Tristan Clairmont began having nightmares and won't ride the city bus because of Prince of Persia video game ads. His mother complained several times to Transit Windsor to have the ad removed. The Windsor Star has the story.
The ad features a bloodied, sinister-looking man holding a machete-like sword in an attack position. A similar ad features him holding a gun.
Guns in a Prince of Persia ad? That's absolutely intriguing considering that he never has a gun in the game. I'd like to see this ad.
"They should be more careful what they're advertising because transit caters to kids as well," said Transit Windsor bus rider Betty Riley. "And they wonder why our jails are full and where these kids get these ideas from."
Yes, kids commit crimes because of Prince of Persia.
I can sympathize with the mother whose kid is having nightmares, and they probably should be more considerate of the ads they post on public transportation. But I have to laugh at the journalism behind this story.
Sorry for the language, guys, but I'm getting sick and tired of hearing this argument over and over again. Can't they start blaming rock music again or something?
Once again, I have witnessed the vilification of video games from your publication. In your article entitled "Video game ad angers mother" by Lindsay Satterthwaite, you go into how those two specific ads scared her son into nightmares. But why is a kid getting nightmares a story? Kids get nightmares everyday. I know a kid that can't go to McDonalds because Ronald scares him. And I have had plenty of younger cousins get nightmares from every type of media out there. Yet you chose the video game ad as a story. Why though?
The only reason I can imagine is that you are going along with this trend that has come about over this last decade of blaming videogames for all the ails of society. But you know what? People murdered before video games, people were violent before video games, and kids got nightmares before video games. Instead of using real journalism, you are just using a, well, sleezy hook to grab the readers attention.
Also, you make an error in your article by saying that a Prince of Persia ad featuring the same guy had a gun. But in that game, there are no guns. So I would like to know whether your journalist made that up to pump up the article and if yes, a correction to be featured would be appreciated.
I would hope that a journalistic outlet such as yours would not get caught up in this same attitude similar to how rock and roll was handled in the 60's, but this is unfortunately not the case for your publication. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
personman (used name for them, but i'm p'man here)
I remember the furor over Steel Harbinger back in the days when I worked for Babbages. Not the same sort of thing, but similar.
The original ad featured the main character in a rather skimply one-piece bathing suit kinda thing. To hear the woman talk, she was practically naked. (I often wonder is she pitched fit over swimsuit issues). Her daughter looked mortally embarassed, though the woman was saying that her daughter was tramatized by the appearance.
Now, Steel Harbinger was a horrible game, but the ad was relatively tame. So, to satisify the sudden uproar, the ad was changed so the character appeared to be wearing fishnet stockings. This satisified the people complaining.
So, if there was a gun in the Prince of Persia ad (which I doubt), they could just remove it? Honestly, people will complain about anything.
And I have just learned that my letter to the editor is going to be published (or so they say). I'll have to keep an update to see if they change it or anything.
P,mans on the money,And i recall as child being scared of a clown,didnt want it near me.Also my sister had a doll a large doll that scared the hell out of all 3 of us,another thing kids are afraid of is the dark.Now i think that warrants a complaint to the power company that they should lower electricity bills so this woman can leave the lights on at night to satisfy her ignorant ranting.
Im wondering if she reacted to her sons reaction to the poster by shieldining him and coddling him away from the poster?
If so...... i think she is partly to blame for reinforceing that this piece of paper was a real threat.
What exactly did she do to TEACH her kid that this poster is a poster?
i dont think this kids having nightmares about this poster, i think he's having nightmares over his mothers trauma over this poster.
she acts as if her kid was almost hit by a car or attacked by a dog or something.
my true feelings are that she smells a lawsuite, she smells $$$$$$$ or she smells a momment of fame in media.her statement "its too late the damage has already been done"
CMONnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn thats DRAMA, nothing but overdramatized statement, this kid isnt DAMAGED geez, We all had our odd fears as children,was there really any DAMAGE that impaired our lives?
if its none of the above , im pretty sure shes just an idiot.
Wow Huel...I would have just taken it...wouldn't care whose it was. Of course that was me as a child...not that I'm some sort of Klepto or anything now.
Arwen wrote:Wow Huel...I would have just taken it...wouldn't care whose it was. Of course that was me as a child...not that I'm some sort of Klepto or anything now.
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You told me about this on MSN but I didn't know what article you were talking about ^^; My bad...
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