A trailer for a documentary entitled (clever pun this) Moral Kombat has been doing the rounds on YouTube and sparking debate (mostly suitable outrage from gamers) about it's biased content. The trailer is a one-sided montage of gaming's typical controversial violent scapegoats such as Manhunt, Grand Theft Auto and Oddworld (eh?!). That's right Oddworld, the game starring a farting, skinny green guy called Abe. It's this total lack of insight on the subject from the people behind the film that really has us non-plussed about the whole thing, it's an age-old debate that until recently was a hot potato in movie world. It's also a debate that is a complete waste of time since what is being suggested by the fanatics involved is a ratings system to inform the consumer of the type of content featured in the game. Um...don't we already have that? Violent games are already rated by the BBFC and PEGI in the UK and ESRB in the US. If games featuring mature content fall into the hands of children, it's the responsibility of the parents. It's a hackneyed argument and one that will unfortunately run and run. Mercifully, the film is unlikely to receive backing from any studio as they all share a happy and lucrative relationship with videogames.
Yes, we can see what they mean here. It's enough to make you want to kill your family and eat their still-warm carcasses. Chilling.If after watching the trailer you feel like this is the film you've been waiting for, we suggest you flush your head down the nearest toilet repeatedly, preferably one with a nice fresh floater. We can only hope that the film's maker, one Spencer Halpin will do the same.
See the trailer for yourself and weep at it's sweeping, epic music suggesting apocalyptic foreboding accompanying the tenuous, unfounded rhetoric being spouted by the film's contributors.
Insightful musings include "...what do you think happens when a nine-year old boy sits down and plays a first-person shooter videogame that rewards him for killing cops?" This being a game rated 18 by the BBFC? No game featuring this kind of stuff is made available to kids! See what we mean?! I reckon if the nine-year old in question is mentally sound, he's likely to have fun, nothing more.
Also, it turns out a flight sim was what caused 9/11...they had to bring the infamous terrorist attacks into their polemic to reinforce what is clearly a flimsy argument.
OK, we're clearly not non-plussed at all. On second thoughts don't watch the trailer, it'll only make your blood boil.We're going out now to let off some steam and cap a few grannies. Obviously.
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