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A still from the 3D, online game the couple was addicted to, courtesy of CNN.
You’re not gonna believe this.
A couple in South Korea were convicted Friday of letting their newborn daughter starve to death while they “addictively played an online game raising a virtual child.”
I know. I know, I know. But it gets worse.
The couple were sentenced to two years in prison – just two years! – but the mother’s term was suspended because – drum roll, please – she’s pregnant. And, according to the AP, “The mother will avoid jail time if she stays out of trouble for three years.” Ummmmm…… please tell me you’re not going to let this woman raise another child. You’re taking her baby away the second it’s born, right? Continue reading »
It a case that has garnered national attention, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The law was originally adopted back in 2005 but never went into effect because a federal appeals court found that the state failed to show proof that violent video games are in any way harmful to kids.
Every time a particularly violent video game comes to light, parents freak. But more and more studies are pointing to parents as the actual game players – not their kids.
A comprehensive round-up of gaming stats compiled by Online Education.net shows kids under eighteen are actually the smallest demographic of gamers Continue reading »
Did you happen to catch the rating on that video game your kid got for Christmas? What about the movie they caught with their friends over the holiday break? You’re not alone.
According to a new survey of parents, most of us are ignoring the ratings on video games, movies and music in favor of letting our kids go hog wild. Continue reading »
A mother fed up with her teenage son’s video game obsession decided it counted as an emergency – so she called 911.
And two Boston police officers actually had to waste their time telling a teenage boy to listen to his mother. Continue reading »
As the Byrds once sang, to everything there is a season, a time to plant, a time to reap. For about 22 million Facebook users, that time is right now. According to Zynga, the company who created Facebook’s FarmVille application, that is the number of people who log on at least once a day to till their fake land and harvest their imaginary crops in the online game. Continue reading »
Is there a gaming addict living under your roof? Someone who doesn’t know when to stop trying to get to that next level, get the top score or can’t pull themselves away from their alternate reality. There is – no doubt – countless parents out there who would love to obtain some magical gadget to limit their kids game play. A 79-year-old thinks he has the solution. The answer? Continue reading »
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