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44 Hous. L. Rev. 401 (2007-2008)
It's All Fun and Games until Someone Gets Hurt: The Effectiveness of Proposed Video-Game Legislation on Reducing Violence in Children

handle is hein.journals/hulr44 and id is 406 raw text is: COMMENT IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOSED VIDEO-GAME LEGISLATION ON REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHILDREN* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 402 II. A HISTORY OF THE VIDEO-GAME CONTROVERSY .................. 405 III. THE EVIDENCE CONCERNING A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN VIDEO GAMES AND VIOLENCE IN CHILDREN ......................... 410 A. Evidence Supporting a Causal Link Between Video Games and Violence in Children ........................ 410 B. Evidence Supporting No Causal Link Between Video Games and Violence in Children ........................ 413 C. Weighing and Interpreting the Conflicting E vidence ........................................................................ 417 IV. THE IMPACT OF THE VIOLENT VIDEO GAME ACT .................. 418 A. The Current Regulatory Scheme for Video Gam es- The ESRB ....................................................... 418 1. An Overview of the ESRB ...................................... 419 * This Comment received the Jackson Walker, LLP Award for the outstanding paper in the area of media law. First, I would like to humbly thank my wife, Shannon, for her unwavering support and constant motivation during the writing of this Comment and throughout the entire law school process. Thanks also go to my family for providing me the tools necessary to author this Comment-Nintendos, Segas, PlayStations and computers. Special thanks to my dad, David, for proving to me that playing Zelda, indeed, makes you cool. Lastly, I would very much like to send my gratitude to the Houston Law Review and their editors for their invaluable work on this Comment. 401

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