Norwegian terrorist used video games for training and cover
A manifesto by Norweigan terrorist Anders Behring Breivik shows him using Call of Duty as a combat training simulator.
Games triumph as free speech in Supreme court case
The US Supreme Court has ruled that videogames are protected as free speech.
British MP Blames Counter-Strike for Race-Related Killings
Recent race-related xenophobic shootings in Malmo, Sweden, in which an obviously disturbed 38-year old man killed one person and tried to do the same with a further 15 have inexplicably been linked to video games. Perpetual scapegoat Counter-Strike, specifically. That’s according to video-game hating British Labour VP Keith Vaz, anyway. Despite the killings obviously being fuelled by hatred, the killer …
Violent Videogames : It Rests on Parents
Mothers Against Violence – a group whose purpose is quite plainly stated in their name – participated in a radio debate about violence in videogames..and actually made sense. Yeah, I’m surprised too. The onus, they say, is on parents for keeping inappropriate content away from children. Last Updated: April 7, 2010
Switzerland Set to Ban Violent Games
Earth’s nation of fence-sitters – one that is divided between Italian, French and German speaking populaces – looks to be taking a cue from its Northern neighbour with regards to violent video games. Switzerland’s parliament recently passed a silly new law that could lead to a ban on "violent" games being sold in the country. Last Updated: March 24, 2010
Italian Teen Stabs Father Over Fifa 2009
An Italian man trying to give his son pointers on how to play Fifa 2009 got something he wasn’t expecting – a knife in his throat. Fabrizio R., A 46-year-old storekeeper was watching his 16-year-old son Mario play the football game on his PlayStation on Sunday evening. The man then started giving the boy advice on how to play better, …
Germany Seeks Ban on ALL Violent Video Games
As citizens of a country without official Xbox Live support, we know the effect that Germany’s draconian video game laws have. Unfortunately it seems the noose on violent game trade in the land of beer and sausages is going to tighten a bit more – 16 interior ministers have put down their tankards and bratwursts for long enough to request …
New Study 'Strongly Suggests' Reducing Youth Exposure to Violent Videogames
A new study in this month’s Pediatrics journal “confirms” a link between violent videogames and aggressive behavior. Various researchers from Iowa State University in Ames, the National Institute on Media and the Family in Minneapolis, and Ochanomizu University, Keio University, the University of Tsukuba, and Takasaki City University of Economics in Japan, observed hundreds of students from nine to fifteen …
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