Criticism Of Violent Video Games Has Decreased As Gamers Have Taken Positions Of Leadership

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:02 in Psychology & Sociology

20 years ago there was widespread concern about the impact of video game violence. "Mortal Kombat" created a gore filter so parents could turn that off, "Postal" had, unsurprisingly, someone committing mass killings emulating the rash of government union workers shooting people, which gave birth to the 'going postal' idiom. "Night Trap" was banned due to its use of full-motion video related to the murders. read more

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