The New Tobacco: Video Games
Posted: March 23, 2012 Filed under: News, Opinion, Video games | Tags: adults only, aggressive behaviour, bad grades, bad parenting, bill, california, cigarettes, conclusive evidence, early childhood, electronics boutique, esrb, evidence, first amendment, frank wolf, freedom of speech, gamasutra, games, grand theft auto, house of representatives, joe baca, manhunt, mature, morons, parenting, psychological, san andreas, smoking, surgeon general, teen, video games, violent video games, virginia Leave a comment
It’s old and somewhat insignificant news, but Frank Wolf (VA) and Joe Baca (CA) of the US House of Representatives want to force all games not rated for Early Childhood to carry a “health warning label”, similar to cigarettes, that would read:
“WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior” Read the rest of this entry »
