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Video-Game Violence: What Does It Mean? I wrote an article about meaningful game violence as part of The New York Times' year-in-review series. It focuses on a few games we've talked about a lot here, from The Last of Us to BioShock Infinite to Consensual Torture Simulator. Read more
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Ever notice how violent video games are? Wonderful! Terrible! Your call, but hey, it's a thing.
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Today, an old man went on television and complained about video games. Then someone proved him horribly wrong.
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Hell Mode has a startling essay about how one woman's memories of violence were triggered by Tomb Raider.
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It started out innocently enough, but these two "concerned" friends worrying about their video gamer buddy's…
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As I edited together my video preview of Far Cry 3, something struck me. More accurately, something stabbed me.…
The battle over whether and how violent media damage the youth of the world who consume them continues apace.…
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It's a deceptively simple question, and yet one that manages to have no good answer: "do real world morals have a…
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