Tag archive: violent tendencies

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will take on the sale of violent video games to minors, says the Wall Street Journal. The case revolves around a 2005 California law that banned the sale of violent games to anyone under the age of 18. The law never took effect because courts found it violated free-expression rights. For the last five years, it has been appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. In 2009, a federal appeals court in San Francisco… Read More

In civilian society, debate might still be raging on about whether violence in video games contributes to violent tendencies and actions among children, but the U.S. Army is betting video games can help make a more-prepared soldier: according to Stars & Stripes, the U.S. Army has created its own video game unit, and plans to invest $50 million in it over the next five years to procure and design systems that will help prepare soldiers… Read More