Another family organization upset with a Wii game

First it was MadWorld and now it’s House of the Dead: Overkill. Yup, that’s right – Another family organization has expressed dissatisfaction with a Wii title. This marks the second time in just a little over a week that the content in a Wii game has upset a family group. Angela Conway, director of the Pro Family Perspective, is “very distressed that a large number of teenagers and adults would play this game [House of the Dead: Overkill] and soak up this amount of sexually aggressive violence and aggressively violent language.”

“The gaming industry has been mischievously misrepresenting the classification system on this issue. I feel very distressed that a large number of teenagers and adults would play this game and soak up this amount of sexually aggressive violence and aggressively violent language. We need to draw a deep breath and look at the research, which will show a need to scale back this level of violence. Given the increasing amount of knowledge now available of the effects of exposure to intense levels of violence on the adolescent brain, we should be reviewing the level of violence the MA15+ classification now allows.”

SEGA is defending their game, however, and says that, “House of the Dead: Overkill has been rated as suitable for people over 15. It is not an R-rated game. The swearing in it is very much stylised so it matches the Grindhouse cinema style made famous by director Quentin Tarantino. In playing the game, players attack zombies or humanoid characters but never humans. This is an important distinction that the classification board makes when it gives a rating.”

Thanks to Jake for the news tip.