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Penny Arcade Takes On Moral Kombat

From what I had read last year, Moral Kombat, the new documentary by Spencer Halpin, was supposed to be a fair, middle of the road documentary about violence in video games. Watching the trailer makes it crystal clear what side of the never ending war the film maker is on. As, McWhertor noted in his article on the subject, Moral Kombat has high production values, but that doesn't hide the message this film is obviously trying to give. More »

5:00 PM on Sat Jan 6 2007
By fdemarco
909 views, 31 comments

Latest by Darkenigma75: Damn it. How long is it going to take for them to realize that rape, murder, and crime was around way before video games? Or did it take video games for them to realize that these things existed? Someone gets more »

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Lieberman and NIMF Flunk Parents

Senator Joe Lieberman and NILF founder David Walsh presented the 11th Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card today. The report card grades how well retailers and parents work towards making sure their kids are playing the right games. Retailers and console developers got the big thumbs up this year. Guess who didn't.
"While improvements have been made by the video game industry and retailers, parental involvement received an "Incomplete" as surveys showed too few parents following the ESRB's [Entertainment Software Ratings Board] ratings and parental controls on gaming consoles."

Why are parents being graded? Everyone knows it isn't their responsibility to raise their children. That's probably why they got the incomplete instead of a big ol' F. More »

2:40 PM on Wed Nov 29 2006
By Mike Fahey
180 views, 17 comments

Latest by x23: What baffles me is how parents can't compare ESRB ratings to movie ratings. the ESRB should probably just swap the ratings to the MPAA equivalents. *everyone* knows what "R" means. apparently not so much with "M". eC = G E = also more »