MIT Prof vs Some Asshat Lawyer on Gaming
Submitted by kebernet on Tue, 06/07/2005 - 08:59
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1up has an asshat said, he said with Jack Thompson, a "video games are ruining our kids" lawyer and MIT Director of Comparative Media Studies Henry Jenkins.
See if you can determine who said what!
We need a three-legged stool: education, legislation, and my approach, which is to do the right thing. This includes representing bereaved third parties so they can sue those responsible for actions that have resulted in death. Family members who miss their loved ones--this is where the breakthrough will occur. The industry fears this, so they've all run out and bought "copycat liability" insurance to protect them. If they don't think this is going to happen, then why are they buying it? This third solution is to scare the dickens out of the videogame industry to stop marketing and selling inappropriate games to children. My goal is to save lives.
There is a misperception among parents about what games are. Parents still assume they're for kids, and they buy them for their kids. The reality is that [games] appeal just as much to adults at the present time and much of the content is inappropriate for kids. But still, parents are buying something called Grand Theft Auto for their kids, with gangsters and prostitutes on the box, so maybe this isn't the best thing for your 9-year-old? Parents need to bear some responsibility. It's a challenge.







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