“Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them,” she said in a statement on the issue. “This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it’s OK to diss people because they are a woman, they’re a different colour or they’re from a different place.”
The “she” in question is senator Hillary Clinton now out to bash violent games. Interesting how the above mentioned game mechanic is probably the most famous is recent video game history. Interesting also how one of the best designed games on the form-side also turned out to be the most provoking on the content side. Birth of a Nation, anyone?
Via Nick.
Dette indlæg ligner…
The Spam Wars take a new turn (09/05/2007)
The Nielsen Numbers Part 1 (14/10/2006)
“Spillets Verden” published (05/04/2005)
Degrees of evil (13/10/2004)
There is evil here that does not sleep (01/08/2006)
Velkommen til disse ydmyge sider. Jeg hedder Jonas og arbejder som onlinespecialist hos Egmont. Tanker du måtte snuble over på denne blog er helt mine egne (i de tilfælde hvor jeg ikke bare har hugget dem fra andre).

Computerspil-grundbog på trapperne. Detaljer ovre på Facebook.Populærest
- Eksperimentet: Vold og computerspil
- Pia Kjærsgaard i Detektor
- Computerspil skaber vold – ligesom børn …
- Hvad ved du om uvidenhed?
- Fri sex og nye medier
- Anmeldelse: Politikens iPhone-app
- En forbløffende god bog om computerspil
- Den virale markedsførings eneste problem…
- Game bibliography goes Wiki
- PhD defense completed – get ready
Tag cloud
Undersøgelse World of Warcraft Personligt Second Life bookmarks Tillid digital borgerinddragelse Computerspil Nye medier anmeldelse film Facebook Det Danske Filminstitut politiken Understanding Video Games ITU research Players' Realm anthology Wordpress PhD digitale medier Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen Announcements/CfPs Persuasion Min forskning self-constraint Akademia Edward Castronova webdesign webkommunikation











