GTA Review
So you
like Grand Theft Auto? Here are some opinions I think you
might want to hear. Grand
Theft Auto: Vice City In my
humble opinion: Games are fun, but GTA is not a game. It is
a training simulation that uses all the popular aspects of
gameplay to do something else that I find abhorent. It works
like a drug and creates both real and percieved violent
effects on those who play or watch it. -- A.
Flores Video
violence is murder on young minds
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return of the panic about computer games. The Screensavers Talkback: Arcade Permission Slip? If kids under 17 can't get
into R-rated movies without parental consent (yeah, right!),
then why should 14-year-olds be able to buy copies of "Grand
Theft Auto" without so much as a nod from mom and dad? On
Thursday's show we ask if teens should need a note from
mommy before buying or playing violent or sexually charged
videogames. MSNBC
reports that a district judge in St. Louis recently ruled
that it's perfectly legal for St. Louis County to restrict
the sale of violent and sexually explicit videogames to kids
under 17 and to restrict the kids' access to such games in
video arcades. The judge, Stephen Limbaugh,
said that after closely reviewing four different
controversial videogames, he found "no conveyance of ideas,
expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to
speech. The court finds that video games have more in common
with board games and sports than they do with motion
pictures." Free speech and the
expression of ideas is protected under the Constitution, but
"illicit forms" of entertainment are not. For now, the
courts have decided that videogames serve no higher artistic
purpose, and heck, they might be right. But where's a modern
kid supposed to get his kicks? Are videogames really as
nasty as the courts make them out to be? TSS asks for your
comment / poll. Do
I really agree with NOW? As video
games become more realistic, one has to ask whether we
aren't "training" kids in violence, as has been suggested by
medical professionals and military leaders. This is much
different than TV or movies where the characters are
independent from the viewers. In video games, the players
themselves commit the violent acts. Read on ...
We ask if kids under 17
should need parental permission to play violent videogames,
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