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  2. Violence and video games - Wikipedia

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    Since their inception in the 1970s, video games have often been criticized by some for violent content. Politicians, parents, and other activists have claimed that violence in video games can be tied to violent behavior, particularly in children, and have sought ways to regulate the sale of video games. Studies have shown no connection between ...

  3. Video game addiction - Wikipedia

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    Video game addiction. Video game addiction (VGA), also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as a psychological addiction that is problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual's ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time.

  4. Video game–related health problems - Wikipedia

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    Video game–related health problems. Game addiction problems can induce repetitive strain injuries, skin disorders or other health issues. Other problems include video game-provoked seizures in patients with epilepsy. [1] In rare and extreme cases, deaths have resulted from excessive video game playing (see Deaths due to video game addiction).

  5. How a dire shortage of video game consoles helped prove that ...

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    Read more:Q&A: World Health Organization says video game addiction is a disease. Why American psychiatrists don't. The WHO's action reinforced long-standing views that video games are dangerous.

  6. Where is the line with video game violence and Hatred?

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    Developer Destructive Creations is pushing a game that explores violence and how we respond to it with their title Hatred. It's already garnered a very negative reaction from the gaming community ...

  7. 1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games

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    1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games. A fatality finishing move in the first Mortal Kombat (1992). The violence and gore associated with the move was one of the triggering factors into the U.S. Senate investigation into the lack of video game ratings. On December 9, 1993, and March 4, 1994, members of the combined United ...

  8. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    Violence. Video games since their inception have been the subject of concern due to the depictions of violence they may contain, which have heightened as the technology behind video games improves the amount of visual detail and realism of games. Video games are often seen as a possible cause to violent actions, notably in the aftermath of the ...

  9. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association - Wikipedia

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    Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that struck down a 2005 California law banning the sale of certain violent video games to children without parental supervision. In a 7–2 decision, the Court affirmed the lower court decisions and nullified the law, ruling that ...