Go-Go Gadget Thought Police
I had an overprotective and decidedly republican[0] mother who kept me away from violent movies and video games. So naturally I'm the one who hacked the inventory system on my last game[1] so that when you threw a knife at someone it would stick into your victim, and bullet strikes to critical areas would produce bleeding wounds that would spurt blood until your enemies bled to death[2].
Of course if there really is a correlation between violence and video games (I would note that violence is very much not the same thing as aggression, which is what the studies sited by mediafamily.org are testing for), and there are now vast numbers of children playing violent video games then why has the rate of violence in schools not gone up?
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[0] Yes, now you know my deep, dark secret.
[1] It's been cancelled. Sorry.
[2] No, my current title doesn't have any of this stuff.
Posted by matt at December 9, 2003 12:07 PM