Ripten Video Game Blog » blown away http://www.ripten.com All Your Geek Are Belong To Us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en-us hourly 1 ©Ripcast chad@ripten.com (Ripcast) chad@ripten.com(Ripcast) Video Games 1440 ripten, ripcast, riptenradio, ripten radio, video games, videogames, games, video Video game nerdery at it's finest. Join Staff Writers and Editors from Ripten.com that decided to make a weekly podcast as an outlet to incessantly and unendingly talk about video games, in order to avoid getting awkward stares in public. Enjoy. Ripcast Ripcast chad@ripten.com No no http://www.ripten.com/ripcast/ripten-ripcast-144x144.jpg Ripten Video Game Blog http://www.ripten.com 144 144 NYPD in Row Over Saints Row 2: Volition May Have New York Privileges Revoked http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/14/nypd-in-row-over-saints-row-2-volition-may-have-new-york-privileges-revoked/ http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/14/nypd-in-row-over-saints-row-2-volition-may-have-new-york-privileges-revoked/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:22:46 +0000 Justin Arnold http://www.ripten.com/?p=7725

Illinois developer Volition, the makers of Saints Row 2, are under fire today as the New York Police department came out swinging their PR-25 side-handled baton at the e-thug simulator.

NYPD union boss Patrick Lynch told the Daily News of New York that “horrible and violent video games desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior … ”

Similar titles such as Grand Theft Auto have also come under the crosshairs of the NYPD for what they perceive as endorsing a criminal lifestyle.

Note to Volition: do not anger the police force that shoots the wrong people 41 times. I don’t care if you have Tera Patrick and her dual-side airbags in your corner, she’s not blowing anyone away. Figuratively speaking of course.

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