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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
| The story revolves around the adventures of fifteen year old protagonist Jimmy Hopkins from his arrival at Bullworth Academy. He subsequently takes on and beats the [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Bullies Bullies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Preppies Preppies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Greasers Greasers], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Nerds Nerds], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Jocks Jocks] and [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Townies Townies]. | | The story revolves around the adventures of fifteen year old protagonist Jimmy Hopkins from his arrival at Bullworth Academy. He subsequently takes on and beats the [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Bullies Bullies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Preppies Preppies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Greasers Greasers], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Nerds Nerds], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Jocks Jocks] and [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Townies Townies]. |
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| ==Controversy==
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| Criticisms are due to the adult nature of previous Rockstar games, in particular, the [[Hot Coffee Mod]] in GTA San Andreas. Groups such as Bullying Online and Peaceaholics have criticized the game for glorifying or trivialising school bullying. Most of these criticisms were voiced before the content of the game was available to the public. In 2006, [[ESRB]] gave Bully a rating of "T", the [[BBFC]] gave Canis Canem Edit a 15 rating and the New Zealand OFLC restricted it to persons 13 years of age and over. In 2007, Yahoo! Games listed it as one of the top ten controversial games of all time. Other criticisms include the ability for Jimmy to kiss girls and some boys, as well as the use of sexual themes in parts of the game.
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| Prior to both the ESRB's rating and the release of ''Bully'', [[Jack Thompson]] filed a lawsuit attempting to have the game blocked from store shelves in Florida. Thompson declared the game a "nuisance" and "Columbine simulator". Thompson's petition asked for Wal-Mart and Take-Two Interactive to furnish him with an advance copy of Bully so he could have "an independent third party" play the game and determine if it would constitute a public nuisance in the state of Florida. Judge Ronald Friedman ordered Take-Two and Rockstar to provide the court with a copy of the game within 24 hours. Two days later Friedman subsequently ruled in favour of shipping the game, noting that there was no content in the game that was not already on late night TV. Similar attempts to have the game banned have also been made by the charity Bullying Online and Labour Party M.P Keith Vaz in the UK.
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| ==Bully: Scholarship Edition== | | ==Bully: Scholarship Edition== |
