Red Cross wants Geneva Convention applied to video games (1 Viewer)

[Selador]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ross_n_1129256.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/883853-red-cross-wants-geneva-convention-for-video-games

The International Committee of the Red Cross is looking at how the Geneva and Hague conventions can be applied to video games, with the group considering asking governments to ensure the games industry complies.

 

[boris]

this title is a bit inflammatory
no one has said they 'want' this. the committee discussed the influence of video games on the public perception of violence and during this it was touched on whether whether war crimes standards should apply to the virtual victims of war video games.

 

[cosmo kramer]

i was horrified to hear that the columbine shooters played grand thiefed auto 4 before their shootings

 

[funkshen]

columbine shooters: mass murderers or time travelers?