King Tutankhamun Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 A lawsuit by Haitian groups that asks for the top-selling video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" to be removed from store shelves will be decided in federal court.Haitian civil rights groups filed the lawsuit because the game instructs players to "kill the Haitians" and awards points for each kill. The suit was filed December 23 in state circuit court in Palm Beach County. Attorneys for Rockstar Games Inc. opted to move the case to federal court, and that motion was granted Tuesday. No hearing dates were immediately set. New York-based Rockstar Games has agreed to remove the offensive line from future versions of the award-winning video game that has sold 11 million copies. But the Haitian organizations, led by the Haitian-American Coalition of Palm Beach County, have also asked for more than $15,000 in damages. The lawsuit takes on heavyweights in the video game industry, including Rockstar Games, its parent company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment, the Microsoft Corp., and retailers Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy. The manufacturer of the game, in which an ex-convict is hired to recover stolen drug money in the streets of Miami, has been harshly criticized for its portrayal of Haitians. Earlier this month, about 100 Haitian-Americans demonstrated outside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in nearby Boynton Beach chanting, "Stop Vice City." Attorneys for the Haitian organizations and the video game manufacturer did not return phone calls late Wednesday. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/fun.games/01/...t.ap/index.htmlSo what do you think about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Eh, usually I'm one to tell people stop fussing about stuff like this, but I think that it is reasonable to remove that line. It's just a game and it's all fantasy, but the game can be just as good without the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 I am against any kind of censorship, to me the fault isn't the game who is influencing people, the fault is on the people being influenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 I don't really see the point in the lawsuit. In many games it says kill "so-so" and their not getting suit by anyone. If the Haitians are to win this case then the video game world would never be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto_Icy_Tripod Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 I'm with matt here, there's really nothing special about the game in that matter I don't think. Atleast not from the artile, I mean, it might be said in a bad way (instead of just, "kill the haitians", then something like, "kill the haititians cause they're all stupid morons with no..." Get my drift?), I can't tell, but the way it's portrayed in the article I don't have a problem with it. Uh, let me rephrase that, the way it's portrayed in the article, I don't think there's sufficient reason to do anything about the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 If the Haitians are to win this case then the video game world would never be the same. Can you expand? I can see little changing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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