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July 28, 2005 Link to this post
Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over
The 'Video Games are Evil' concept has blown up again in recent weeks, spurred primarily by the release of the Hot Coffee mod for Grand Theft Auto (google it if you don't know what it is) - and the whole 'Violence in Video Games' controversy has been reopened because of it. I haven't written much on the subject (though I've been toying with some blog posts, if life ever slows down enough to think coherently about them), but that hasn't stopped people from sending in links. One came in this morning that I found to be a great read, and a summary of most of the arguments I've been making for a while now. (I'm not claiming ownership on these arguments - LOTS of rational people have been arguing these points - I'm just saying that this one sums up my views pretty well.) Steven Johnson (we mentioned him a couple of months ago) has written an opinion piece in today's LA Times; it's an open letter to Hillary Clinton, discussing the Senator's recent call for a study on the effects of video games on our youth. He makes some solid points - and mentions Halo 2 a couple of times, which gets him on the front page here. Go read! (Thanks, Christopher Lyons.) (Louis Wu 18:29:36 UTC)
