Xfire to debate on video game censorship, April 26
The worldwide, seven-million gamer community of Xfire and their Debate Club will be hosting a live debate session in their fourth Xfire Debate Club: The Two-Handed Sword on April 26. This time around, the heated discussion will be bringing a varied panel of guests ranging politicians to game industry journalists and critics to contest the matter of “Censorship in Video Games.”
The session, to be moderated by Stanford University‘s Henry Lowood, will bring together Matteo Bittanti, a researcher at Stanford University; Hal Halpin, CEO of Entertainment Consumers Association; Dennis McCauley, CEO of GamePolitics.org; Russ Pitts, Editor of The Escapist; to discuss matters regarding:
- Governments’ involvement and their regulation of video games
- Game exposure to children and their consequential influence on them
- The power of “the creative license”
Frederic Descamps, senior director of marketing at Xfire, commented, “As video games become a more mainstream form of entertainment, questions regarding censorship and legislation continue to gain significance.” The debate will take place at April 26, 4 p.m. EDT or 1 p.m. PDT at Xfire’s debate section. You can head there through the “Read” link below. And don’t forget to bookmark it!
The worldwide, seven-million gamer community of Xfire and their Debate Club will be hosting a live debate session in their fourth Xfire Debate Club: The Two-Handed Sword on April 26. This time around, the heated discussion will be bringing a varied panel of guests ranging politicians to game industry journalists and critics to contest the matter of “Censorship in Video Games.”
The session, to be moderated by Stanford University‘s Henry Lowood, will bring together Matteo Bittanti, a researcher at Stanford University; Hal Halpin, CEO of Entertainment Consumers Association; Dennis McCauley, CEO of GamePolitics.org; Russ Pitts, Editor of The Escapist; to discuss matters regarding:
- Governments’ involvement and their regulation of video games
- Game exposure to children and their consequential influence on them
- The power of “the creative license”
Frederic Descamps, senior director of marketing at Xfire, commented, “As video games become a more mainstream form of entertainment, questions regarding censorship and legislation continue to gain significance.” The debate will take place at April 26, 4 p.m. EDT or 1 p.m. PDT at Xfire’s debate section. You can head there through the “Read” link below. And don’t forget to bookmark it!
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