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Student Op-Eds Defend Games

By pete_gallagher

Ah, the great divide. As some members of the older, out-of-touch populace, who grew up with Model T's and still view the toaster as a pinnacle of achievement in technology, continue to disparage videogames, the younger generation persists in getting the back of the medium, as evidenced by a pair of college newspaper op-eds.

A piece running in The Gateway, the student newspaper of the University of Alberta, discusses the Schwarzenegger vs EMA case currently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The no-holds barred article lambastes 'states that have seemingly nothing better to do with their time,' before stating, 'enough with the ''save the children' bullshit, already.'

After opining that a go-ahead given to the California law by SCOTUS could lead to mature games being placed alongside content like 'Naughty Nurses 17' at retail, author Jordan Ching wrote: Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).