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Violent video games can’t get a break from tax reform

The recently released draft of the Tax Reform Act of 2014 would deny a permanent and improved research and development tax credit to the makers of violent video games. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released the Tax Reform Act of 2014 draft Feb. 26. The bill’s executive summary states that the tax reform act provides: “An improved, permanent [research and development] tax credit, finally giving American manufacturers the certainty they need to...

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Into the Fray: Parents and the ESRB

Attacking violent forms of media is nothing new, before it was video games its was movies and music, and before that it was books and plays. As human beings we are a naturally curious species and the desire to find a reason for the violence in the world is something all of us has contemplated at one time or another. It becomes really easy to say that someone was exposed to violent images and immediately assume this causes violent behavior… but is it that simple? To me...