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Violent media = good for children? One writer thinks so

From the article: "When it comes to videogames, Tyre freely admits that she too was something of a "game hater" and found the violence prevalent in them disturbing. However, after talking to her children and playing Halo with them, she admits that she was buying into the hysteria, and now feels that the condensed violence of gaming is benign. She even criticized noted game critic Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, stating that his assertion that videogames breed violent killers is simply wrong."

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arstechnica.com
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Fallout 4 Next Gen – Update Notes

The Fallout 4 next-gen update is now live, bringing with it improved performance and visuals, as well as brand-new exclusive content. This new update brings the latest single-player entry in the series up to modern standards, with it also marking an official PS5 release of Fallout 4.

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The first-person survival/adventure game “Serum” has just kicked-off its playtest via Steam

"The German-Austrian-based indie games publisher Toplitz Productions and indie games developer Game Island, are today super happy and excited to announce that they have just kicked-off an playtest period for their first-person survival/adventure game “Serum“ (the said playtest is live right now for PC via Steam)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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The psychological thriller "Karma: The Dark World" has just been announced for PC

"The Watford-based /(the UK) indie games publisher Wired Productions and Shanghai-based (China) indie games developer POLLARD STUDIO, are today very happy and excited to announce that their psychological thriller "Karma: The Dark World", is now currently in development for PC (as announced during the Wired Direct 2024 live event)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.