Thursday, April 19, 2007

So as it turns out, video games don't make you kill people . . .

Mental illnesses do (here and here). Who would have thought?!

It seems like anytime a new media for creating art and entertainment is invented, its going to end civilization. Books make your brain rot, paintings give you sinful thoughts, jazz music has the devil's beat, movies, tv, etc.

The reason the witch hunt on video games bothers me is because it'll only hurt the little guys who actually see the medium as an artistic venue. Guys like the now-defunct Clover Studios, Rockstar, and Epic. If they're all shut down by nuisance lawsuits, all we'll be left with are the big publishers like EA and Ubisoft. And I could definately do with fewer movie tie-ins.

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