German Retailer Drops Violent Games In Wake Of Shootings [Violent Video Games] Following last week's tragic shooting rampage in Germany that left fifteen dead, German retailer Galeria Kaufhof is pulling violent films and games from their store shelves. Starting next month, Galeria Kaufhof will no longer stock games and movies carrying an 18-plus rating. This fol [..]
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Have Video Games Gotten More Violent? [Originals] This article on GamesRadar has me wondering if violence in video games has gotten more intense ? or is it just more vivid as a result of technology making blood brighter and guts more realistic. The question matters to me because I just got done playing Fallout 3 [..]
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Venezuela could completely ban the sale of violent video games
If a bill currently being reviewed by Venezuela's parliament is formally approved by the nation's president, then gamers living in the country may have (legally) purchased their last M-rated title. The "Bill for the Prohibition of Vide [..]
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Lawmaker launches assault on violent video games An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive an ESRB rating, which is intended for adults only. In addition, Fourkiller thinks T-Rated games should also have a tax added to the cost of the games, since some include “simulated gambling.” But a tax on all T-Rated ga [..]
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Violent games don?t compel gamers to commit violent acts, researchers say A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology by three Florida State University psychologists suggests that playing video games won’t make people smarter. The study also argues that violent games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 don’t damage gamers’ brains or compel them to commit violent acts, the Associated Press said Friday. The research is on a par with studies pe [..]
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Violent games don?t compel gamers to commit violent acts, researchers say A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology by three Florida State University psychologists suggests that playing video games won’t make people smarter. The study also argues that violent games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 don’t damage gamers’ brains or compel them to commit violent acts, the Associated Press said Friday. The research is on a par with studies pe [..]
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Violent Gamers Immune to Pain ? of Others [Violent Video Games] More scholarship suggests playing violent video games makes one - get ready to have the song stuck in your head, too - "comfortably numb" to others in pain and less likely to help them. Two perfessers cooked up a study in which 320 college students were given violent and nonviol [..]
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