parents.think.wii.zapper.is.irresponsible.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:27:39 -0700

In this day and age, video games have become the scape goat of societal violence in our youth. Replacing comic books, pulp fiction, and metal music, the mass media has taken to pointing the finger at video games to explain the backwards perversion of violence in media (while simultaneously leaving violent news broadcasts, movies, and television shows conveniently out of the picture).

While I certainly think that video games mark an interesting shift in mediated influence when it comes to violence, there are clearly larger societal issues at stake and it's comes off as pure ignorance to blame games exclusively. This being said, the parental responses to the pristine and stylish looking Wii zapper make it inherently clear that a lot of folks just don't know what they're talking about. Besides, with my experience with the Wii zapper, I doubt folks have much to worry about since the peripheral can't aim accurately for beans.

Game | Life - Parents think Wii Zapper is Irresponsible

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/09/p...

When the videogames = violent kids debate rages, Nintendo is usually far from the fray, but as CVG reports, some parents have big problems with the soon-to-be-released Wii Zapper. Here's a sampling of the comments sent in to the Parental Guidance blog at the New Jersey Star Ledger:

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nintendo.!.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:59:26 -0700

wii zapper!

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