The Straits Times
STForum Online
Aug 3, 2010
Game treats animals as killing machines
I WOULD like to bring to attention an arcade game called Animal Kaiser, available in arcade parlours and 7-Eleven stores.
Players choose from a range of menacing computer-generated animals and insects to be gladiators and execute a series of deadly attacks on their opponents.
The gross and gory misrepresentation of animals simply as killing machines in the game is completely unsuitable for public exhibition, particularly in convenience stores that are easily accessible to children.
A sustained engagement with this game could create unhealthy and abusive attitudes towards animals as merely objects of brutal sport.
The game should be removed from 7-Eleven stores and be given stringent adult ratings.
More vigorous parental supervision coupled with greater corporate social responsibility should be exercised by commercial vendors as well as the relevant regulatory authorities to restrict such potentially harmful forms of entertainment.
Liew Kai Khiun
