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Violent games encourage knife crime, says Boris Johnson

Newly elected London mayor Boris Johnson has claimed that violent games are partly to blame for people stabbing each other.

“We must show young people that knives are not cool, and for that we need positive role models," he said, writing in thelondonpaper.

“I want to counteract the damaging influences drug-addled celebrities and violent video games and the lure of the life in the gang by providing opportunities.”

Boris: you're a moron. Shut up.

Thanks, MCV.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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