In the latest broad brushed attempt to illustrate the videogame industry as a series of bloodthirsty harvesters of children's souls, the Victoria Times Colonist is warning parents about the dangers of brain wave controlled videogames and how they'll, I don't know, ultimately murder your children for profit.

In addition to pointing out dangerous games you've never heard of like Naughty America and Suicide Bomber as examples of why the world is going to hell in a handbasket because of Grand Theft Auto, the author throws in the obligatory mainstream press reference to the Virginia Tech shootings, despite having nothing to with videogames whatsoever.

This is an article so dumb, so alarmist, so disgusting in its misinformed slant that it requires reading. The only positive is looking to the future, when luddites and fearmongers like this will have gone the way of the dinosaur.

Thanks for the bad news, Anthony. Michael McWhertor

Video games head into risky future [Victoria Times Colonist]

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