The game "Manhunt" depicts horror, cruelty, crime and violence in such a manner that its availability was likely to hurt the public good.
VIOLENT computer games trigger a mechanism in the brain that makes people more likely to behave aggressively, research suggests.
A study of the effects of popular games such as Doom, Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto, which involve brutal killings, high-powered weaponry and street crime, indicates that avid users become desensitised to shocking acts of aggression. Psychologists found that this brain alteration, in turn, appeared to prime regular users of such games to act more violently.
Many studies have concluded that people who play violent games are more aggressive, more likely to commit violent crimes, and less likely to help others. But critics argue that these correlations prove only that violent people gravitate towards violent games, not that games can change behaviour....