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Game crackdown - British PM to use study by Dr. Tanya Byron |
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With all the commotion revolving in-game violence, steps are being made by the British government to ensure gaming quality for their country.Aside from a legal classification system that will be introduced for rating video games, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to utilize the results of a study being done by Dr. Tanya Brown.
Brown's study will be reporting her findings next month on the impact of video games on children. She also indicated that she will be examining the current classification system for games and see it it causes confusion among the parents.
Currently, 90 percent of games portray weapons, martial arts and even extreme combat, and they are currently free from the classification in place.
Aside from this reports that will be coming from the study, a cinema-style of classification will be used to categorize video games as part of the British government's efforts to keep children away from unsuitable material.
The Ministers in the United Kingdom hope that the review being done by Brown will be able to put to ease the debates happening over video games.
Via The Guardian
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and leave all the *****ty movie tie ins
that woman looks like a huge douche
shell probably say any reference to any sex/violence in games deems it "unsuitable"
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Even with all that said I actually did grow up on Mortal Kombat (1-3) and Duke Nukem 3D whilst I was just 11 years old and it didn't mess me up. But there are people out there who do get messed up - from any kind of media.
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That's how it *actually* works.
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I always wanted to see if I can pitch a game that you play as serial killers in cities as some sort of mmorpg. You have the AI ppl and cops and your job is to kill the most ppl without getting caught. If you manage to kill other serial killer you score a lot more. 1) to show you that being a serial killer is not easy with all the risk of witness and evidences 2) by knowing the predator you can avoid being a prey.
I guess noone will dare to do it. ;)
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Life is truly grand.
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