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Tag: Topic – Violence

With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)

With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)

TITLE
With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well

AUTHOR
Andy Chalk

PUBLICATION
PC Gamer

YEAR
2026

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Author LibrarianPosted on October 7, 2026October 9, 2026Categories ArticleTags Grand Theft Auto VI, Topic - Advertising, Topic - Content Ratings, Topic - Violence

How To Get Away With Making An Ultraviolent Video Game – Defector (2021)

How To Get Away With Making An Ultraviolent Video Game – Defector (2021)

TITLE
How To Get Away With Making An Ultraviolent Video Game

AUTHOR
Trevor Strunk

PUBLICATION
Defector

YEAR
2021

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Author LibrarianPosted on October 29, 2021November 10, 2025Categories Book ExcerptTags America's Army, Battlefield 1942, Doom (1993), Doom (2016), Duke Nukem 3D, Medal of Honor (1999), Medal of Honor (2010), Topic - Violence

‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11 – Kotaku (2019)

‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11 – Kotaku (2019)

TITLE
‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11

AUTHOR
Joshua Rivera

PUBLICATION
Kotaku

YEAR
2019

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Author LibrarianPosted on May 8, 2019October 14, 2026Categories ArticleTags Mortal Kombat 11, Topic - Violence, Topic - Working Conditions

How Mercenaries and Gun Culture Shaped One of the Best Strategy Games Ever Made – Motherboard: Tech By Vice (2014)

How Mercenaries and Gun Culture Shaped One of the Best Strategy Games Ever Made – Motherboard: Tech By Vice (2014)

TITLE
How Mercenaries and Gun Culture Shaped One of the Best Strategy Games Ever Made

AUTHOR
Darius Kazemi

PUBLICATION
Motherboard: Tech By Vice

YEAR
2014

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Author LibrarianPosted on August 26, 2014January 24, 2025Categories Book ExcerptTags Jagged Alliance 2, Topic - Violence

The video game assassination of JFK – Eurogamer (2014)

The video game assassination of JFK – Eurogamer (2014)

TITLE
The video game assassination of JFK

AUTHOR
Simon Parkin

PUBLICATION
Eurogamer

YEAR
2014

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Author LibrarianPosted on June 4, 2014October 14, 2026Categories ArticleTags Carmageddon, JFK Reloaded, Topic - Historical Studies, Topic - Violence

The Making of… Carmageddon – Edge (2008)

TITLE
The Making of… Carmageddon

AUTHOR
Edge

PUBLICATION
Edge

YEAR
2008

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Author LibrarianPosted on June 27, 2008October 15, 2026Categories ArticleTags Carmageddon, Topic - Content Ratings, Topic - Violence

Professor Jenkins Goes to Washington – Always Black (2005)

Professor Jenkins Goes to Washington – Always Black (2005)

TITLE
Professor Jenkins Goes to Washington

AUTHOR
Henry Jenkins

PUBLICATION
Always Black

YEAR
2005

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Author LibrarianPosted on December 27, 2005October 23, 2024Categories ArticleTags Topic - Violence

Night-Trapped – Wired (1994)

Night-Trapped – Wired (1994)

TITLE
Night-Trapped

AUTHOR
Ron Martinez

PUBLICATION
Wired

YEAR
1994

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Author LibrarianPosted on October 1, 1994April 10, 2025Categories InterviewTags Night Trap, Topic - Violence

Nintendo’s Looser Stance on Violence Means a Bloody Mortal Kombat II – Los Angeles Times (1994)

Nintendo’s Looser Stance on Violence Means a Bloody Mortal Kombat II – Los Angeles Times (1994)

TITLE
Nintendo’s Looser Stance on Violence Means a Bloody Mortal Kombat II

AUTHOR
Denise Gellene

PUBLICATION
Los Angeles Times

YEAR
1994

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Author LibrarianPosted on September 9, 1994July 27, 2026Categories ArticleTags Mortal Kombat II, Topic - Violence

Death Race Game Gains Favor But Not With the Safety Council – The New York Times (1976)

Death Race Game Gains Favor But Not With the Safety Council – The New York Times (1976)

TITLE
Death Race Game Gains Favor But Not With the Safety Council

AUTHOR
Ralph Blumenthal

PUBLICATION
The New York Times

YEAR
1976

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Author LibrarianPosted on December 28, 1976October 15, 2024Categories ArticleTags Death Race, Topic - Violence

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