@kosbee: I always thought North Korea represented the Spartans better!

LiLllA

Where is WoW and Everquest?. Homicide is god awful, being sucked into a virtual world and weakening our next generation is even worse.

PsycheE

People are stupid. Goddamn are they stupid.

Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert

Killer 7? Wow.

james castle

Where's Facebook's SuperPoke?

idkmybffgreg

I thought the Most Dangerous Game was Man?

Did Richard Connell lie to me?

dry-roasted-peanuts

@DissmalScientist: 10. Hitman Blood Money (2006)

everybest

Blood Money is like 10 years old. They got 10 year old crimes that they think are video game related? This dbag kill someone whenever he bought a new game? If not, what makes you think its games rather then something else?

That is the whole problem with these bullshit claims. How the hell do you prove causality? You can't, all you can do is insinuate, predict, and assume.

DissmalScientist

@Scythed: Hahahaha, so they couldn't even be bothered to come up with their own list? This is getting more and more awesome.

art_zombie

This is just the list that Detroit Prosecutor Kim Worthy put out a few months ago. The order is even the same.

[www.gamepolitics.com]

Scythed

International copies of God of War actually shoot out of the systems fast enough to cause bodily harm. And playing 50 Cent: Bulletproof without sufficient body protection will cause cancer.

And trying to look for a copy of the original GTA at your local game store will probably get you slapped for being a moron.

... And Capcom has been known to deliver Tyrant Grade B.O.W.s to dissenting governments so I'd be cautious if I were you Thailand.

... ... I could do this all day.

art_zombie

Gears Of War is pretty damn bloody

DarkHavoc99

300 the game rocks!!!

everyonesmom

@ShaggE: Yeah, agreed.

peacefuloutrage

@[ZTF]: You kidding? I'll bet the gold farmer income in WoW is sustaining the Thai economy pretty nicely.

Tenth

I'm actually glad that killer7 is on that list. It's getting attention!

Entegy

I sincerely think it's hilarious that "God of War" and "Resident Evil 4" made the list. Because you have to shield children from the incredible urge to murder Ares and Zeus. You have got to have priorities.

And seriously, what about all other God of War's and Rez Evil's? Is it okay to play the other ones? What does this list do besides fail to serve it's purpose? What is it's purpose? This is stupid.

Sakilla

No Gaiden!

Bullshit!

etchasketchist

reminds me of Marx' book

waza

@kosbee: lol, "Custard's".

headcrab

That's honestly not a bad list. It sticks to violence instead of conflating boobies and doobies with chainsaw decapitations. Plus unlike with those American Wholesome Family Association of Wholesome Families lists that come out every year, I've actually heard of all these games.

jeangrae

GTA, RE4 and Hitman are the only good games on that list. A lot of exclusions aswell..but meh.. it's a list made by officials, what do you want from them..

Cosmitz

Where is No More Heroes. Come on Thailand, be a little more hip.

Ryfael

50 cents game should be banned just for sucking so much not violence.

tooji

href="#c7082175">Amnesiac85: Wow, violent. Damn you n.

Amnesiac85

WoW definitely should be in first place. That game has ruined players and families.

blizihizake

The 300 game was only on PSP. I thought about picking it up, but ROFLcoptered away instead.

I suppose RE4 is violet if you plan on taking a vacation in Spain and run across a village with the strangest people on Earth.

Amnesiac85

300 is a game?

PENI_MASTA

As crappy a game as 300 was... I'm sure it's on that list because it's pro-capitalist propaganda (i.e. Spartans are Americans and all others are the godless Persians.) I recall there being a big hubbub about the movie when it was released. The Thai Ministry of Health probably thinks that the 300 game is supposed to brainwash you.

kosbee

I wonder how they managed to create that list?

Anybody have a top ten most dangerous paintings?

ironspam

Did anyone even play that 300 game? Especially in Thailand? It was only on the PSP if I recall right.

Anyway...these games are all pretty much old news.

Cyanotic

This is pathetic, where is doki doki maho shin pan on this list?

Magicjarvis

This is...really hilarious. I can really imagine the ministry looking like they know what they're doing, but they really don't. This is really the height of stupidness...

Lujo

"4- 50 Cent - Bullet Proof"

Agreed, but for a completely different reason: It put more money in 50's pocket.

ShaggE

@[ZTF]: Truth.

A couple of those, I can't imagine that very many people even played.

sir_carrot

Why is Custard's Revenge not on this list?

kosbee

Actually they should ban god of war too, because the other day I was playing it and I had this serious urge to go out and murder my god because I wanted to see how easy it would be.

