...apparently the 80's are back in a big way.
People trying to make sense of the rise of mass shootings in the U.S. has found a convenient scapegoat: violent video games.
Just like with the Satanic Panic blaming D&D, Heavy Metal, and other assorted items for the decline in Western Civilization*, some people are blaming violent video games for the steady stream of gun violence in the U.S.
From what I can tell, the list of video game publishers in the President's Summit on Violent Video Games are there just as a punching bag. Unless, of course, Rockstar is hoping to get a boost in sales due to being labeled the "bad boy of the video games industry".
I guess we'll have to defend our hobby from this crap for the foreseeable future.
*Or that goths were to blame for the Columbine shooting in 1999.
People trying to make sense of the rise of mass shootings in the U.S. has found a convenient scapegoat: violent video games.
Just like with the Satanic Panic blaming D&D, Heavy Metal, and other assorted items for the decline in Western Civilization*, some people are blaming violent video games for the steady stream of gun violence in the U.S.
From what I can tell, the list of video game publishers in the President's Summit on Violent Video Games are there just as a punching bag. Unless, of course, Rockstar is hoping to get a boost in sales due to being labeled the "bad boy of the video games industry".
I guess we'll have to defend our hobby from this crap for the foreseeable future.
*Or that goths were to blame for the Columbine shooting in 1999.
