'bad and excessive use'

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Anything is bad when its used "bad and excessively," you don't need scientific evidence for that

First, what exactly is "bad use"? Second, the interactive elements of games double as reality check, which means it's much easier for a kid to seperate videogames and reality than movies and reality. Third, get your facts straight please. Cho was a grown man, a nutty man yes, but still an adult. If someone is still impressionable at that age, they have problems.

-If shit and bricks were candy and tits, we'd all be livin' large. For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007)Grand Theft Childhood, by Harvard Medical School researchers Larry Kutner and Cheryl Olson

Whilst I don't think that regulating videogame sales to minors (or any form of entertainment media) is neccessarily a bad thing, Cyprus seem to have followed the lead set by Greece and are approaching this thorny issue in completely the wrong way. They should look to the ways they regukate movies and televison and follow suit, rather than approaching videogames as if they were some alien life-form.

-- teh moominz --

It's nice that Dennis gives a map for all the non-Europeans.

~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~

I think "bad and excessive" is a redundant phrase. Anything done in excess is already heading towards bad.

I believe there is more European countries without "video game laws". It depends on what you are refering to (censorship prior to launch of a game or "ID control" of consumers buying games at retail). In Sweden we have no specific legislation, however the majority of the retailers are using PEGI and don't sell games to underage consumers based on the PEGI rating. They do it out of goodwill. Same goes to Denmark and Norway, meanwhile Finland actually have a legislation but have harmonized their law by using the PEGI symbols. Finland actually changed their rating from 11+to 12+ and 15+ to 16+ to comply with PEGI, meanwhile Portugal use PEGI but have 4+ instead of 3+.

BR,
Martin Lindell, Swedish Games Industry

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