Desmondia

I didn't even know 300 had a game. Is it any good?

If anything, the movie version of half of these are probably 10 times more violent.

everybest

People tend to harm themselves due to WoW... not each other (excluding relationships of course).

;)

rezlow

300 the game? Instead of gears of war?

tooji

300: The Video Game lol

Arelan

I wish I could put a list together by by throwing darts too.

Frologic

Surprised WoW isn't on that. It's probably caused the most real-world harm.

[ZTF]

How ironic is it that four of those are based on movies/comics/horrible rappers, and another two have already been adapted into movies?

sacripanta

I am still grappling with God of War being on the list. Seriously, it's FUCKING fantasy. Greek Mythos is taught in schools, isn't it?

Sakilla

" The Public Health Ministry, which has monitored the impact of thse games on the mental and physical health of young Thais, yesterday released a list of 10 online games which have been banned in the United States since last year because of their inappropriate content...

They are: Manhunt; Scarface; 50 Cent: Bulletproof; 300: The Video Game; The Godfather; Killer; Resident Evil 4; God of War; Hitman: Blood Money; and Grand Theft Auto."

Read over at the GamePolitics article. Huh, I don't remember any of the GTA games being banned, well, SA until they had to edit it (and yes, editing a game does not equal banning as one GP poster said).

And not only that, but other then GTA IV, I don't think any of those games are actually online.

Ashkihyena

@Tenth:

Oh so then WoW isn't harming anyone by allowing for illegal gold farming in a game that has sucked away the lives of a countless number of people who have become addicted to it? Thanks for clearing that up.

NeoAkira

Resident Evil? I think there are way more violent and gruesome movies than these video games but you don't see movies getting very bad raps.

Super Bunny Princess

I hate all of this ignorant fear mongering. Instead of posting a simplistic "who's who" of gaming, parents (yes even Thai parents) should instead take the initative to research waht each of these games are about and then decide whether they're right for their children. I mean come on! The only thing that could possibly encourage violence in 50 cent's bulletproof, is that "fitty's" FACE is on the cover.

Don't let the government raise your child, take initative, BEAT YOUR KIDS!

NeVeRMoRe666

The only thing dangerous about Bullet Proof is that 50 cents money fault might explode killing his butlers, from the cash he pocketed from Bullet proof and will pocket from blood in the sand.
On a more serious note, I saw some 6 year olds with Bullet Proof on the train excitiedly chatting about their new purchase.

Did anyone actually play that 300 game on PSP?

excel_excel

Here in America we're wasting our time on research and debate and over in Thailand they've already figured out the definite link between violent behavior and video games and even know-- in order-- which game will evoke feelings of violence more than others.

Absent Blue

Try a little experiment. Type "death 'world of warcraft'" and "death 'grand theft auto'" into google. Which one has more hits?

World of Warcraft...

Edge of Blade

Thailand makes some incredibly violent movies. These games look like Wiiware compared to them.

proust

Pikmin caused me to murder my back garden. True story.

Ninjoc

@everybest: nooooooo its ass and on psp.

i think its great that 300 is on there...really makes this list look like they know what games are legitimately violent

bobdisgea

I admit Killer 7 is dangerous to your mental health, but it's also dangerously awesome.

Comatose Turtle

Thailand. where "the only winning move is not to play"

NES8bt

@NeoAkira: I think his point was, that's why it ain't on the list.

SeraphX2

50 Cent to damn funny. Hah, what a Douchebag.

shrek187

Don't they have more violence and death with their "love houses" and underage prostitution than video games. PRIORITIES people!!

DasKonstruct

300? The only danger that game poses is to suck your soul out via your PSP.

d3ath_fly

@cyr3n: Homelife is my lovelife :) kids and wife... though I bought my wife a laptop for just such and occasion... and apparently the Power of my thundering armies have nothing on her with the remote when Big Brother comes on.... oh to have remote play on the PSP for this game

JimmyNice

If Thailand wants to blame media for all thier problems, why don't they start with some of their own. 13 Beloved had more disturbing scenes in it than any GTA game I've played.

Vivalacherry

@JimmyNice: "Dangerous to my lovelife" strangely missing from the list..

cyr3n

that game has warped my fragile little mind~

cyr3n

Civilization Revolution is the most dangerous thing on my PS3 right now... Dangerous to my sleep, Dangerous to my homelife, Dangerous to my friendships

*The Manhattan Project has been built in Moscow*

oh... and now apparently very dangerous to the good people of Berlin

JimmyNice

This, from the peace-loving country that gave the world "Muay Thai"

alzheimers

@sacripanta: It's exactly 0% ironic. [dictionary.reference.com]

denki

@Sakilla: It's all fantasy. They're video games. That millions, if not hundreds of millions, have played. The fact that one psychotic kid with internet decided to scapegoat GTA4 could make a government react that way shows just how pathetic and fear-mongering the world really is.

