Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked

evirus

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:15 PM
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Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked

heres a good article about video game myths, written by Henry Jenkins,MIT Professor.

its worth a good read especially for all the people who constantly attack videogames much like how the movies music books have been attacked in the past

http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:26 PM
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1. Back in the 40's and 50's, it was comic books

There was even a senate investigation leading to a "Comic Book Code".
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6543/

There are always those who seek simple answers to complex (and sometimes almost non-existant) problems.

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evirus

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:39 PM
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4. i knew i forgot something

i would have said "and so on" at the end of that little list of things that where attacked but i was counting comic books as books.

but anyway yah...... you should see the dragon ball manga, theres a lot of sexual jokes in it, caused an uproar with parents a while ago and the people translating it decided to censor it instead of telling the parents to take responsability

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:47 PM
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5. I saw an anti-comic propaganda film once

Showed a kid reading a violent comic. All of a sudden, he puts down the comic, picks up a rock and bashes the kid sitting next to him on the head.

Probably done by the same producers as "Reefer Madness".

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Caution

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:32 PM
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2. Terrific article!

thanks for the link.

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walldude

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:36 PM
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3. Jenkins rocks... he has an column with another guy in

Computer Games magazine every month. Always well researched and well thought out.

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