by Dmitri Barvinok Staff writer Bully, a video game produced by Rockstar Games, was first greeted by panic and protest by many organizations. Jack Thompson, an infamous anti-video game activist, went as far as to compare the game to Columbine. Bully made both the Yahoo! list of Top 10 controversial games, and PlayStation Magazine’s Top …
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Korea suspects online gaming, bullying link
The South Korean government is considering further restrictions against online gaming because of a belief that gaming encourages bullying. MSNBC reports that the “Cooling Off” law would shut down games played by people under 16 after two hours of play. Gamers would be able to log in one more time during that 24-hour period, but …
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Bullies in video games: griefers
On the online world, bullying known as griefing is widespread. Griefers will infiltrate games and cause as much trouble as they can, disrupting games by killing players’ characters, stealing virtual possessions or destroying the legitimate gamers’ possessions.
