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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 games would be too broad, Ars Technica points out, as there are also titles that are rated T for “cartoon violence, crude humor and suggestive themes.” Read on for more.
During his effort to gain backing for the proposed tax, Rep. Fourkiller refers to a crime in which a man killed a police officer and stole his car after playing Grand Theft Auto. ”Not everybody is going to react the same, but I believe after hours and hours of watching the screen, playing the video game, being that person and taking on that role, people get desensitized,” Fourkiller said. It is unclear how imposing a 1% tax will impact the effects violent video games may or may not have on those who play them.
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has been vocally opposed to Fourkiller’s plans to tax such video games. ”We are disappointed that even in the wake of an overwhelming decision in the United States Supreme Court finding proposals such as this to be patently unconstitutional, there are those who still try to attack video game with outdated notions of our industry,” VP of ESA Dan Hewitt explained to Ars Technica. “Taxing First Amendment protected material based on its content is misguided.”
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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 [..] Read complete article | | Published 03-Feb-2012 by Todd Haselton in GamingLegalESAESRBGrand Theft Autotaxvideo gamesviolenceWill Fourkiller
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| Have Video Games Gotten More Violent? [Originals] | ![Click here to read Mass Effect 2 Carried Over 700 Plot "Hooks" From Original Game Saves - Mass Effect 2 Carried Over 700 Plot "Hooks" From Original Game Saves [Gdc10]](http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/160x120_me2_choices.jpg) 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 [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Jan-2009 by AJ Glasser in Originals Fallout 3 goty grand theft auto IV
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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 [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Dec-2011 by Todd Haselton in GamingModern Warfare 3MW3researchstudy
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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 [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Dec-2011 by Todd Haselton in GamingModern Warfare 3MW3researchstudy
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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 [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Feb-2009 by Owen Good in violent video games Psychology Research Study
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