wraggster
January 28th, 2013, 12:59
Yet another US legislator has spoken out against the games industry as driven by a "lust for money" and saying its customers were driven by a "lust for violence".
The politician is Leland Yee, California Senator and author of the games legislation famously struck down by the Supreme Court inSchwarzenegger Vs. EMA (http://www.develop-online.net/news/38122/US-industry-triumphs-as-devs-win-supreme-court-vote).
The country has entered into an intense dialogue surrounding the role video games and other violent media play in shootings such as those in Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado.
"Gamers have got to just quiet down," Yee told the San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Video-games-drawn-into-violence-debate-4219013.php#page-1).
"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."
http://www.develop-online.net/news/43087/California-Senator-tells-gamers-to-quiet-down
The politician is Leland Yee, California Senator and author of the games legislation famously struck down by the Supreme Court inSchwarzenegger Vs. EMA (http://www.develop-online.net/news/38122/US-industry-triumphs-as-devs-win-supreme-court-vote).
The country has entered into an intense dialogue surrounding the role video games and other violent media play in shootings such as those in Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado.
"Gamers have got to just quiet down," Yee told the San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Video-games-drawn-into-violence-debate-4219013.php#page-1).
"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."
http://www.develop-online.net/news/43087/California-Senator-tells-gamers-to-quiet-down