Nintendo has become a household name that traditionally brings happy thoughts. Video games have been turned into a bonding experience within families. This time however, one game stirs controversy. Imagination Is the Only Escape, is the title of a video game that Luc Bernard, 21, has developed in the U.K. The theme of the game is to show how Nazis tortured children during the Holocaust. "It casts players in the role of a young boy in eastern France during the German occupation who seeks escape from real-life horror through a fantasy world," the article states.
Alten8, the company that is liscenced to create games for Nintendo U.K., is in the process of releasing another game by Bernard. This title deals with global warming.
The United States will not see this title in toy stores or retail stores however. While Bernard says that the game is supposed to be educational, where is the limit drawn? “There will be no on-screen violence in this product. I don’t see war as a game. I don’t find that amusing," says Bernard.
The article doesn't mention the reason why the United States has no plans to release the game but I believe the reason is because the concept is very twisted. Young children play these video games, and while he says there is no violence present, how else does one illustrate the way children were tortured? I think it can be very damaging to the psyche, especially of a young child, and there is nothing entertaining about that.
What is your opinion of the video game? Why do you think the United States is not releasing the game?
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That is kind of a sick idea and I don't how it could be very educational. I'm pretty sure the U.S. won't be releasing it is because of all the issues it would cause among different social groups we have in America, mothers would raise hell that their children would have access to such a mindless game.
This is a sick and twisted way of informing children how the Nazis tortured children. Why would anyone want to see that? I agree that they say no violence, but how else are you going to show children being tortured. Who honestly wastes their time to come up with something so awful. I think that the US is going to release it because it is twisted. We have enough violent video games as it is.
May I say "Manhunt" a video game released in the U.S. with the premise of the game being about filming people as their dying. Game makers are always trying to push the limits of what is except able to make a profit. The idea that you need a video game to educate puts the a R in retarded. I could see if they were really trying to push spelling with Mario, but this push it to extreme.
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