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Violent games tax proposed in Pennsylvania

Gagandeep — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:35 +0000

GamePolitics did a very interesting assignment on Friday. Armed with a handheld digital camera, it headed to the city Hall in Philadelphia. There the Children and Youth Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was mulling on...

Wii to launch the most violent game ever

Jaiyant Cavale — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:13:39 +0000

Wii may soon lose its clean and slick image and invite trouble from watch groups. Wii has been known for it’s family content and the games are usually mellowed and lack extreme sex or violence. However, with Wii introducing the ultra violent...

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure banned Down Under for 'Teaching vandalism'

Jayanta Bhattacharya — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:49:10 +0000

The action game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has been banned by the Classification Review Board in Australia. The primary reason cited for banning the game was that it ‘teaches vandalism’ hence not appropriate for the decent...

Senate panel gives go-ahead videogame study

Jayanta Bhattacharya — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:10:16 +0000

After many anti-gaming bills falling through in many states in US, there is some not-so-good news. Anti-game crusaders - Democrats Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Hillary Clinton of New York and Dick Durbin of Illinois successfully persuaded a...

Media sensationalism on violent videogames

Jayanta Bhattacharya — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:02:36 +0000

A few days back, 1up.com blogger Fandel Mulkey carried out an article that we too covered here on how media is sensationalizing videogames and comparing gaming addiction with crack addiction. Today, he has come up with another fantastic analysis...

Lazy parenting is video gaming's worst enemy

Jayanta Bhattacharya — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 04:21:27 +0000

There is no Jack Thomson in Europe to take care of violent games. So who should take the responsibility to check what kids are playing and how they behave afterwards. Though there is not even a shred of evidence to prove that violent games affect...

Mayor says videogames reason for recent murders

Jayanta Bhattacharya — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:45:01 +0000

Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford, Ma., has decided that the root cause for the recent killings there. Hometown of the dead murder suspect Jacob Robida witnessed real life violence last week. Now in an attempt to find an excuse for the total break...

One in three Parents love to play Video-Games

Charu — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:53:09 +0000

If you feel yourself helpless while saying no to your gamer kid just because of the simple reason that you cannot resist video games yourself...then mark my words you are not alone. Yes, one in every three parents plays video games according to a...