Politics and Gaming

Posted on March 25, 2008 by zhugeliang.
Categories: Uncategorized.



Video games have been a constant – and by constant i mean repetitive, beating-a-dead-horse-and-getting-nowhere constant – topic in politics, mainly as a scapegoat for violent events involving pretty much anyone under 25.  Columbine? Doom caused it.  Carjackings in miami?  Vice City’s at fault for that. 
Granted, this is a bit of hyperbole (from both sides – politicians for harping on it, gamers for dismissing it out of hand) and indeed relating to the topic at hand this is a discussion for another time, but Video games since the early 90’s and the ESRB have been a presence in politics relating to pretty much any social problems involving the younger generation.

See: Jack Thompson

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