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Yet Another Violent Games Ban

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-play-stuff-that's-bad-for-you dept.

Gamespot reports on a proposed Tennessee bill banning extremely violent games. From the article: "The bill defines the phrase 'extremely violent video game' as 'a video game in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being," with a number of clauses specifying that a game would have to be patently offensive to prevailing community standards, among other things, to be considered extremely violent.'"

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  1. Hah! by Tadrith · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose sending them a death threat with the words "Take my video games away and I'll f****** kill you!" would not be helpful to the cause?

    1. Re:Hah! by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only if you're Steve Ballmer.

      --
      It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
      Be yourself no matter what they say
  2. Military applications by Threni · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose the US Military *could* stop using Doom etc for training (as has been reported) and instead try Pacman or something. It would have certain advantages, I guess...

  3. Killing Humans? by MaliciousSmurf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess this means a game that focuses on killing kittens would be OK?