Jayge

Lineage 2 surprisingly missing from the list..

cyr3n

@kosbee: Custer's Revenge would probably be in the "most likely to make you want to have sex with native american stereotypes" category, not in the "most dangerous" -probably meaning "most violent." I think Xman is more dangerous than Custer's Revenge, anyway (because your junk can get cut or bitten off!).

I'm going to make a videogame for the SNES (because I need the physical volume of the cartridge, and to maintain trendy retro feel) where the box contains scorpions (very, very angy scorpions), the rulebook summons beelzebub if read aloud, the cartridge is covered in razor blades and hardly fits into the slot unless considerable pressure is applied, it requires 3 drops of fresh orphans' blood to run (orphans under the age of 6), and promptly explodes when your name is entered. They shant deprive me of the Most Dangerous Game title, they shant!

denki

@Sakilla: "so it seems even more ridiculous to go after it [...] And the violence is so stylized, it's just foolish".

Ahem.... 7- Killer 7?

@crazyscreenwriter: You don't need a "simulation" for that sort of thing if you're going to Thailand...trust me.

NeVeRMoRe666

I wonder were little big planet would on the list?

devilmaycry2020

What about the Teenage Hooker Sex Tour Simulator?

crazyscreenwriter

Wait wait wait. You mean to tell me that there are those that have played the 300 video game?

Veloc

@Jayge: Agreed, agreed, it IS all fantasy, however, while I'm used to people slamming the real world imitators, God of War is a literal interpretation of the "Fantasy" genre, so it seems even more ridiculous to go after it.

For example, fine, you don't want kids playing games with real thugs and guns, real tools of violence, but the Blades of Chaos? That's just silly. And the violence is so stylized, it's just foolish. But the most foolish thing is how the list omits tons of games that would also be considered dangerous by the standards of the above list.

Whatever, it's the same old shit, different country.

Sakilla

I think Kid Chameleon is a pretty glaring omission. No other game has brought me as close to the cusp of homicidal rage as that one.

Gray665

this is more of a advertisement then a health warning..

MaloMan

I wish they would make a list of the games we COULD play instead -- like South Park's alternate list of dirty words. Plus they should put it in song form. That always works. Instead of shit say poo. Like eat my poo and you're a poo hole!

stradric

@art_zombie:
I'll take cancer over playing any game with Fiddy in it, and anyone who would willingly play that trash may just deserve it.

TrjnRabbit

Resi 4 got banned but gears of war did not?

WTF?

EdwinJ85

@Edge of Blade: Yeah... that might be because of WoW's upcoming Death Knight class.

bleeps

I guess mortal kombat is ok

GodKiller0

Killer 7?! The only dangerous part of that game is the terrible controls.

Do Kesubei

@SeraphX2:

And I think my point was two wrongs don't make a right.

NeoAkira

what?! No Pokemon?! lol

@PsycheE: WoW in Thailand? naaah! these people are much more busy playing Lineage 2 / Ragnarok Online / Maple Story.

what about Counter-Strike?

@NeVeRMoRe666: lol / agreed @ the "simulation" thing.

Hiero

Well, I'm glad someone's paying attention to killer7

Jeff Paine

Hah, what a joke

yashichi8bit

@Arelan: @excel_excel: @Sorshha:

300. That game is deadly, it should have been #1.

Desertwolf

Killer7??? *GLOMP*

Billkwando

I've only played 5 ... I'm safe .. right? ... right!? :)

hollowfreak

They're missing some real gems.

lumpi

Hey I'm surprised at the accuracy of this list. If there are games I wouldn't recommend to kids it's mostly those...

though personally I am against censorship. it's the parents job not to buy that kind of games for their kids.

interstate78

At least Thailand will be safe from 50 Cent: Bulletproof. I wish it got banned here, too.

vyleside

HA, I've got a friend from Thailand. I'm gonna ask her about this list.
I bet you she will not know what I'm talking about and that most people take that list about as seriously as we do.

But, I don't know.

It's nice to hear foreign bitching and not just the same ol' United Statesian foolishness.

P.S. 13 Beloved sounds pretty fucked.

SadSadSamus

what the lame? God of war? 50 Cent? 300?
Only like one or 2 of these have had any major controversy....
But God of war? That has to be just because of the name....

