Voices of Reason
A few recent articles that help take the edge off...
- "Chasing the dream" from The Economist
- "Pop Culture Pariah" by John Davison, 1up.com
- "Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over" by Steven Johnson (author of Everything Bad Is Good For You)
- "There's Sex In My Violence! What's this lame soft-core porn doing in my ultraviolent 'Grand Theft Auto'? I am outraged!" by Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
- "The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games" at Game Revolution
- "First Person: Banging the drums - Hillary Clinton's crusade against video-game violence is another feel-good charade" by Clay Calvert and Robert D. Richards (professors of communications and law at Pennsylvania State University and co-directors of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment)
- "Ratings soothe parents, but fail to protect kids - Cataloging curses and flashes of flesh gives adults a false sense of comfort" by Joel Stein
- "Question of the Week Responses: Game Ratings and Government Regulation?" at Gamasutra
- "Parents: the ultimate rating system" by Angie Bergh, Oregon State Daily Barometer
Posted on July 26, 2005 11:13 AM
Comments
I notice no one has brought up the McCarthy-era grandstanding of Fredrick Wertham, "The Seduction of the Innocent," and the history of the Comics Code . . .
Posted by: Anne at July 27, 2005 10:24 PM
Posted by: Brinstar at July 28, 2005 11:58 AM
Here's another (well, I'm not sure it's voice of reason) but
http://greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2005-07-28.htm
Posted by: gman at July 28, 2005 01:55 PM