Category Archives: Computer games

Video games linked with murders

By SPCS | Published: November 19, 2011

A UK sailor has been jailed for 25 years after a shooting spree inspired by a violent video game. Able Seaman Ryan Donovan had been obsessed with the video game Grand Theft Auto – linked with murders in the US. After being disciplined for disobedience, Donovan told shipmates he was planning a killing frenzy based [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV Addiction Link To Criminal Rampage

By SPCS | Published: May 31, 2008

Rampage blamed on game obsession “Reid [the offender] was hardwired for violence and anti-social behaviour and programmed by his recreational pursuits” [involving the game Grand Theft Auto]. The Dominion Post Saturday, 31 May 2008 Like a character from Grand Theft Auto, the game he played compulsively, Tim Reid went on a rampage, stole a police [...]

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Application for Leave re Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited version)

By SPCS | Published: May 30, 2008

The Society has sought leave under s. 47(2)(e) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 (“the Act”), to apply to the Film and Literature Board of Review (“the Board”) for a review of the classification of the highly controversial console game Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version) [also known as or GTA [...]

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Grand Theft Auto IV: Who is the NZ distributor profiting from this offensive “Crime-Promoting Game”?

By SPCS | Published: May 19, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV (also known as GTA 4) – a computer game formatted for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – was launched on April 29, 2008 and sold nearly 2.9 million copies in the United States in its first five days.1 The game – made by Two’s Rockstar studio – with first-week worldwide sales [...]

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Is there a causal-effect between exposure to video game violence and violent behaviour?

By SPCS | Published: May 11, 2008

Video Game Violence and Public Policy David Walsh, Ph.D. National Institute on Media and the Family Concern about violent video and computer games is based on the assumption that they contribute to aggression and violence among young players. That conclusion was originally based on the extensive body of research about the effects of television violence [...]

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Chief Censor’s Office Report on Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA 4)

By SPCS | Published: May 9, 2008
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Dr. Craig Anderson: Violent Video Games and Aggression

By SPCS | Published: December 9, 2007

Dr. Craig Anderson from the University of Iowa is one of the most frequently cited and published researchers in the field of video game violence. Anderson’s work has been used in a variety of venues from scholarly publications to State Supreme Court arguments. Anderson research was used in the Illinois video game legislation defense where [...]

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Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents Theory, Research, and Public Policy (Oxford University Press, 2006)

By SPCS | Published: December 9, 2007

by Craig A. Anderson, Douglas A. Gentile and Katherine E. Buckley Description Violent video games are successfully marketed to and easily obtained by children and adolescents. Even the U.S. government distributes one such game, America’s Army, through both the internet and its recruiting offices. Is there any scientific evidence to support the claims that violent [...]

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Violent Computer Games and Youth Crime. Is there a link?

By SPCS | Published: November 30, 2007

The NZ Herald reports: “Violent Xbox video games are being fingered by a top police officer as a possible cause of rising violence among young people. “Superintendent Bill Harrison, national manager of police youth services, says youth violence rates have jumped in the past two or three years throughout the Western world, coinciding with the [...]

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Society Raises Concerns Over Dissemination of Objectionable Internet Content

By admin | Published: August 13, 2007

Media Release 13/08/07 On Thursday night last week The Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced a A$189 million package to deal with the growing problems of internet porn and dissemination of, and availability of, objectionable content to minors via Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The tough measures adopted by the Howard government to stamp out two [...]

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OFLC Ban on Reservoir Dogs Computer Game

By admin | Published: July 11, 2006

Media Release 11/07/06 The Society is pleased that the Office of Film and Literature Classification (see Scoop 7 July) has applied the censorship law correctly and banned the computer game Reservoir Dogs that is based on the Quentin Tarantino’s ultra-violent sick film of the same name. However, the Society’s president Mike Petrus says: “The OFLC [...]

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