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It was. The late 90s and early 2000s were chock full of moral panic about video games in general and Grand Theft Auto specifically, with speeches about "murder
by SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
It was. The late 90s and early 2000s were chock full of moral panic about video games in general and Grand Theft Auto specifically, with speeches about "murder simulators" training our youths to kill being quite common.
- schoen 6y agoFor example, Child's Play was founded as a response to that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(charity)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(charity)#Histo... Jack Thompson was also making news at that time for filing lawsuits over the original Grand Theft Auto game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)#Grand_Theft_Auto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)#Grand... I seem to remember that the Child's Play founders had a particular rivalry or conflict with him over this.