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NGai on CNN discussing violent games on the Wii. Unfair questions?

Submitted by rapture on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 4:29pm.
source: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/10/09/the-danger-of-the-continued-infantilization-of-videogames-part-i.aspx
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His article brings up one

Submitted by Midnight on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 11:01am.

His article brings up one great point in particular:

Even though video games have M ratings, society is still trying to think of video games inherently as entertainment for children, and that is no longer true. It is a medium for electronic entertainment, and holding it back with these archaic notions is hurting both developer and consumer.

Unfortunately, it's much easier to wait 20 years until our generation comprises the politicians and media producers than to educate Joe consumer, so I can guess how this will get solved...slowly.

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