Trump to meet with game industry members to discuss violent games

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At a press briefing today, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Donald Trump will have a chat with game industry members next week regarding violent video games.

According to the announcement, Trump will meet with representatives of the game industry next week to discuss school safety and gun violence.

“The President has met with a number of stakeholders,” Sanders said in the briefing regarding gun violence. “Next week he’ll also be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front as well.

“This is going to be an ongoing process, and something we don’t expect to happen overnight.”




Last week, President Trump commented violent video games and movies had possible roles to play in school shootings. His comment was made the week after a mass shooting took place at a Parkland, Florida high school.

This won’t be the first time, nor the last we imagine, an elected official in a higher office has met with the game industry over what’s considered violent games. In 2013, Vice President Joe Biden met with game industry members after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Biden discussed violent video game research with members of the meeting. Video game representatives included the Entertainment Software Association’s president Michael Gallagher, former EA CEO John Riccitiello, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, ZeniMax CEO Robert Altman, ex-Epic Games president Mike Capps, and representatives from Activision and Take-Two.

Earlier that year, former President Obama tasked the Center for Disease Control with studying the causes of violent behavior, and asked that Congress “fund research into the effects violent video games have on young minds.”

Many politicians over the years have pointed the finger at what’s deemed violent regarding video games. Even a certain blowhard who shall not be named, sent a mean letter to a certain game publisher’s mother over his company publishing violent games.

But, no peer-reviewed study has ever demonstrated a direct causative link between violent media and violent actions, according to UKIE boss Jo Twist. Many other studies have been conducted over years since, and more will be conducted in the future we imagine.

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hootPosted:

Lost The whole idea behind blaming video games is ridiculous to me.


Agreed. I don't think video-games should be a main concern when we have mass shootings and all of that.

hootPosted:

Mike Hopefully nothing stupid happens to any games because of this


I doubt anything will imo. Videogames will stay as they are.

MushroomElmPosted:

It says Obama wants to have funding for a research to see what Video Games do to young minds, when there are already researches proving that it does NOT affect them in a negative way(I.E wanting to go shoot up their school and such.).

I doubt Trump will actually do anything, considering he is pro-gun(or at least, not super anti-gun like Obama is). He is probably doing this to appease people, make them think he cares enough to entertain the idea that video games do this to people.

News Flash: Humans used to LIGHT PEOPLE ON FIRE because they were believed to be witches. Humans in general are just messed up.

LostPosted:

The whole idea behind blaming video games is ridiculous to me.

lbreadsticklPosted:

A lot of people saying he's gonna do something. Honestly I believe he's there to talk to them because he has to. News stations kept bringing up motives behind all these kids doing shit, and the first thing I thought of as well was movies and games.

So they probably called on him to say/do something, but in reality he's probably gonna show up and say what do we have to change to satisfy people that games won't be possible motives. If anything, the game industry will prob have follow the updated law to buy weapons and I.D. for 21+ instead of 18+ years old to buy shooter games.

TTGPosted:

Famous Soon this will be like japan or is it China where they can't play these kind of games, lol


Yeah it could turn out that way, but they do have call of duty online. Still not worth it though.

FamousPosted:

Soon this will be like japan or is it China where they can't play these kind of games, lol

TOXICPosted:

Nag knowing him I doubt he's not gonna do anything about it lol. Hopefully, we just let this slide and move on to the next big event.

MikePosted:

Hopefully nothing stupid happens to any games because of this

TTGPosted:

I highly doubt he will take away violent video games, either way still got MW2 lol


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