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Slate, Consumer Affairs Go Gunning For Game Violence


Submitted by thankeeka on May 1, 2007 - 10:45am. General News

Does there ever come a point when you get tired of arguing and simply accept something? I'm thinking that is what the mass media is doing with videogames. I think they're wearing gamers down so we just get tired of fighting the good fight and say, "Hey, yeah, games do cause violence. You were right all along." So what's the latest article on the matter say about violence and videogames?

From the article:

Could the graphic at left be any more inflammatory or insulting to gamers? Or more gross, for that matter…

It is the companion to a feature article in Consumer Affairs, the title of which seems to mix its ”games are bad” metaphors a bit.

In The Addictiveness of Virtual Violence: How Dangerous Are Video Games? (GP: that’s not “if” but “how” dangerous) author Tom Glaister, a travel writer by trade, lumps a multitude of gaming sins into a rambling indictment of the pastime.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com


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