{"id":143,"date":"2005-03-22T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-22T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-03-22T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-22T02:00:00","slug":"video-games-and-violence-here-we-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/03\/22\/video-games-and-violence-here-we-go-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Games and Violence &#8211; Here We Go Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheese and crackers, can violent video games not get a break?  Why have a video games rating system if we are not going to enforce it by preventing minors from purchasing (and renting) \u2018M\u2019 (Mature) rated games?<\/p>\n<p>So now we have this <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ziffdavis.com\/coursey\/archive\/2005\/03\/14\/6271.aspx\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.ziffdavis.com\/coursey\/archive\/2005\/03\/14\/6271.aspx', 'crap');\" target=new>crap<\/a> on David Coursey\u2019s Weblog by an attorney that wants to stop MicroSoft from publishing GTA:SA<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLast Sunday I appeared on CBS?s 60 Minutes to explain a wrongful death lawsuit we have filed in Alabama on behalf of the families of three law enforcement officials slain by a teen who trained on Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City to kill.  As you know, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is even more violent.  Already there have been killing incidents linked to this latest GTA game.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I should not even dignify a response, but in David Coursey\u2019s weekly letter, David wrote the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI will not cite all the evidence here, but there is good reason to believe that violent media has a negative effect on children and society. It desensitizes them to pain and suffering and may teach them violent \u201cskills\u201d they would not learn anywhere else.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe this is an accurate statement, and maybe it is not.  Regardless, I go back to my previous point that children should not be playing games such as GTA.  There is a reason GTA, as well as other violent games have a \u2018M\u2019 game rating ? the games are not intended for children.<\/p>\n<p>David concluded his \u201ctake\u201d on this issue, with the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEveryone involved in the development, promotion and sale of hyperviolent games like GTA should be ashamed. I wish we would go after these games with the same zeal directed at some other forms of obscenity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It always boggles my mind that people look towards video games as if there are the anti Christ.  Are weak minded individuals influenced by media (not just video games)?  I am sure they are in the same manner that children are easily impressionable.  If everyone can just agree that games such as Grand Theft Auto are not for kids, and enforce the already reasonable ratings system, then I think a lot of this bunk would go away.  Leave the video games alone already!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheese and crackers, can violent video games not get a break? Why have a video games rating system if we are not going to enforce it by preventing minors from purchasing (and renting) \u2018M\u2019 (Mature) rated games? So now we have this crap on David Coursey\u2019s Weblog by an attorney that wants to stop MicroSoft &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/03\/22\/video-games-and-violence-here-we-go-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video Games and Violence &#8211; Here We Go Again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}