Gamespot's "A History of Video Game Controversy"

remixor · 03-08-2004, 12:11 AM

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/index.html

It was a somewhat worthwhile read, although I didn't feel it was particularly well-written. One of the biggest problems is that it simply IS just a history, and nothing else. I was hoping for more of an editorial, because as it is the article is mainly just a checklist of games that have caused media controversy. Certainly it's interesting to have a chronolical and exhaustive reference of this, particularly if one is planning on writing one's own editorial, but it's not essential.

Deshrill · 03-08-2004, 01:56 AM

Remixor, try reading "The Ultimate History of Video Games". It has a great chapter on law suits relating to video games, with actual quotes of some of the things that were said during the court cases.

The book as a whole is pretty good, if a bit dry in the beginning. It glosses over the SNES/Genesis era, but, hey, any survey history of any topic has to gloss over some areas.

03-08-2004, 12:11 AM	#1
remixor A search for a crazy man! Last Online: 10-23-2007 06:30 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Gamespot's "A History of Video Game Controversy" http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/index.html It was a somewhat worthwhile read, although I didn't feel it was particularly well-written. One of the biggest problems is that it simply IS just a history, and nothing else. I was hoping for more of an editorial, because as it is the article is mainly just a checklist of games that have caused media controversy. Certainly it's interesting to have a chronolical and exhaustive reference of this, particularly if one is planning on writing one's own editorial, but it's not essential. __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

03-08-2004, 01:56 AM	#2
Deshrill Senior Member Last Online: 11-15-2005 07:45 PM Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 260	Remixor, try reading "The Ultimate History of Video Games". It has a great chapter on law suits relating to video games, with actual quotes of some of the things that were said during the court cases. The book as a whole is pretty good, if a bit dry in the beginning. It glosses over the SNES/Genesis era, but, hey, any survey history of any topic has to gloss over some areas. __________________ "How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!" --Edgar Alan Poe