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Children and Video Games: How Much Do We Know? - Psychiatric Times
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The biggest fear of clinicians and the public alike—that violent video games turn ordinary children and adolescents into violent people in the real world—is not borne out by the data.
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We presented children and adolescents with a list of 17 possible reasons for playing video games. More than half cited creative reasons for play, such as "I like to learn new things" and "I like to create my own world."
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globeandmail.com: Do violent games like GTA create violent kids?
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Drs. Cheryl Olson and Lawrence Kutner conducted a three-year-long study on the effects of video games on young teenagers and concluded that playing video games is not as bad as it's often suggested
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Game Censorship - www.gamecensorship.com
A great resource/website for game content, legislation and censorship issues...
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Game Censorship - www.gamecensorship.com
A great up-to-date table of game related legislation... (compare this table to the CT research report table)
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Video Game Voters Network: Fight For Your Video Games
A website for gamers against video game legislation...
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Bill targets teen gamers - Entertainment News, Technology News, Media - Variety
A new bill introduced in May 2008 following Grand Theft Auto IV release...
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With “Grand Theft Auto IV” in the headlines, a bipartisan pair of House members has introduced a bill that would require videogame retailers to check identification in order to prevent minors from buying games intended for adults.
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Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) introduced the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act on Wednesday to ensure that children “can only access age appropriate content without parental permission,” according to Terry.
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The Political Game: NY video game bill barks, doesn't bite - Joystiq
A new video game bill in New York to be signed. . .
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The video game world was buzzing last week following the New York legislature's passage of a video game statute. In voting overwhelmingly for the bill, New York became the first state to pass a video game law since June, 2006 when lawmakers in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Minnesota all sent restrictive game legislation to their respective governors for signature. T
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Its first requirement is that new video game consoles have parental controls built in. Of course, the Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 already do.
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LEGISLATION ON VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE
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Pending federal legislation would prohibit certain deceptive acts and practices by video game developers.
It would also preempt state and local laws regulating video game ratings or the sale, rental, or display of video games. -
Several states, including California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Washington, have passed laws regulating the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games.
Additionally, cities in Indiana and Missouri have passed ordinances that regulate the sale of such video games.
But, in every case we reviewed, the courts ruled that computer and video games are protected speech, and efforts to ban or limit access to, or the sale of, such games violate First Amendment rights. - 1 more annotations...
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The Effects of Video Game Violence : OUPblog
an interview with Karen Dill, who has a car named after her in GTA and who argues video games cause violence, etc..
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