Entries in 'violent video games' (9)
Vaz back on the anti-games bandwagon
One of the UK’s staunchest anti-games critics is back on the warpath with the news that Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East, has gone to Parliament with fresh ...
New study links violent games to aggression
Video games have been linked to aggression in the young in a new comparative studies from the US and Japan.
Stephen King defends violent games
Stephen King, author of horror classics such as The Shining and Carrie, has come out in strong defence of violent video games.
Violence in games good for you, discovers report
A study by Middlesex University has found that gamers that indulge in violence in MMO titles like World Of Warcraft [pictured] are more likely to feel relaxed and less angry ...Advertisement
Daily Telegraph slams Byron Review
A prominent opinion piece in today’s Daily Telegraph has slammed Gordon Brown for employing Dr. Tanya Byron to carry out her investigation into the availability of violent video games.
HAVE YOUR SAY: BBFC ratings for all games – a good idea?
If MCV and The Guardian’s predictions are correct, then there will soon be universal BBFC ‘cinema-style’ ratings for all game releases.
Government’s ‘clampdown’ on games a reality
MCV genuinely hates to say we told you so today – as The Guardian’s front page excitedly reports that Gordon Brown is to unleash an aggressive ‘clampdown’ on the sale ...
75 per cent of European parents worried about violent games
A survey conducted on behalf of Microsoft has claimed that over 75 per cent of parents in the UK, France, Italy and Germany are concerned about the content of games ...
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Underage game sales rife in US
A survey conducted by the National Institute on Media and Family in North America has discovered that teenagers are often able to but Mature rated video games despite their 17+ ...
