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  2. Violence and video games - Wikipedia

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    The playing of violent video games may not be an independent variable in determining violent acts (for example, violent behaviour after playing violent video games may be age dependant, or players of violent video games may watch other violent media). Studies may not have been long or large enough to provide clear conclusions. [123]

  3. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association - Wikipedia

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    Alito wrote that he was unsure that there was no connection between violent video games and effects on children, stating that "There are reasons to suspect that the experience of playing violent video games just might be very different from reading a book, listening to the radio, or watching a movie or a television show", referencing the book ...

  4. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    ESRB Ratings for video games. Used to control who can access overly violent and sexual video games. Video games since their inception have been the subject of concern due to the depictions of violence they may contain, which have heightened as the technology behind video games improves the amount of visual detail and realism of games.

  5. Maker of Violent Video Games: 'Not Surprised' Sandy Hook ...

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    As policy makers debate President Obama's gun control proposals, some have also begun to question the role of violent video games in shootings. The perpetrators of mass shootings, including the ...

  6. 1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games

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    Since as early as the 1970s, video games have been criticized for having violent content that psychologically influence players. In 1982, the Surgeon General C. Everett Koop asserted that video games may be affecting the health and well-being of young people and were potentially addictive. [1]

  7. List of controversial video games - Wikipedia

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    The game was discussed briefly in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom after the issue was brought to the attention of MP Keith Vaz, a longtime opponent of violence in video games, with fellow Labour Party politician Tom Watson arguing that the level was "no worse than scenes in many films and books" and criticising Vaz for "collaborating ...

  8. New Yorkers love violent video games, but this state is even ...

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    A new study compared violent video game Google searches in all 50 states, to gauge whose players were the most "obsessed with" games, like Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat.

  9. Jack Thompson (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Thompson claims children may develop violent tendencies due to video games. Thompson has heavily criticized a number of video games and campaigned against their producers and distributors. His basic argument is that violent video games have repeatedly been used by teenagers as "murder simulators" to rehearse violent plans.