First, is a murder conviction of a 18-year-old man dubbed the "Halo 3 Killer" after he shot his mother and father because his mother took away his favorite video game - Halo 3 - because he was playing it too much.
Daniel Petric had killed his mother while injuring his father in the incident.
The young man's defense attorney said Petric became "obsessed" with the game citing him as both aggressive and irrational when he was not allowed to play it.
Just like an addiction.
Petric's sentencing gave way to other violence in video games news when US Representatives Joe Baca (D-California) and Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) introduced the "Video Games Health Labeling Act of 2009."
The act would mandate that all video games rated "T for Teen" or higher consisting of violent content would display a caution, warning parents of the affects of video game violence.
In the proposed act, the label would read "WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior."Ideally the act would hold parents more accountable for purchasing violent video games for their children.
In essence, they can trade off not reading the ESRB warning for violence for not reading a federally mandated warning signaling an inconclusive contention to video game violence that disregards other factors in a child's life such as socioeconomic status, mental health issues, and the overall rearing strategy of the parents.
What do you think?
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