Tag: VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE

Douglas Gentile, an Iowa State University psychology professor and one of the nation's most highly regarded researchers of media and its effects on children, has spearheaded numerous studies on video games and how they influence child behavior. His most recent study, which observed the gaming tendencies of 1,178 adolescents, contends that 8.5-percent of American youths demonstrate addictive gaming ...

Do you enjoy first-person shooter games, but get annoyed by actually having to play the game, instead of effortlessly dealing out death and destruction? Then, read on, fellow animated death mongers. Parody news site The Onion has a new game to help satiate your thirst for simulated blood and brain matter. Granted, 1PS (first person shooter) games, such as 'Call of Duty,' are awesome, but ...

If domestic bliss is your goal, here is a bit of advice; do not put your big plasma TV and your PlayStation 3 in the bedroom. Oh, and certainly don't make your partner sleep on the couch so you can stay up all night playing 'Grand Theft Auto.' Carol Cannom, 46, of Lincolnshire, England, purchased 'GTA' for her 10-year-old son (we're questioning the intelligence of that decision, too), but soon ...

First, reporters start clamoring for more nudity and sex in video games, and now a member of the clergy applauds the benefits of violence in games? Has the world gone completely mad? In a weekend op-ed piece, Brooklyn, New York rabbi Micah Kelber told The Forward how the game 'Call of Duty: World at War' has helped him confront longstanding fears of Nazis and resulting feelings of ...

The Onion, America's leader in fair and unbiased reporting, turned its investigative journalists loose this week to uncover the truth about violence in video games and, more specifically, whether or not games are adequately preparing our children for the impending apocalypse. While the reporters couldn't come to a consensus on the necessary extent of preparation, they agreed that the games are ...

Hugh Spencer, a writer and designer of museum and public educational exhibitions, has created a new and unique method of keeping his teenage son from engaging in gratuitous video game violence. The elder Spencer's initial dilemma arose when Evan approached him about 'Call of Duty,' a series in which players participate in integral campaigns of World War II, either solo or with fellow online ...

Rockstar, maker of the ever popular 'Grand Theft Auto' series, got in on the Halloween action yesterday and released its new ultra violent and extremely controversial title 'Manhunt 2.' After being banned in Britain, twice, a greatly toned down version of the game is seeing the light of day in the US. In the game you play a patient in a mental institution with some, um... violent ...