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I knew this would happen. Violence and games have been pretty much debunked time and time again, but here’s a professional report. There you have it. Now stop pointing fingers.

You’ve been blaming violence and social order on DOOM since the Columbine shootings. Just get over yourself. Crazy people go ape all the time.

I’m sure nobody blamed Jack the Ripper on anything other than Jack the Ripper. It’s the individual’s fault when the individual behaves against the norm. Not anyone else’s. They’re the ones who should recieve the reprocussions. I understand you want to fix the problem, but I think the Columbine shooters had a great deal more problems than video game addictions. They should have been treated psychologically for WHO THEY WERE, not how many games they played.

Thank you, and goodnight.

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Nothing really to say today. Here’s a link to an interview with Gerard Jones, author of Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super-Heroes, and Make Believe Violence. Thanks to The Escapist for the great opportunity to hear Jones’ direct opinion outside of the text, especially in the light of articles like this and this. I mean, jeez, has it become rule of thumb for the media to include videogames somehow in any conflict?

Thanks to Brenda for the following article replying to the “Mortal Kombat Killers” article. David McGraw called it a “refreshing find”, and I find I agree. It seems I’m usually swamped with bad opinions of games recently, and I’ve had it up to here with hearing, whenever I say I’m a game designer, “Oh, but do take care to make more educational and fun games, instead of those horrible violent ones.”

M and T rated games are less than 15% of the industry. Right now I´m playing Peggle.

Is everyone I meet going to assume that I’m just another peddler of violence looking to sell to children?

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