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July 28, 2005
Everything Bad is Good For You (and GTA is even better)
Steven Johnson, author of the recent book Everything Bad is Good For You (about how TV, video games and other stuff like that has a beneficial effect on society), has written a missive to Senator Hillary Clinton, delivered through the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times. A brief excerpt:
I'm writing to commend you for calling for a $90-million study on the effects of video games on children… I'd like to draw your attention to another game whose nonstop violence and hostility … instills aggressive thoughts in the minds of its players, some of whom have gone on to commit real-world acts of violence and sexual assault after playing. I'm talking, of course, about high school football.
Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-johnson27jul27,0,1432940.story
Posted by gamegal at July 28, 2005 04:59 PM