Introduction

Some angry kids decide to shoot up their school and kill a bunch of classmates. It happens that some of these angry kids like a computer game called "Doom".

Retired Lt. Col. Dave Grossman decides that games like Doom, along with various other mass media, are responsible for training the kids to carry out their acts of carnage. Families of the slain agree and file suit against several entertainment companies.

What's the big deal? Games are just for kids, right? Pac Man? Space Invaders? What's so bad about these games?

The following is a guide to some of the more controversial video games to be produced in the past ten years. Read up, and draw your own conclusions. It probably won't change your mind about anything, but at least you'll know what people are talking about.

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