[lbo-talk] Petro-fundamentalism's Latest Bogeyman: Videogames

[Dennis Redmond]

A Senate subcommittee is launching an inquisition against videogames and
no, it's not just evil Repugs. Gamespot's reporter Tor Torsen underlines
the charmingly bipartisan nature of the proceedings:

"The hearing was called by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a vocal
game-industry critic and cosponsor of Senate bill 1902, the  Children and
Media Research Advancement Act. Also known as CAMRA, the act was first
introduced last fall by Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), and it seeks
to have the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigate the
psychological effects of 'impact of electronic media use.' It is not the
Family Entertainment Protection Act, which Lieberman co-introduced last
fall with Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), which seeks to regulate sales of
games the government deems violent."

Full story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146902.html

-- DRR