i agree with Schumer's statement "The bottom line is that games that are aimed and marketed at kids shouldn't desensitize them to death and destruction."
I have noticed that many Fragland-writers always give black-and-white representations of this ongoing debate. Could you please practice good journalism??

To Anonymous: there are ratings for all games. If parents buy games 18+ games for their 15-year olds, then don't blame the games if something goes wrong.

The black&white representation is mostly given by these politicians who "fight against violent games". We just don't bluntly take over those opinions, something that good journalism is all about...

I love that you use some humour in your newsreports, such as the comment at the end of it ("two possibilities") :)

If they ban "violent games" il never be able to hear anything as good as Mauris Chavez from VCPR in Vice City again :(

hey look on the brightside, if all videogames have been banned as of tormorrow then we wont have to put up with that crazy frog game, and possibley you guys a fragland [who do a wonderfull job] might, just might, be able to touch sunlight again. :P

hehehe, good idea :)

Violence has and always will be an issue in society, I dont think video games have enhanced or weakened this trend in anyway. If your going to talk about "kids shouldn't desensitize them to death and destruction". Then are you going to sue the creators of violent movies as well? Movies not only contain the same "violence and destruction" that games have but they use REAL people. Although graphics are getting good I still think theres an obvious line between real people and cgi.

Why is it that politicians are so eager to skip a major step step in the process of "children" getting their hands on 18+ games? Its because their parents are also their voters, parents who directly put these games in the hands of their own children. There is no law that forces parents to buy their children violent video games, so when they do, it should be considered neglect just like if a parent left beer out for their kids.

When was the last time a beer company was sued for a teenagers drunken rampage? Not anytime that I can remember, and yet tons of kids die because of the effects of alchohal and drugs. But as soon as some punk claims he was under the influence of GTA the it mades world head lines.

Doh, that was me, same thing but with typo corrections:

Violence has and always will be an issue in society, I don’t think video games have enhanced or weakened this trend in anyway. If you’re going to talk about "kids shouldn't desensitize them to death and destruction". Then are you going to sue the creators of violent movies as well? Movies not only contain the same "violence and destruction" that games have but they use REAL people. Although graphics are getting good I still think there is an obvious line between real people and CGI.

Why is it that politicians are so eager to skip a major step in the process of "children" getting their hands on 18+ games? Its because their parents are also their voters, parents who directly put these games in the hands of their own children. There is no law that forces parents to buy their children violent video games, so when they do, it should be considered neglect just like if a parent left beer out for their kids.

When was the last time a beer company was sued for a teenager’s drunken rampage? Not anytime that I can remember, and yet tons of kids die because of the effects of alcohol and drugs. But as soon as some punk claims he was under the influence of GTA it makes world headlines.