We've gone over the story of the Texas high school student who uploaded a map of his school for his friends to frag each other in. Like we said before, nothing wrong with it, but definitely wrong timing so close to after the Virginia Tech shooting. So what does the ECA's Hal Halpin have to say on the matter?

From the article:

Paul Hwang’s only crime was bad timing. He had the misfortune of uploading his mod during a period of time in which the nation was, perhaps unduly, made sensitive about the causal link between violence and video games.

It seemed to me that the authorities acted with prudence and that the school board should do similarly. This will likely be the first of many such instances where older generations who don’t understand a medium, fear it, and as a result there will be reactionary decisions made. It’s incumbent upon gamers to persevere and to prove the rule and not the exception. Only together, and over time, can we accomplish such a lofty goal.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com