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Church Of England Thinks Games Can Be Force For Good

10:40AM Stuart Houghton | A bunch of Church and charity leaders gather around a table to discuss video games and their impact on society – surely a recipe for military-grade Moral Outrage, no? More »

Christians Getting Serious About Gaming

12:40AM Mike Fahey | This month sees a big push among Christian publications around the country towards educating parents and families about the growing influence of video games in our culture. The focus of the push is a lengthy article by Christian journalist Steve Rabey titled “Getting serious about gaming – Impact of video game industry raises concern”, and quite frankly it isn’t at all what I expected. Instead of being a religious rant about the dangers of video game, Rabey’s article offers varied points of view on the subject, especially when discussing video game violence and the effect it has on children. Some researchers are convinced that repetitive play of violent games instructs kids in violence, making violent acts more likely. But others argue that video violence is a cathartic replacement for real violent crime, which has gone down since the advent of video games. More »