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01-13-2009, 11:23 PM
-Attempts to put M-rated games behind store counters with the porn have largely failed. So what's a politician to do? How about health warnings?
Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Congressman Joe Baca, a Democrat out of California, has introduced a bill with Republican Frank R. Wolf that would require all M and T-rated games to carry a health warning label. Called the Videogame Health Labeling Act of 2009, it would read, "Warning: Excessive exposure to violent videogames and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior."
"The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers - to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products," Baca said.
Baca went on to say that "researach continues" to show a proven link between "playing games and increased aggression in young people." He also cited studies by the Pediatrics Journal, University of Indiana, University of Missouri and Michigan State University as proof that there is a "neurological link" between games and violent behavior.
The debate continues, to put it kindly, with studies like the one found in "Grand Theft Childhood" taking the opposite view. In the meantime, it looks like the new trend for 2009 is for video games to be associated with cigarettes rather than porn.
- 1UP
Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Congressman Joe Baca, a Democrat out of California, has introduced a bill with Republican Frank R. Wolf that would require all M and T-rated games to carry a health warning label. Called the Videogame Health Labeling Act of 2009, it would read, "Warning: Excessive exposure to violent videogames and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior."
"The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers - to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products," Baca said.
Baca went on to say that "researach continues" to show a proven link between "playing games and increased aggression in young people." He also cited studies by the Pediatrics Journal, University of Indiana, University of Missouri and Michigan State University as proof that there is a "neurological link" between games and violent behavior.
The debate continues, to put it kindly, with studies like the one found in "Grand Theft Childhood" taking the opposite view. In the meantime, it looks like the new trend for 2009 is for video games to be associated with cigarettes rather than porn.
- 1UP