Tag Archives: Kate Edwards

Mon, Apr 08, 2013 | 09:34 BST

IGDA head: “Games are an art-form, pure and simple”

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International Game Developers Association head Kate Edwards has stressed that games are an art-form and that freedom of expression among the indie circuit – while potentially controversial – is a virtue the industry needs to retain.

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Sun, Jan 27, 2013 | 01:35 GMT

California senator Yee: gamers have “no credibility” in violent media argument

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California state senator Leland Yee , who tried to pass a bill banning the sale of violent video games to children – a move blocked by theĀ US Supreme Court in 2011 – is back in the news, adding his two cents to President Obama’s decision to have the CDC study whether there’s a ink between violent media and gun violence.

After various sites reported on his comments, Yee took to Twitter to admit he “didn’t use the best words” to covey his opinion on the matter.

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