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> I remember how Mortal Kombat and DOOM were going to cause the fall of civilization. redisman, could you tell more about this?
by Kelamir 6y ago
> I remember how Mortal Kombat and DOOM were going to cause the fall of civilization.
redisman, could you tell more about this?
- bcrosby95 6y agoProbably referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_congressional_hearings_on_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_congressional_hearings_on... Keep in mind when these games were released there was no rating system for video games. The ESRB came about because of these hearings.
- rchaud 6y agoAnd yet by 1995 Bill Gates was appearing in a video promo for Doom on Windows, wearing a trenchcoat and carrying a shotgun. For obvious reasons, this kind of nerdy frivolity wouldn't really be palatable after 1999.