Violent Video Games

Video Games Redefined As An Art Form

Posted 03.15.2012

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When we typically think of video games we often envision a few teenage boys screaming at the TV amid a cloud of testosterone and the scent of recently...

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Faith Fueled Violence Invades Video Games

Greg Perreault | Posted 05.13.2012

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As game technology has increased and censorship decreased, so has its ability to tell a story. Now, game developers are tapping into the great conversations of Western civilization. The role of religion in games can't be ignored.

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ReThink Review: Act of Valor -- That's Militainment!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 04.30.2012

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Young American boys (including myself) have been running around with toy/imaginary weapons pretending to be soldiers for millenia, and have been watching TV shows and movies about the military for decades.

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QUICK POLL: Can Violent Video Games Cause Bullying?

Posted 02.05.2012

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Is there a link between violent video games and bullying? According to one Oklahoma State Representative, the answer to this question is "yes," and in...

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Denying the Killer Inside Us

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 01.23.2012

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The real alienation risk for the writer is that in an age when most of our media lovingly pet our conceptions of ourselves, audiences will not accept work that makes them question their own morality and their own purity.

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WATCH: The Real Story About Violent Video Games

Posted 11.18.2011

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We've all heard adults claim that violent video games lead to violence in kids and teens, but is this the real story? Are teens who play violent video...

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Cops: 'Call Of Duty' Fan Threatened To Blow Up Best Buy

Posted 01.09.2012

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Unable to get his fix of virtual violence, one man had a hard time facing reality. Police in Colorado say an avid gamer threatened to blow up an el...

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'Tea Party Zombies Must Die' Video Game Stirs Controversy

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.07.2011

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A new video game is giving players a chance to explore a post-apocalyptic Fox News studio and kill off zombies that resemble famous conservatives incl...

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Denver Archbishop On U.S. Supreme Court's Violent Video Game Ruling

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.05.2011

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It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but the Archbishop of Denver isn't a fan of violent video games. When the U.S. Supreme Court recently st...

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Can Violent Games Promote Peace?

Charles Tsai | Posted 09.04.2011

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Through role-playing games, you take on someone else's point of view and evaluate every key decision through that person's eyes. That's the very definition of empathy.

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It's a Grim Day for Our Children

Ian I. Mitroff | Posted 08.30.2011

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In equating the violence in the Grimm fairy tales with that of video games, the Supreme Court committed a grievous error. The Court's argument is false, because neither the violence nor the purpose of the two is even remotely the same.

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Supreme Court Rules On Violent Video Games

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 08.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits...

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Supreme Court Rules On Violent Video Games

AP | By JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 08.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments...

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WATCH: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.24.2011

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The "Modern Warfare 3" trailer that made its TV debut during last night's NBA playoff game between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder has ...

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In Schwarzenegger vs. Entertainment Merchants Association, Protect People not Corporations

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was the mid- nineties; I was a panelist at a State University of New York, Old Westbury conference, speaking on research on the effects of violent ...

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Cuba Denounces 'Virtual' Castro Plot In 'Call of Duty: Black Ops'

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA — Cuba harshly criticized a new video game in which U.S. special operations soldiers try to kill a young Fidel Castro, saying Wednesday t...

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Restrictions On Violent Video Games Head To Supreme Court

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Before picking up any Wii games or downloading apps on her iPhone for her two daughters, Lillian Quintero does her homework...

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Video Games Deserve Free Speech Protection, Groups Argue

InformationWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) on Monday said that they had filed an amicus brief with the court...

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Four Year Old Plays Grand Theft Auto

bitmob.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the very impressionable age of four, my son loved Grand Theft Auto. More specifically, the version he played was the Hot Coffee moddable, San Andre...

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Confessions of a Failed Parent

Jonathan Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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For years we sailed along innocently with The Land Before Time. The boys went into a Scooby-Doo phase. We rented John Candy movies. But violence was becoming harder to avoid.

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Political Speech in Video Games May Be the Argument to Save Free Speech

Alex Koroknay-Palicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those of us who care about free speech, or video games, or who care about youth rights, it seems one of the strongest cases we can make is that video games do, in fact, quite often involve political speech.

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Violent Video Games Hurt Teens With Mental Issues, Harmless Otherwise

switched.com | By Amar Toor — Jun 10th 2010 at 8:10AM | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debate surrounding the effect of violent video games on today's youth is a pretty contentious one: some insist that superfluous exposure to violen...

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Have We Become Comfortably Numb to Violence and Abuse?

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are bombarded with gruesome images day in and day out. From tweens on up, what we see in the media, in movies and on the Internet is making us numb to it all.

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Violent Video Games Touted As Learning Tool

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots. Eithe...

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How To Buy Holiday Gifts For Kids

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

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When I scanned my Facebook account this morning, one friend talked about how much she hates Christmas shopping; I was so stressed out that I bought all my presents in November.

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