MediaWise Video Game Report Card Issued 65
Thanks to several readers for pointing to the National Institute on Media and the Family's eighth annual videogame report card, which says it "provides a snapshot of the interactive gaming industry with a focus on issues related to child welfare." A particular issue focused on is "the growing issue of screen time as it relates to the obesity epidemic", of which it's suggested: "there is both an opportunity and challenge for the industry to develop games that involve physical activity so that young players exercise more than their thumbs." The other hot topic is a continuing one: "the easy access that boys have to increasingly ultra-violent M-rated games and the popularity of the most violent games with that group." The survey ends with lists, including "games to avoid" for 2003, mentioning obviously controversial titles like Manhunt, but also other, quirkier picks such as WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne.
More of the same... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait...maybe that's it. The only people that have to worry about violent video games are the ones with DUMB FUCKING KIDS WHO SHOOT AT PASSING CARS BECAUSE THEY ARE FUCKING RETARDED. I blame genetics. =)
Someone had to say it...
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Except, as anyone in the south can attest, the need of the obese to commit violence is quite possibly the reason that guns were invented in the first place. After all, who's a fat kid with a knife going to harm? Bullets can outrun people regardless of what shape they're in, fat kids can't.