Violent video games slammed
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p2pnet.net News:-The launch of the now much-maligned Kill Jack Kennedy Again game has achieved at least one thing: Itâs woken the mainstream media up to the fact that video games based on giving players a way to take part in virtual murder aren&#39;ta
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Byron Review wants to bubble-wrap kids, ISPs The ongoing Byron Review of the impact of technology on children will recommend a clampdown on violent videogames, it has been reported.â¦
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By Franklin Paul NEW YORK  -  When the violent video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" hits stores on Tuesday, its sales could eclipse Hollywood's most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.
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Ontario has not rated the game, but it is warning parents about the video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&#39;&#39;. In it, players rub elbows with drug dealers and gang members as they steal cars, beat up thugs, and solicit prostitutes.
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As video games become more popular than ever, hard-core gamers and the old-school critics who represent them are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience.
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Matt Ringel knows there's a certain image that comes to mind when you start talking about hardcore video gamers: think teenage boys with messy hair and dark circles under their eyes from staying up all night, their eyes glued to a screen and their fingers frantically flitting about a keyboard or a controller.
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roundup Playtime isn't always fun. As researchers note the effect of violent games on the brain, some console buyers risk life and limb.
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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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CHICAGO. Dec. 15 -- Decrying violence in fast-selling video games, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) wants Illinois to make it illegal for anyone younger than 18 to buy violent or sexually explicit games. Among the targets would be the Grand Theft Auto series, Halo 2 and Mortal Kombat.
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The zealots may scream bloody murder, but growth depends on video games appealing to casual gamers as well.
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Teens who play violent video games show  increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional  arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern  self-control, a study released on Tuesday found.
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Former Edge magazine editor Margaret Robertson on the continuing debate over violence and videogames.
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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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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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At a warehouse in Oakland, Calif., video game fans get shot in the face with fire, but it's all in the name of fun.
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Violent video games are once again under the microscope following a shooting at a German school, in which a teenager with an apparent fondness for war simulations and violent video games wounded as many as 37 people before taking his own life.
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A violent video game with 'an unrelenting focus on brutal slaying' has become the first to be banned in Britain for a decade.