Over the weekend, a German advocacy group asked individuals to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away in a large dumpster.
The Associated Press reports that the Venezuelan government’s attempts to ban violent video games such as Counter-Strike, is weeks away from passing, though it isn’t likely to affect widespread sale of pirated games.
In a shocking turn of events, Fairfax columnist and conservative ‘maverick’ Miranda Devine penned an opinion piece over the weekend calling for the introduction of an R18+ classification for video games in Australia.
Surprise, surprise. Of nine “games that went too far” named on a network news website, which is the only one gamers have actually, you know, played? Hint: It rhymes with “Schmand Schmeft Schmauto IV.”
Germany’s latest demagogue tantrum against “killerspiele” – violent video games – could be shrugged off as hot air, except for the fact it would ban even their development. So Germany-based Crytek would have to move.
Two days from the 10th anniversary of Columbine, Salon’s David Sirota writes that “our national discussion about violence hasn’t yet matured past gun control and video games.”
News of a game based on TV’s “Judge Mathis” is jawdropping for two reasons: First, I mean, we’re talking about a goddamn Judge Mathis video game. A third-person shooter, even.
A gaming session ended in death on Wednesday, as Clinton Echols allegedly pointed a gun at his fellow sailor and fired it while playing an unspecified military video game.