Sorshha

I still wonder why they had to copy the list from that one that the Detroit Police released.
I doubt most of those games were even released in Thailand.

Scythed

@yashichi8bit: Joke? JOKE?!?! THIS IS SPAAAAAARTAAAAA!!!

NeVeRMoRe666

@roflwaffles:
gah, it was supposed to be recognition.
curse my lack of 6th grade English!

roflwaffles

its always good to see killer 7 get some recognized.

roflwaffles

They played killer 7? good for them.
At least someone did...

canceric09

To show what a dork I am, I at first thought it said "Ministry of Magic." How disappointing.

Which Hitman is #1 though? Eh, it doesn't matter. I've played them all, which means I'm currently at Dexter levels of murdering insanity.

Thorax

Meanwhile, please feel free to pick up your tranny boys and 12 year old prostitutes at your local hot spot!

EnigmaNemesis

Oh snap! I live in Thailand.... T_T

Gekopa

Carmageddon fans rejoyce!

oskarkeo

@everybest: Think about it. If you never heard that 300 had a game, what are the odds that it's good?

y2julio

Does that make all of us who have played those games dangerous? ;)

Naia

List looks arbitrary like almost all top ten lists involving games.

ThaiGrocer

lol at killer 7 and re4.

maraxusofk

@denki:
Lol. You do know about "The Most Dangerous Game" right?

M-26-7

@ShaggE: So true.

@Thorax: Hahahaha, that's funny... I bet the Ministry of Magic opposes the anime "Witch Hunter Robin" and the movie "Hocus Pocus" and wouldn't know what to make of "Bewitched."

bobtheduck

I'm happy to see Killer7 make this list (or any list)!

presidentrich

I'm a bit confused by this. America only made controversies about like, two of those. I guess Thailand's criteria differ?

urutapu

so thailand is the new austrailia?

rianfrost

So war games like Call of Duty 4 or Halo don't raise any concern at all???

Killer_WaLrUs

@Scythed: You win this comment thread!

Also, better luck next time to the 80% of commenters here that are ignorant of what Asia is really like and will go home with a complimentary sack of fail and our home game!

Chef

LOL at 300 and 50 cent.

where's Gears of War ?
or Viva Pinata ? breaking Pinatas in half to get candy must be the most horrific thing that humans can possibly do.

Mr.Sad

@Chef: Couldn't agree more. I live in Thailand and the level of ignorance displayed here matches that of those who immediately jump to ban games.

By the way people, this list was written last year: 2550 so this hasn't come in the wake of the "GTA" murder.

swotr

@kosbee:
Agree, Custard's Revenge is really.... odd...

LDawg

@NeVeRMoRe666: I never played Killer 7, but I know what you're saying, and you're right, it's just as silly.

Sakilla

Well, the 50 Cent game sure as hell belongs on the list. If you played that game, especially if you liked it you're in danger of being considered retarded.

Drebble

Need a list of the most dangerous board games.

Clue is pretty terrible, all kinds of murder there. It's basically a murder simulator.

hi675

Three of my all time favorite games are there. Killer7, God of War, and Resident Evil 4. I also like Man Hunt and Hitman. I'm safe, right guyz!?!

PeppermintEgo

@Cosmitz:

They have Killer7 there.

PeppermintEgo

if RE4 were to go unchecked, today's youth might go around spouting one-liners and trying to score panty-shots of head-of-state's daughters.

MysidianMan

I was hoping to see Viva Pinata on that list.....

Algerian

WoW isn't included on the list because the creators of the list are too addicted to the game to even realize how damaging it can really be. The first step to creating a good list of the most dangerous games is to admit that you have a problem with a dangerous game! Just kidding, sorta.

carparkyeah

Whether it's Thailand or the United States, politicians are the same everywhere. They probably just had some random intern come up with a list of 10 "violent" games with no real rhyme or reason. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that most the employees of the Ministry of Health probably have children who have played one or more of these games without murdering anyone.

b.bear

Glad to see the Thai government took a minute off from putting Austarlians to death for smuggling in pot to create a list of videogames, based on their "dangeroussness" level.

UncleAndross

wow... im really embarrassed to be thai right now lol

Mrwin101

Well, then the Thailand Government is claiming they have a country full of easily-influenced idiots.

When did it become our right to tell them that their citizens are real people?

Ad-hominem

No FPSs? wow.

SARGEHALO666

@tooji: you're killing aliens so that is ok!!!!!!

bulletproof???? REALLY???????????

freespeech2