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Changing public perception of video games is a crucial part of the Video Game Voters Network. We've compiled the best articles on the web about freedom of speech, censorship and the California game law. Get informed!
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Editorial: It's in the game
Shouldn't the Terminator be a character portrayed in a violent video game, rather than the guy who's out to ban the games' sales to minors?
Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/16/10
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Op-ed: Restricting video game sales violates free speech
The law is based on the discredited myth that the fictional depiction of violence actually causes real violence.
Baltimore Sun - 10/04/10
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Op-ed: The court as Mr. Fix it?
Prohibition ended 77 years ago, yet Americans have still not kicked the habit of trying to fix social problems by banning things.
New York Times - 5/01/10
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Video Games Are Protected Speech
It's an unnecessary gesture toward child protection in an area millions of parents already are handling competently on their own.
Los Angeles Times - 4/28/10
What else is being said:
- 10/19/2010 — Parents, Not Government, Needed to Monitor Video Games — Townhall.com
- 10/19/2010 — Guest Editorial: A First Amendment Call to Arms — Kotaku
- 10/18/2010 — Hallan/Gallagher: California case could be big trouble for Michigan retailers — Lansing State Journal (MI)
- 10/5/2010 — Opinion: The First Amendment embraces video games — The News and Observer (NC)
- 10/4/2010 — Restricting video game sales violates free speech — The Baltimore Sun
- 9/23/2010 — Editorial: Video games don't make kids violent — Moscow-Pull Daily News (ID)
- 9/22/2010 — RI joins protest of CA ban on violent video games for kids — The Providence Journal blog (RI)
- 9/21/2010 — States Join Media Groups in Briefs Opposing California's Violent Video Game Ban — The National Law Journal
- 9/21/2010 — Our View: AG right on video games — Standard-Examiner (UT)
- 9/20/2010 — Are video games the 'devil's flute'? — MSNBC blog
- 9/18/2010 — Movie makers, comic book authors rally around video games as Supreme Court hearing looms — MSNBC blog
- 9/17/2010 — Entertainment industry opposes California video-game law — The Hill
- 9/17/2010 — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger going head-to-head with video game violence? — The Los Angeles Times blog
- 9/17/2010 — States Join Media Group In Briefs Opposing California's Violent Video Game Ban — Legal Times
- 9/17/2010 — Showbiz calls for end to vidgame ban — Variety
- 9/16/2010 — Why you should care about Schwarzenegger v. EMA — San Antonio Express-News blog (TX)
- 9/10/2010 — California's politics, free speech, and video games — RedState.com
- 9/10/2010 — Biz wary of vidgame ban battle — Variety
- 9/9/2010 — Video game industry gears up for battle against California law — The Los Angeles Times
- 9/7/2010 — California writes itself a censorship blank check — The Washington Examiner
- 9/4/2010 — Attempt to revive video game law a waste of money — The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
- 8/31/2010 — Who says video games aren't art? — CNN
- 7/25/2010 — Blumenthal Takes On The Zombies — Hartford Courant (CT)
- 7/12/2010 — State's violent video game law goes supreme — KGO-TV (CA)
- 6/26/2010 — Editorial: Video Game Decisions Best Left to Parents — Northwest Herald (IL)
- 5/8/2010 — Dangerous Playthings? Berks DA, Experts See No Need to Regulate Violent Video Games — Reading Eagle (PA)
- 5/6/2010 — Editorial: Video Games and Free Speech — The New York Times
- 5/1/2010 — Op-ed Column: The Court as Mr. Fix-It? — The New York Times
- 5/1/2010 — Editorial: Judging Video Games — Los Angeles Times
- 4/28/2010 — Editorial: Video Games are Protected Speech — The Los Angeles Times
- 4/27/2010 — Supreme Court to Hear Videogames Case — The Wall Street Journal
- 4/26/2010 — Blog: Could Violence Become 'Obscene' in Law? — First Amendment Watch
