"We're not trying to ban the game, but if you're not trying to treat it as an adult product," you shouldn't be carrying it all, he said. In addition to Rockstar, McKiernan also criticizes children's toy stores like Toys 'R' Us that carry the product and encourages other stores to be more careful about who gets their hands on M-rated games. Then it's being classified as the same thing and it isn't." "The bottom line is we're dealing with something that has greater potential for harm than an R-rated movie. With this we're talking about 71 to 80 hours of game play where you're practicing and completing these acts," he said. "An R-rated movie is a two-hour passive experience.
"This needs to be treated as an adult product," said Gavin McKiernan, the group's national grassroots director.Īlthough fans defend the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise by comparing it to an R-rated movie, McKiernan argues that this comparison isn't applicable.
One of those groups is the Parents Television Council, a nonpartisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment. Similarly, several politicians, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and parent groups that haven't even played the game have voiced concern. In advance of its debut, the Chicago Transit Authority removed "GTA IV" ads from its buses. MADD is far from the only group that's speaking out about the game's content. "We have a great deal of respect for MADD's mission, but we believe the mature audience for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is more than sophisticated enough to understand the game's content," Rockstar Games told the Associated Press in response to MADD's request. Analysts have said they expect "Grand Theft Auto IV" to break current video game sales records. MADD is also asking Rockstar Games, the game's developer, to consider stopping distribution. The long-awaited latest installment of the often lambasted series has a plotline similar to past games: Players are submerged in an urban criminal underworld where they must shoot, rob and kill their way through the fictional Liberty City, a near-exact replica of New York City. "Drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime and it is also 100 percent preventable."
"Drunk driving is not a game and it is not a joke," MADD said in a statement this week.
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