Thai government takes strange cues from Detroit

by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 7th 2008 at 9:15PM }

The murder of a cab driver in Thailand, in which the killer said his inspiration was Grand Theft Auto, was a tragedy. The Thai government's handling of the situation ... well, that's starting to turn into a dark comedy. GamePolitics reports the Thai Ministry of Health has created a list of 10 violent games to avoid. Coincidentally, it's the same outdated list that Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy created and released last year.

Thankfully the internet isn't that old, otherwise who knows what era the Thai government might have created taken its list of dangerous games from? Find both the Thai government and Detroit lists after the break.

Thai government list:

GTA
Man Hunt
Scarface
50 Cent Bulletproof
300
The Godfather
Killer 7
Resident Evil 4
God of War
Hitman

Detroit list:

Grand Theft Auto
Manhunt
Scarface
50 Cent Bulletproof
300
The Godfather
Killer-7
Resident Evil 4
God of War
Hitman Blood Money

Tags: cabbie, gamepolitics, thai, thailand

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

juju187 @ Aug 7th 2008 9:27PM

what no mortal kombat and doom?
oh that senator joe lieberman's list

Pika132 @ Aug 7th 2008 9:42PM

This is ridiculous. Killer7 is a modern masterpiece, not to be lumped in the same category as shit like 50 Cent Bulletproof.

bluezy @ Aug 7th 2008 9:54PM

At least they're suggesting avoiding the 300 game.

Gus @ Aug 7th 2008 9:57PM

Deja Vu was a GREAT game on the NES! At first I thought this would be an announcement that it was comming to Wii VC.

Joystiq you make me :'(

Dan Davis @ Aug 7th 2008 10:26PM

I LOVED Deja Vu! For those who do not remember, it was a "choose your own adventure" style of game... not very graphics-intensive, but still quite a blast!

Does anyone else remember the other game released around the same time, that played very similarly?

343 Guilty Fart @ Aug 8th 2008 12:28AM

Shadowgate?

Farseer (GDI) @ Aug 8th 2008 12:44AM

Shadowgate was released before Deja Vu, and The Uninvited was released after it. They all had the same general 1st person adventure gameplay. God I miss games like that sometimes. :)

maestro610 @ Aug 8th 2008 12:53AM

Seriously, when I saw that box art I was freaking out that this was going to virtual console. Having said that I should say that Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and The Uninvited were seriously great at working the imaginations of the users, allowing for an unprecedented amount of control for the original NES, and it is nice to see that they are remembered.

chrisyz @ Aug 8th 2008 12:29PM

Ah Deja Vu... So much fun.

I still have a game save where I move one space and get shot by that thug with two black eyes thanks "Wham!"ing him a couple of times...

chrisyz @ Aug 8th 2008 12:32PM

Oops, I meant "Socko!"ing him, haha.

Sarge @ Aug 8th 2008 3:47PM

Deja Vu is also great for making custom NES carts, as it's a MMC3 cart with battery backup. I had four copies of the game, managed to mangle one, and successfully converted two others to Earthbound Zero and Radia.

And yeah, I really enjoyed the game. I distinctly remember it and Shadowgate, and I always wanted Uninvited. Maybe I should check eBay...

monkey3 @ Aug 7th 2008 10:15PM

i see some sort of Copyright issue coming from this...

syrik zero @ Aug 7th 2008 10:17PM

Pretty funny

Ghen @ Aug 7th 2008 10:17PM

Funny thing that. Also coincidentally I don't care about either Detroit or Thailand. EEEERIE.

Odog4ever @ Aug 8th 2008 1:42PM

Hey don't lump the entire city of Detroit (my hometown) in with one stupid politician. I'll know to teach my kids right from wrong (for when they play with friends) and use the parental controls on any console that enters my house. And if they ever try to use the "a video game made me do it" defense I will personally tell the judge they are lying.

nsdcx @ Aug 7th 2008 10:55PM

At least Thailand's president isn't in jail as I post this. IMPEACH KWAME!

PS36Wii Fanboy @ Aug 7th 2008 11:48PM

So Gears Of War is ok? Cool!

aerobica @ Aug 8th 2008 12:29AM

I didn't catch on to the reason behind showing "Deja Vu" at first and I thought it was going to be one of the games on the list!

Dan: was the other game "Princess Tomato and the Salad Kingdom"? Probably not, but that game was similar and was/is very awesome!

Dan Davis @ Aug 10th 2008 3:00AM

Naw, I think those guys above got it right... I was totally thinking of Shadowgate!

aerobica @ Aug 8th 2008 12:33AM

I didn't catch on to the reason behind showing "Deja Vu" at first and
I thought it was going to be one of the games on the list!

Dan: was the other game "Princess Tomato and the Salad Kingdom"?
Probably not, but that game was similar and was/is very awesome!

NotJeff @ Aug 8th 2008 3:50AM

Was the deja vu picture posted because you can kill cabbies in it?(and because of the fact that the news is de ja vu. It works on TWO levels!)

Man that game was ridiculous and awesome.

But just as in real life, if you kill a cab driver, you immediately go to jail... and lose. This is the same as real life because going to jail is a form of losing in reality.