Video game ad banned for 'realistic' violence
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Stranglehold promo strangled An advert for a computer game has been banned from television. The advert for Stranglehold had realistic violence, constant gunfire and condoned violence, according to ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).â¦
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No, this isn't a repost from 1999 Brazil is taking a hard line against two nearly decade-old computer games that federal officials say incite violence and harm consumer health.â¦
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A study released Tuesday indicates that violent video games cause noticeably different effects on the brains of teenagers then non-violent ones. The findings are sure to renew the debate over the safety of such games.
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A Christian video game has become the  latest battleground in America's "culture" wars, with its maker  claiming it promotes prayer while critics charge it carries a  message of violent religious intolerance.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (Reuters Life!) - It's not all fun and  violence in video games, according to makers of a new genre of  games which claim to boost players' mental health and  self-esteem.
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Doom 3 goes on sale in the UK at a time of renewed concerns over violence in video games.
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A long-simmering debate in Germany about banning violent computer games is burning again after an aloof teenager on Monday stormed his former high school, shot five people and later killed himself.
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Someone needs to buy a firewall. The game industry, Rockstar in particular, has once again been a victim of piracy. After the big-time thefts over the last year or so, such as Half-Life 2, Doom
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The body count is high in two new video games, &quot;Halo 2&quot; and &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&quot;. Those two hit games also are making casualties of their competition on the sales racks.
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A video game banned in Britain  and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States  due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game's  publisher said on Wednesday.
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Video game publisher Take-Two  Interactive Software Inc.  said on Thursday it has  suspended plans to sell "Manhunt 2" after the title was slapped  with restrictive ratings for its extreme violence.
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A chainsaw-wielding killer and blood-splattered shooting rampages are featured in some of the 10 video games that a media watchdog group says should be avoided by kids and teens.
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On Tuesday, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) announced that it had banned the sale of Manhunt 2, a video game produced by Rockstar Games.
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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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Blizzard makes noises about cracking down on real-money sales of items from the virtual World of Warcraft, but such transactions may impossible to stop. By Daniel Terdiman.
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U.S.-published "Manhunt 2" banned for what was described as an unrelenting focus on sadism and brutal slaying.
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Video game publisher Take-Two  Interactive Software Inc. said on Thursday it has suspended  plans to sell &quot;Manhunt 2&quot; after the title was slapped with  restrictive ratings for its extreme violence.