Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumSome context on Biden's comments about designers of violent games
Some people here seem to think Biden's comments came out of a vacuum, instead of being part of a national debate on the issue.
Kotaku article with some possibilities about which meeting Biden was remembering:
https://kotaku.com/unsolved-mystery-which-game-industry-exec-did-joe-bide-1841073390
The article suggests that EA boss John Riccitiello may have been the person Biden had in mind when he talked about someone bragging about producing games that show you how to kill people.
BBC article on Ricckitiello:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21274482
John Riccitiello spoke out on the subject during a conference call with bank analysts following his firm's latest earnings forecast.
But he acknowledged that his industry did face a "perception issue".
The topic has become the focus of political debate in the US following shootings in a Connecticut school and a Colorado cinema.
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Vice President Joseph Biden was recently tasked with heading an inquiry into the causes of gun violence and specifically looked at the issue of computer games.
He concluded: "There is no hard data as to whether or not these excessively violent video games in fact cause people to engage in behaviour that is antisocial, including using guns."
However, during an online video interview, he also referred to a 2008 research paper published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
It said that a study of US and Japanese youth had suggested playing violent video games was "a significant risk factor for later physically aggressive behaviour".
The research team behind the report also published a follow-up paper in 2010, in the American Psychological Association's journal, saying there should be "public education" so parents and schools could address the issue.
But the vice president said the studies had not made "the next connection" - that game playing actually led to violent acts - and concluded that more research was needed.
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The person who had tasked Biden with heading that inquiry was, of course, Barack Obama.
Biden was told to look into this.
And he had an American Academy of Pediatrics study to back up his concern.
So I would expect him to be offended if anyone producing games showing how to kill people boasted about that as being artistry.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that APA strongly encourages the Entertainment Software Rating Board to refine the ESRB rating system specifically to reflect the levels and characteristics of violence in games in addition to the current global ratings.
https://www.apa.org/about/policy/violent-video-games
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R B Garr
(16,920 posts)Plus stock. Hes a business CEO, but we love his MILLIONS because......double standards.
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highplainsdem
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Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)I saw some responses on Twitter yesterday where some gamer's agreed with the little creep characterization.
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highplainsdem
(48,731 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden