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The portrayal of race in some video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series, Custer's Revenge, 50 Cent: Bulletproof [citation needed], and Def Jam: Fight for NY [citation needed] has been controversial. The 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was criticized as promoting racist hate crime.
Electronic Arts. Fox News Channel called out the title as the "Worst Video Game in the World" due to the extreme amount of violence; claims made in the original article were dispelled by video game journalists, including Rock Paper Shotgun, but Fox News continues to assert that the game is too violent. [ 177 ] 2011.
Since their inception in the 1970s, video games have often been criticized by some for violent content. Politicians, parents, and other activists have claimed that violence in video games can be tied to violent behavior, particularly in children, and have sought ways to regulate the sale of video games. Studies have shown no connection between ...
Experts in psychology, sociology, and gaming discuss the link between violent video games and real-world youth violence, debunking common misconceptions and highlighting the potential benefits of ...
On December 9, 1993, and March 4, 1994, members of the combined United States Senate Committees on Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary held congressional hearings with several spokespersons for companies in the video game industry including Nintendo and Sega, involving violence in video games and the perceived impacts on children.
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that struck down a 2005 California law banning the sale of certain violent video games to children without parental supervision. In a 7–2 decision, the Court affirmed the lower court decisions and nullified the law, ruling that ...
Nintendo of America vice president Howard Lincoln, testifying before the U.S. Congress on the video game violence controversy in 1993 The Mortal Kombat series, particularly its "Fatalities", was a source of major controversy in at the time of its release. A moral panic over the series, fueled by outrage from the mass media, resulted in a Congressional hearing and helped to pave the way for the ...
Mafia (series) Mario Party (video game) Marvel's Avengers (video game) Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect 3 ending controversy. Mass Effect: Andromeda. Medal of Honor (2010 video game) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.