Ogre Island

We've heard it for years - a violent culture begets violence. Conventional wisdom says, if you want to understand the not-so-subliminal reasons for incivility, you don't have to look any further than the movies, the music, and the video games - the elements of pop culture we so readily identify with and glorify.  

It seems like the claims against video games for things like promoting violence and obesity never end. If you live in Oklahoma and you’re gamer that likes shooters, you need to pay attention to a State Representative ironically named Will Fourkiller. According to Fourkiller, who once worked as a teacher and a coach, he has [...]  

Oklahoma House Democrat Will Fourkiller introduces a 1% surcharge on all Teen-rated and up games sold in his state to combat childhood obesity and bullying. Fourkiller's bill, HB 2696, singles out what Fourkiller classifies as "violent" video games to deal with those issues of obesity and youth violence which the State Representative indirectly attributes to video [...]  

Two Worcester men were arrested after they were allegedly found stealing video games at Kmart last Tuesday. Jonathan Jones, 33, and Anthony Sorrentino, 19, were both charged with shoplifting, according to a Somerville Police report.  

ove many different types of video games, I've got a particular squishy spot for old-school, turn-based strategy titles. Not stodgy historical wargames, but stuff of a more fantastical, tactical nature.[...]  

A Taiwanese man died while playing video games at an Internet cafe as dozens of other patrons carried on for hours afterwards apparently unaware that they were sitting near a corpse, according to police.