Grand theft auto has created controversy world wide for its content. the game contains very graphic content and was rated M for mature. Despite this rating children under the age of 18 still manage to play this game, this has sparked a world wide debate due to the fact that some children that have played the game obsessively have committed crimes of similar nature to the things that happen in the game.
Jack thompson an american attorney believes gta trains the young children to kill police men, mistreat woman, and brake other laws. he believes that the parents who buy there children this game are potentially buying them a law braking stimulator.
he has appeared in more law suits against gaming manufacturers than any other attourney, but never won a single case. Most og these law suits have been against take two interactive, who are the creators and publishers of the grand theft auto series, the bully games, and the manhunt games. Despite his attempts to "destroy take two-two" Jack Thompson was disbared for a decade from practicing law.
Many gaming experts beleive that violent games such as grand theft auto do cause teenagers to act violently. However the is a large amount of gaming experts that believe video game do NOT cause violence in teenagers, and say that the players of the games should be able to determine the difference between fanasy and reality, and if they can not, then the problem is alot deeper that video games, such as parenting, or why they have not been learnt how to determine the differnce.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
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