Bully

Platform(s): PlayStation 2
Genre: Action
Publisher: Take Two
Developer: Rockstar

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National Institute on Media and the Family Calls for 'Bully' (PS2) Boycott

by Rainier on Oct. 21, 2006 @ 6:41 p.m. PDT

The game's main character is 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, who must defend himself against school bullies at a fictional U.S. boarding school called Bullworth Academy, while dealing with characters ranging from nerds and jocks to authoritarian prefects. Weapons included baseball bats that break after several blows, stink bombs and bags of marbles that when strategically thrown will lay flat most pursuers.
According to an article in the Boston Globe story, the National Institute on Media and the Family is boycotting Rockstar's Bully. After a staffer played the game for nine hours, its president, psychologist Dave Walsh, claims Bully glamorizes and rewards the kind of anti social behaviors that teachers struggle with every day. Now that the "T" rated game is out in stores the first press reviews praise Rockstar's latest game across the board, calling it one of the best titles of the year, a great satire, with excellent story and humor.
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