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On Game Violence

Head to Head from 1UP (thanks Shacknews) offers Q&As with gaming advocate Henry Jenkins and anti-violence crusader Jack Thompson in an attempt at covering both sides of the debate over violence in gaming. Here's a bit where Jack explains that suing everyone is a way of protecting gamers from having their games banned altogether:

We are going to sue videogame manufacturers, platform manufacturers, and retailers like Wal-Mart, Circuit City, and Amazon who continue to sell adult-rated materials to children. We're going to sue the industry for its recklessness, for being so shortsighted. Eventually there is going to be a Columbine to the factor of 10, a slaughter in a school by a crazed gamer. And when that happens, when America figures out these kids were filled up with virtual violence, Congress may ban the games altogether. You wise guys who think you're so clever about saying what kids ought to play and then putting [Mature] games in the hands of those kids, you will wish you listened to me.

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