The Videogame industry has come under fire for including graphic content relating to sex and violence. Lawmakers, Politicians and Family Values Groups have pushed legislation restricting the sale of certain videogames. Game developers have been sued by victims of violence and sexual misconduct. This site is devoted to exploring the current battle between Free Speech rights of the gaming industry and the efforts to preserve ‘decency’ and conservative values, in the face of increasingly violent and erotic videogames.
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- News Updates on Court Challenges and Pending Legislation
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"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" Video Games (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb
Lawrence Walters Eerily Predicted GamerGate in 2009/a>
Read Mr. Walters' Article on Videogame Censorship It has been said, “Censorship is the bastard child of technology.” Technological advances in video gaming software have created a rapid evolution from 1970’s arcade game technology to today’s role playing games, featuring an almost life-like level of realism, which mirrors the natural world in all of its graphic violence and sexual activity. In tandem with electronic gaming’s rapid evolution and realism has been a meteoric rise in popularity and revenues which now rivals that of the motion picture industry.
Media coverage of GDC 2009 Presentation
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/27/gdc09-attorney-discusses-top-censorship-issues-facing-industry/
Media coverage of GDC 2008 Presentation Coverage of Mr. Walters Speech at the Game Developers Conference (2008)
Media coverage of GDC 2007 Presentation Gamasutra discusses Mr. Walters presentation at the Sex in Video Games Conference
Industry publications comment on Walters GDC speech:
http://gaygamer.net/2007/03/on_video_game_censorship.html#more
http://www.gamepolitics.com/
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4909&Itemid=2
Political Correctness threatens video game industry as new form of censorship
David Walsh, National Institute on Media and the Family, creates an unrecognized "Video Game Addiction" diagnosis out of whole cloth, applying symptoms of compulsive gambling. Watch video here.
Are the Courts Reaching the End of their Rope with Videogames?
Mr. Walters Discusses Junk Science and Video Game Regulation
Update on the federal Video Game Decency Act
FTC Report on Marketing Violence to Children
Illinois and Louisiana Video Game Laws Ruled Unconstitutional
Court enjoins OK video game law
Check out the Presentation on Game Censorship
delivered at the Sex in Videogames conferenceRead Mr. Walters Speech delivered at the Sex in Videogames Conference
Read about the videogame battle in Louisiana
News Alerts:
Study finds no link between violent video games and aggressive behavior in children
Utah Newspaper Lauds Decision to Drop Video Game Legislation – from GamePolitics.com
Read Jack Thompson's venting to the Judge that ruled against him in the Bully case.
Gaming Industry Responds to Thompson’s Rant against the Judge that ruled in favor of Bully.
Playing Games with Free Speech
Pong revisited: Free speech and video games
Video Game Censorship Here to Stay? Unlikely
Congress holds at-times-contentious game hearing
Judge Halts Illinois Videogame Law
Congress Considering Control over Video Game Ratings
Parents Question ESRB Ratings System
Other Resources on the Effect of Violence in Videogames:
http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/videogamelaws.html
http://www.fepproject.org/courtbriefs/stlouissummary.html
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