Thursday, April 19, 2007

VT.. and the politics of entertainment

School shootings are sadly a very political issue for gamers.

Becuase the hobby we enjoy often gets a huge part of the blame, and we often get portrayed as blood thristy freaks being trained to kill.

Jack Thompson gets his attention whore quota filled by exploiting tragedies such as the VT massacre by twisting and even making up "facts" in order to make himself seem like a relevant figure to interview on TV.

Basically here is a list of "headlines" for you.

Dissecting Jack's Lies via Kotaku

Jack Thompson on Hardball w/ Video via Kotaku

Washington Post writer talks about removal of Counter Stike/shooter connection. via Joystiq

Rush Limbaugh Doesn't blame games, or guns.. ?
via Joystiq

Dr. Phill blames Games. Via gamepoitics.com

As always you can get a heavy dose of this type of information from Gamepolitics.com

Be informed about your life and hobbies, and inform others.

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