A Gentleman Gamer's Musings on Violence

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A Gentleman Gamer's Musings on Violence

Added: 29.08.2014 14:18 | 0 views | 0 comments

Michael Crisman writes, "Ive been playing video games since I was old enough to maneuver Pac-Man around the screen. Over the last three decades Ive watched first-hand as the debates simmer, boil, and come to a head over video game violence. I was in high school when Joe Lieberman took his concerns about the increasing amounts of bloodshed in electronic entertainment to the floor of the US Senate. I was in college when the media ramped up its hardcore blame game on electronic entertainment with regard to school shootings. I remember the day Columbine happened, and how quickly news outlets seized on Doom as a scapegoat for Harris and Klebolds rampage. I was into adulthood when Jack Thompsons crusade of lawsuits against the likes of Rockstar, which eventually resulted in his disbarment, began in earnest. Ill be 37 in October, and Ive spent all but the first 3-4 of those years shooting, punching, and blowing up digital characters with varying degrees of realism and without re-enac...