This show, ostensibly about justice and doing the right thing, is being turned into a third-person shooter game? And using prison rape to promote that game? What what what Whaaaaaaat?
Yes, here comes Judge Mathis, the video game. But hey, you say - aren't judges an important societal counterbalance to shooting people indiscriminantly?Shhhhh. Besides, as the judge explains, the goal in this game is to do the exact opposite of everything that makes video games fun:
As the judge tells it, the player inhabits the role of La-Ron
Washington, a two-time con who gets out of the pen early thanks to
overcrowding. La-Ron "must stay out of trouble, perform community
services and avoid negative street influences and temptations. One more
strike and La-Ron gets a life sentence from Judge Mathis."
Ah, but there's a spanner in the works: "The entire Detroit
underworld wants him dead for the alleged murder of a crime boss – a
murder he didn't commit."
Sweet! We will totally not do that stupid community service and instead attempt to gun down the entire Detroit underworld! Not so fast, says Judge Mathis:
"When you go to prison, you gain credibility when you come back on the
streets. On the other hand, when you go to prison you can also be
raped," Mathis tells Yahoo! Games. "So take your chances. We may see
young people who make the wrong choice and go to prison and are
assaulted repeatedly (in this game)."
Gaaaah! Judge, did you just threaten young Americans with virtual prison rape? Verdict: Guilty as charged.
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