Video games turn sharply to violence
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This season&#39;s blockbuster video games give players the opportunity to hijack cars, mow down the walking undead with heavy artillery, shoot police officers and ogle topless women.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--Everyone knows someone like this: The guy who sits for hours, playing video games, his heart racing as he pummels animated bad guys with controller-driven automatic weapons.
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Images of Wii players sporting bruises and bloody fingers like big game trophies abounded on the Internet as exuberance with motion-sensing controllers took tolls on video-game fans.
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VANCOUVER - A new computer game launched by Microsoft on Tuesday is graphic, violent - and wildly popular. Halo 2 is a console game where Master Chief, &quot;a genetically enhanced super-soldier,&quot; battles to
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"Manhunt 2," a brutally violent  video game that was effectively banned in the United States,  has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale  for Halloween, its publisher said.
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Parents heading out to buy holiday gifts, listen up. There&#39;s a warning out Wednesday about extremely violent and explicit video games.
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&quot;Manhunt 2,&quot; a brutally violent  video game that was effectively banned in the United States,  has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale  for Halloween, its publisher said.
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The video game playing was getting out of hand. When Johnathan Wendel, then 19, was not in class or at work, he was in front of the computer. His mom didn't like it. Cut back or move out, she told him.
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Video gaming's most felonious franchise is back, and it's threatening to hijack the holidays. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the latest in a line that has sold 32 million games and sparked protests among anti-violence activists, arrives in stores this week.
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Three years ago, the city lost its legal battle to remove violent video games from public arcades in Indianapolis. As defeats go, this one was in some respects a crusher.
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Video games that have players shoot rival gang members, watch bare-breasted women and recreate the assassination of President Kennedy were criticized Tuesday by advocacy groups that said, at the least, they should be kept away from children.
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The violent video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas&quot; could eclipse Hollywood&#39;s most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.
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The Rock Hero Effect: In short, video games are the new CD.
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A video game that prompts players to kill characters that look like President Bush has been posted on a number of Islamist Web sites.
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Many of the ultraviolent and sexually explicit video &quot;games&quot; on the market today deserve the revulsion and ridicule they have received.
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Atomic bombs, exploding pigs and Super Marios are just some of the weapons used in distracting virtual attacks.
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With a new vest, players can feel the impact of video games.