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The Joystick Is The Root of All Evil

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paddles-are-okay-though dept.

Waab writes "David Yoo, of the Parsons School of Design has taken some time out of his busy schedule to put together one of the funniest sites I've seen all year, Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence. With articles like "EverQuest: A Threat to Society?" and "America's Army: A New Low" (articles currently offline "due to editing"), MAVAV gives worried parents one more senseless cause to rally round. Even Tycho and Gabe love it."

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  1. WTF???? by mustangdavis · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who playes EQ with a joystick?

    These people need to go back and do some more research before bitching up a storm like this ... they don't evn understand gammers ...

    shheeessshhh!!!

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  2. sexual favours by buswolley · · Score: 1, Troll

    Normal viloence is one thing. Warfare is ugly. But, i do think a game whee the goal is to rape and kill prostitutes is a bad thing. The lowest common denominator in enterainment, taking advantage of the angst men have against women for denying them sexual favours.

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  3. Feral huh? by ramirez · · Score: 0, Troll

    We have received an overwhelming amount of letters on the topic of videogame addiction and violence. While the majority of the responses were sent in by feral young children and pre-teenage gamers (a very surprising statistic, more proof our cause is not in vain)...

    Ah yes, let the de-humanization begin.
    I agree with the basic premise that video games should be done in moderation (including moderation (ha!)), but why sew fear? It is a basic parental obligation to assert boundaries. This is nothing new.

  4. this doesn't belong here by tps12 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Possibility 1: This is for real, and represents a threat to freedom and democracy and should be attacked with force, just as we have done with the MPAA and RIAA and Tipper Gore. Chuckling at the poor misguided Christians will not win us back our rights.

    Possibility 2: This is a hoax, also known as a Troll. If it were posted as a comment it would be modded to -1. As such, it certainly shouldn't run on the front page. This places Slashdot's credibility at risk.

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  5. Re:1st post! by PenguinPooper · · Score: 0, Troll

    Take Off Eh?? beauty!!

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