with the phrase "Mature video games don't belong in the hands of young children." What's so hard to understand about this statement?

@Cappy: Grammar errors FTL :(

50 cent Bulletproof? Did anyone play that?
and, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the 300 game for the GBA? That doesn't sound like it's on par with God of War, much less ranking higher on the gore scale.

@lawblob: I'm gonna go ahead and blame the crash of manufacturing work in the US as a prime culprit? Never been to Detroit, but from what I've heard, it was a lot more than just a center for US car manufacturing, but a lot of metal work and production that (I assume) has now all gone overseas to cheaper labor pools, leaving a dense urban core with half the decent-paying jobs they once had, crashing the average income levels into the basement and promoting crime, poverty, and a decline in overall health and education for the general populace.

@Eyerox: Probably that most of us played some fairly violent games while growing up and turned out just fine. But most striking is, as Ashcraft points out, the lack of research in compiling a list comprising many fairly old games. Wouldn't that lead someone to reasonably conclude that the person compiling this list has no idea what's really in these games, and may just be going off someone else's description?

I'd give most of those games to any reasonably intelligent 12 year old.