Report: Police Consider Sandy Hook Shooter a 'Deranged Gamer' Who Tried to Outscore Other KillersEvan Narcisse3/18/13 10:30am447EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza maintained a spreadsheet filled with information from mass killings from the past and further alleges that it's a major sign of how video games influenced the mindset and planning of Lanza's terrible act of lethal violence, according to a front page story in today's New York Daily News.
Mock Trial Calls Violent Games Case For CaliforniaOwen Good9/27/10 9:30pm295EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkA panel comprised of some of the nation's pre-eminent jurists, legal scholars and court observers pondered California's violent video games statute, which goes before the Supreme Court Nov. 2, and concluded the high court will decide 6-3 for California.
iTunes Store Rejects The Onion's Face-Shooting Joke AppOwen Good9/18/10 7:00pm175EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkRemember "Close Range"? The Onion's violent video game satire got a web-based flash game after its hilarious introduction in April, and soon the satirical publication began work on an iPhone app. Until Apple killed the fun, of course.
ESA Brief Rips California Law As Threat To Free ExpressionOwen Good9/10/10 8:30pm273EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkBlasting a California statute regulating sales of very violent video games as a threat to the freedom of creative expression, the Entertainment Software Association today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the law, once and for all.
Aliens VS. Predator Kill Moves Are A Tad Bit GraphicMike Fahey1/18/10 3:30pm292EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Actually they aren't too bad, provided you turn the sound down a little and keep your hand away from the pause button. Pause is not your friend here.