The Parents Television Council (PTC) is sounding a warning about a free game available on the Internet that allows players to torture a character to death.
"The Torture Game 2" is found on several gaming portals and, according to the PTC, could desensitize players because of its violent content. The game allows players to torture a defenseless character in a number of ways that are too graphic to report. Gavin McKiernan with the Parents Television Council says the game can be accessed by anyone with an Internet connection, regardless of age. He believes parents must monitor their child's Internet usage. "The Internet can be a great resource for kids to do research, or communicate with their friends, or learn things, or even positive recreation and games and things. [But] parents need to be aware that there's [sic] so many negative things they can be doing – from chat rooms, where they expose themselves to sexual predators, to violent and depraved games and so-called entertainment like this," McKiernan explains. The family advocate says while many positive, Christian-themed games are available on the Internet, parents must still be vigilant. "We don't need to go back to a world before computers and Internet and television; there's [sic] a lot of positive things to be had out there," he points out. "[But] with all that positive comes a lot of negative -- and any kid who's sitting around playing the Torture Game or whose parents are allowing him to play Grand Theft Auto at home, is opening themselves up to a lot of potential negative repercussions that they may not realize for years," McKiernan contends. According to McKiernan, many parents are ignorant of their child's Internet activity.
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