the list of 10 recommended games was ASS.  i saw this on CNN.

there were like 3 sports games (yeah, i’m excited) and the rest sucked.  i don’t remember what they were.

Too bad it’s PS2.

What’s wrong with PS2?
I pretty much stopped playing Doom 3 to play GTA: San Adreas and Metal Gear Solid 3.

On a side note Jim - knowing that you like MMA, I was wondering if you have seen Silva V. Jackson 2?

Too bad it’s PS2.

Uh-oh, is that another one of those “Mac” things? Like the PS2 is the Microsoft version of the X-Box...oops um, the Gamecube? What’s wrong with PS2?

buzzcut.com - 10 Worst Violent Videogames: A little Context

These explanations were peculiar and incomplete. Looking at the list, at least one game is not out yet (“Hitman”) and one is available only as an import “(Gunslinger Girls 2”). So, it is difficult to see how any sort of criteria could be applied.

In the context of these comments, it appears that the list is a political assemblage of games meant to illustrate a point and breed public ire.

I followed up with a simple question, “Who on this panel has played which of the games?”

Burke answered first, “I haven’t played any of them.” She backed up her willful ignorance of the games by suggesting that she didn’t need to read Soldier of Fortune to know that she was opposed to its glorification of killing. “I think it’s an irrelevant question,” she concluded.

Another panelist, Pat Wolf, executive director of the ICCR, took the opportunity to suggest that the ESRB raters didn’t play the games either. They simply watched submitted footage.

Finally, Pamela Eakes, president and founder, Mothers Against Violence in America, offered that she had reviewed play of GTA: San Andreas and Halo 2 for about 6 hours. Her answer was not clear in terms of how she reviewed the games or with whom.

liked this article and thought i’d bring it to attention, or particularly this little bit atleast.

personally i’m still not sure the effects of violent games on children. i’d like to think i have an open mind on the subject, despite having played and enjoyed a couple games on that list. but they certainly aren’t going to get me to believe these games have a negative impact by assembling what seems to be a random list of top games.