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Concern about video game violence is not new. There were calls to ban violent
games as early as 1976 when Death Race, often acknowledged as the first
violent video game, appeared on the market. Of course, the violence in
Death Race seems tame in comparison with today's "first person shooters."
As technology advances, each generation of violent games became more graphic
and extreme. The processing power of video game platforms has increased
an astonishing 188 fold in the past seven months. The goal of creating
virtual experiences draws ever closer. The addition of sexual material
and crude language raises additional worries.

As the annual report cards issued by the National Institute on Media and
the Family have shown, the most violent games still find their way into
the hands of millions of children and teens. Since these games have become
implicated in the string of recent school shootings, concern has reached
new heights. This testimony brings together some of the......

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