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Posted Mar 06, 2008 at 05:26AM by Jay P. Listed in: News, Games, Manhunt 2 Tags: Keith Vaz, Gordon Brown
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PM Brown to meet with mother of Manhunt murder victim - Image 1Even if the murder was committed against Stefan Pakeerah four years ago, the issue is still pretty much alive as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet with the mother of the Manhunt murder victim to discuss concerns on the violent content of games. Find out more in the full article.

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Posted Mar 03, 2008 at 01:47PM by Isaac C. Listed in: News, Games Tags: UK, British Board of Film Classification, Keith Vaz
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Manhunt linked yet again to another debate in video game violence - Image 1Manhunt... Violent video games... Talks of more censorship... Hmmm, it's a wonder Jack Thompson isn't a part of this story. A conservative member of the British parliament recently moved to apply more censorship to video games in the UK, citing the 2004 murder that was linked to Manhunt. Details in the full article.

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Posted Aug 29, 2007 at 04:49AM by Ryan A. Listed in: News Tags: Keith Vaz, UK Conservative Party
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UK Conservative Party's renewed call against The video game industry has had a lot of problems lately with the different government bodies around the world. This has been an ongoing debate for so long now and it seems that it is not going to stop any time soon. Today, members of the UK government has once again launched a movement about the same.

According to UK Conservative Party Leader David Cameron, the developers of video games have the responsibility not to promote certain issues such as "casual violence, the gang culture and the degradation of women". Cameron further explained:


We are never going to deal with crime unless we look at the broader context and say, "Yes, tough laws, strong action on the police, but also action to strengthen our society". And that includes, I think, video games and things like that where we do need to think of the context in which people are growing up.


Cameron added that this call also goes for other forms of artistic expression, such as as films and music. The British Parliament has been vocal lately about its stance on "violent video games". It should be remembered that parliament member Keith Vaz wanted bigger ratings labels on games.

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