All posts tagged 'Politics'
What Parents Should Know: PTC Alert about GTAIV
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Posted on April 28th, 2008 by
The Parent’s Television Council has decided that they need to get on their soapbox and has issued an alert about the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto IV. After reading it I decided to do as they asked at the end, and share this with every concerned parent I know.
This probably isn’t going to be quite what they had in mind, though.
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GamerDad on the Radio: This Saturday 4/19/08
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by
Hey all,
If you’re curious about what The GamerDad sounds like, or would like to hear me speak the truth about gaming with a man who calls himself “The Technology Tailor”, (looks like he’s pretty famous in the city of broad shoulders) tune in to WGN (it’s broadcast in 38 states and Canada) for his program. There will be a special guest and the topic is child safety online. It all goes down at 8pm EST, 7pmCST, 6pmPST.
Retro: Family Online Gaming
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by
The family that games together - can even do so in the virtual space. GamerDad looks at how Gamer Parents virtually game with children!
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Gaming (MMORPG), that most social of videogame genres, has been characterized by the image of a solitary gamer sitting in a darkened room. But is this truly the case?
Downward spiral
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by
This graph showed up on digg the other day. While statistics can be used to prove anything, it’s a pretty interesting comparison between ultra-violent game releases and real violence.
Retro - Mediawise Isn’t - 2007
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by
Article by Colleen Hannon (Momgamer): It’s time again for the National Institute on the Family to make their recommendations. How do we rate them? Note: You can find the report on their website here, or you can download a PDF format from that page.
We’ve had an ominous backslide, apparently. At least according to the gang at the National Institute for Media and the Family.
Mainstream Media Violence Studies
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by
by: Colleen Hannon (Momgamer) Do Violent Videogames really make kids violent? Colleen Hannon, our own Momgamer (no relation) takes an in-depth look at how the media interprets the data. This article is still relevant, but it’s based on an article Newsweek no longer has online. We’d love to say they retracted it in embarrassement. . . but we can’t.
The Political Arena
Posted on March 29th, 2008 by
The Elephant & the Badger
From CrispyGamer today: The second issue of GamerDad’s look at gaming and politics builds on the Democratic introduction of last time and reveals the thoughts and opinions of the Republican and the Independant. Click here for more.
Choices and Consequences
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by
When my kids were in karate, the sensei used the STAR program from the Jefferson Center for Character Education, which stood for ‘Stop, Think, Act, and Review’. The program focused on take control over your destiny by taking responsibility for your actions. At this point my kids remember more about that program than they remember the karate moves they learned! We have integrated the same philosophy in our parenting, so they certainly understand that there are definite consequences to the actions they take. So based on the news of the past week, I bet you can already guess what story I am talking about. But you’d be wrong.
Bully Scholarship Edition: What Parents Need to Know
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by
The first time the game came out, “Bully” caused a loud clamor of anti-gaming groups claiming it glorified and would cause bullying to increase in schools. The special edition that just came out on the Xbox360 is starting a similar furor.
The head of a teacher’s association in Nova Scotia is getting all riled up, and has written an opinion piece for her local paper that has started another storm about the game. She debated Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Association, on CNC last Sunday and you can watch it here.
After watching all this and reading the inevitable backslash sloshing around the web I dug up the article I wrote when the original came out in October of 2006. From a parent’s perspective nothing’s changed except exactly who is shouting. Here’s the scoop.
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The Political Arena 3/11/08
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by
CrispyGamer.com (improving daily) is letting me switch between that GamerParenting column (see next week for another issue of that) and The Political Arena - where I get to talk politics, as it relates to gaming, without using newspaper reporters as my “go-between.” First issue we take a hard look at what the candidates have said they’d do about video games. Terrain the regulars here should find eerily familiar. . . First up, the Democrats!
