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Most of the controversy comes from the rising trend toward violence in video games, as pioneered by [[Doom]], [[Quake]], and the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. One man in Particular, [[Jack Thompson]], has imposed a self-manned crusade against video games, which has made him a target of both the online gamer community and of the mainstream media.
Most of the controversy comes from the rising trend toward violence in video games, as pioneered by [[Doom]], [[Quake]], and the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. One man in Particular, [[Jack Thompson]], has imposed a self-manned crusade against video games, which has made him a target of both the online gamer community and of the mainstream media.
Ironicaly, the claims that video games cause violence seem to be entirely backwards, as shown by [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/guncrime.htm this Bureau of Justice graph.]
== Video Games & Society ==
== Video Games & Society ==