An Oklahoma legislator is proposing a ‘what about the children?’ bill (HB 2696) that aims to tax violent video games. Former schoolteacher and current Democratic member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, William T. Fourkiller, wants to levy an excise tax rate of one percent on the sale of violent video games; because these games supposedly spawn the obese bullies which plague our society.
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A look at results from selected companies in the video games business:Jan. 9: GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, reports nearly flat sales for a nine-week holiday period that ended ...
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An Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing taxing violent video games in that state to fund obesity and bullying programs.
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A Taiwanese man died while playing video games at an Internet cafe as dozens of other patrons carried on for hours afterwards apparently unaware that they were sitting near a corpse, according to police.
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We've heard it for years - a violent culture begets violence. Conventional wisdom says, if you want to understand the not-so-subliminal reasons for incivility, you don't have to look any further than the movies, the music, and the video games - the elements of pop culture we so readily identify with and glorify.
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Every gamer's dream come true is already a reality for some
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Two Worcester men were arrested after they were allegedly found stealing video games at Kmart last Tuesday. Jonathan Jones, 33, and Anthony Sorrentino, 19, were both charged with shoplifting, according to a Somerville Police report.
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