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LETS GET READY TO RUMMMMMBLE!!!
interesting interview here between both sides of the anti-violence in games issue: Jack Thomspon (the lawyer responible for the GTA witch hunts) and Henry Jenkins MIT professor on interactive media
some memorable quotes:
Jack Thompson:
"...there is going to be a Columbine to the factor of 10..."
"[my] solution is to scare the dickens out of the videogame industry to stop marketing and selling inappropriate games to children. My goal is to save lives. "
"EGM: You once compared Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association, to Saddam Hussein.
Jack Thompson: If I did, I want to apologize to Saddam Hussein."
according to Thompson ..Osama plays Full Spectrum Warrior:
"A cyberterrorism expert has found that games such as [THQ's] Full Spectrum Warrior, or Full Spectrum Command as it's known in the military, is being used by al Qaeda to train their troops. These games don't just teach skills—they break down the inhibition to kill. We've been trained by society and our parents not to kill another person, so the way you break that down is to put a soldier in a VR setting, which will be far more effective in the long run."
here he blames video games for everything from violent behaviour to bad ...errrr manners ....yes, he is a right-wing extremist nutjob:
"we don't know how many people have acted out violently because of these games, but after I appeared on Good Morning America, a Gallop poll found 71 percent of all U.S teenage boys who played Vice City were twice as likely to have been engaged in an act of violence. Also, aggressive behavior may be expressed verbally—not everyone goes "postal" or "Columbine." There have been dozens of studies that show even short-term exposure of these games to teens has an effect on violence, aggressiveness, and bad behavior that goes from bad speech to killing people. It's a wide spectrum. Videogames can be the final causal link in a chain of factors that can result in a Columbine."
he really is crazy
memorable quotes from Henry Jenkins:
"How many violent criminals cite the Bible in their criminal action? Should we ban the Bible?"
"Education is the key, not legislation. If you heavily regulate the industry it will narrow what games are in the market, and retailers will only carry content that is suitable for the youngest of players. Retailers won't carry a Mature-rated game if you move to an enforceable system. We saw this with the comic industry in the '50s. The other way to approach this problem is to put the burden on the consumer. We have to educate. "
I predicted that the above will happen just as it did in the comics industry ...our gaming community will eventually become bland as publishers wont take chances when developers come to them with new ideas
interesting interview here between both sides of the anti-violence in games issue: Jack Thomspon (the lawyer responible for the GTA witch hunts) and Henry Jenkins MIT professor on interactive media
some memorable quotes:
Jack Thompson:
"...there is going to be a Columbine to the factor of 10..."
"[my] solution is to scare the dickens out of the videogame industry to stop marketing and selling inappropriate games to children. My goal is to save lives. "
"EGM: You once compared Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association, to Saddam Hussein.
Jack Thompson: If I did, I want to apologize to Saddam Hussein."
according to Thompson ..Osama plays Full Spectrum Warrior:
"A cyberterrorism expert has found that games such as [THQ's] Full Spectrum Warrior, or Full Spectrum Command as it's known in the military, is being used by al Qaeda to train their troops. These games don't just teach skills—they break down the inhibition to kill. We've been trained by society and our parents not to kill another person, so the way you break that down is to put a soldier in a VR setting, which will be far more effective in the long run."
here he blames video games for everything from violent behaviour to bad ...errrr manners ....yes, he is a right-wing extremist nutjob:
"we don't know how many people have acted out violently because of these games, but after I appeared on Good Morning America, a Gallop poll found 71 percent of all U.S teenage boys who played Vice City were twice as likely to have been engaged in an act of violence. Also, aggressive behavior may be expressed verbally—not everyone goes "postal" or "Columbine." There have been dozens of studies that show even short-term exposure of these games to teens has an effect on violence, aggressiveness, and bad behavior that goes from bad speech to killing people. It's a wide spectrum. Videogames can be the final causal link in a chain of factors that can result in a Columbine."
he really is crazy
memorable quotes from Henry Jenkins:
"How many violent criminals cite the Bible in their criminal action? Should we ban the Bible?"
"Education is the key, not legislation. If you heavily regulate the industry it will narrow what games are in the market, and retailers will only carry content that is suitable for the youngest of players. Retailers won't carry a Mature-rated game if you move to an enforceable system. We saw this with the comic industry in the '50s. The other way to approach this problem is to put the burden on the consumer. We have to educate. "
I predicted that the above will happen just as it did in the comics industry ...our gaming community will eventually become bland as publishers wont take chances when developers come to them with new ideas
