December 20th, 2009
Video game watchdog shuts down, victim of economy (AP)
AP – David Walsh said when he was assembling his first report card on video game violence 13 years ago, children were attacking on-screen monsters or aliens with imaginary chain saws and guns.
“When I saw kids as young as 8, 9 years old literally doing facial contortions as they killed and dismembered people, it was pretty shocking. And I think what happened is a lot of other people got shocked as well,” Walsh recalls. “I don’t think we want our kids’ culture defined by killing, mayhem and dismemberment as entertainment.
Video game watchdog shuts down, victim of economy (AP)