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March 16, 2005 Link to this post
Gaming - from a retail perspective
William Vitka's Violence in Videogame series at CBSNews.com continues with an interview with Hal Halpin, president of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association. This one's a little different than older ones in the series - the questions aren't the same, but the idea - to explore the effect of violence in videogames on our society - hasn't changed. Halpin's professional stance is predictable - after all, he represents game retailers, so it's not surprising that he opposes legislation that would ban the sale of videogames in certain markets - but he makes some interesting points.
Games that are marketed as violent and with gratuitous sex or violence in order to sensationalize, typically aren't good games and wouldn't sell if it weren't for politicians and the media hyping the title.
I wonder if the politicians understand this? Go check out the piece - it's an interesting read! (Louis Wu 20:21:22 UTC)
