60 Minutes ran a segment on the possible link between video games and violence Sunday night. The piece starred lawyer Jack Thompson and ESA president Doug Lowenstein and was, by the Video Game Ombudsman's account, fairly even handed. I heard about this piece on Friday, but noticed it wasn't heavily publicized which is both a good thing and a bad one.

I'm constantly surprised that a fringe lawyer with a seemingly unstable grasp on reality can get such play in today's market. I suppose it's mostly because the world of today's major media is made up mostly of older man who know little or nothing about video games and are willing to buy into the allegation that they are the devil's tool.

I was a little surprised to see Lowenstein make the show, since I've always heard that he refuses to take the stage with Thompson for fear of legitimatizing his lost money-seeking cause.

On a brighter note, Thomson sent a rather oblique threat to me the other day. Granted you'd really have to read into it to see it that way, but he does so love to sue. I'm going to go out on a branch here and assume he wasn't asking who my attorney was because he wanted to offer his ummm, abilities. I emailed him back asking why, but he backed down. I'm chalking it up as a failed attempt on his part to silence me and other games of my opinion.

For the record Jack, you can't take away a person's freedom of speech, not in music, not in video games and not on this site.

Can A video Game Lead to Murder? [60 Minutes]

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