BBC News - Games 'permit' virtual war crimes
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***NEWS FLASH***The study was carried out by two Swiss human rights organisations - Trial and Pro Juventute. Staff played the games in the presence of lawyers skilled in the interpretation of humanitarian laws.
Twenty games were scrutinised to see if the conflicts they portrayed and what players can do in the virtual theatres of war were subject to the same limits as in the real world.
"The practically complete absence of rules or sanctions is... astonishing," said the study.
This just in! Most adults can tell the difference between fantasy and reality along with that is lawful and appropriate in the real world!
At least there's a quote from some yahoo to say:
"Perhaps what this research demonstrates is that the researchers misunderstand what games are, and how they are treated, intellectually, by the people who play them."