Was California State Senator Leland Yee too harsh when said that gamers need to “quiet down” last week?  He probably doesn’t think so, but his office responded to comments to his words for some much-needed damage control.

In case you missed it, California Senator Leland Yee spoke out last week about violence in video games and how it affects real life.  He was quite blunt with his opinion, saying: “Gamers have got to just quiet down. Gamers have no credibility in this argument. This is all about their lust for violence and the industry’s lust for money. This is a billion-dollar industry. This is about their self-interest.”

IGN wrote to Yee’s office with the hopes of getting a response, and they got one from Adam Keigwin, the senator’s chief-of-staff.  Regarding Yee’s comments, Keigwin said, “It wasn’t the most artful thing he ever said.”  He also noted that Yee’s comments were not aimed at individual gamers, but at the gaming industry as a whole.  Keigwin even admitted that he enjoys video games himself on occasion, just like other staffers in the senator’s office, and that Yee’s children play video games as well.

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