All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen

[wraggster]

Fluffeh (http://slashdot.org/~Fluffeh) writes with news that U.S. Congressmen Baca (D-CA) and Wolf (R-VA) have proposed a bill that would require most video games to have a warning label (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/us-congressmen-expand-call-for-violence-warning-label-on-nearly-all-video-games.ars) decrying their "potential damaging" long-term effects on children."Under the one-page Violence in Video Games Labeling Act (http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/jan2012/hr4204.pdf) (PDF), packaging for all video games except those rated 'EC' for Early Childhood would be required to prominently display a message reading: 'WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior.' The proposed label would be required even if the video game in question is not violent (http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/216903-house-members-call-for-new-warning-labels-on-most-video-games)."

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/03/20/2154241/all-video-games-cause-aggressive-behavior-say-two-us-congressmen