Attorney General Claims 1-2 of Every 100 Gamers Cant Tell Fantasy from Reality

Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson insists that video games “harm” Australian society, citing that 1-2  of every 100 gamers cannot tell fantasy from reality.

Controversy was struck recently when game developer Rebellion refused to change its PC title Alien vs. Predator to meet Australian approval ratings. Australia’s Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) CEO Ron Curry responded to the ban: “It doesn’t seem democratic that a single attorney general should be able to dictate what the vast Australian population can interact with. The government trusts us to be adults with films, but they only want us to be children with games.”

Atkinson insisted that games were a negative force that needed restriction and that many gamers are unable to think for themselves. “I accept that 98%, 99% of gamers will tell the difference between fantasy and reality, but the 1% to 2% could go on to be motivated by these games to commit horrible acts of violence.” Atkinson also claims that gamers were a minority interest and trying to impose their will on the greater population.

“This is a question of a small number of very zealous gamers trying to impose their will on society, and I think harm society. It’s the public interest versus the small vested interest,” said Atkinson. Gamer Gary Farrow defended gamers and believes the matter is one of product awareness, “we’re talking about just labeling content, so we have a fairly educated idea as to what to expect [from a game].”

Well here is someone else that blames society's problems on games.

someone should tell him 60% of gamers are below 15 years of age and still believe in santa....dumbass

How do they know if someone can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy?

^ Good question. I sure do feel sorry for Australian gamers after reading this.

How about that 20-30% of housewives that believe in what they read on gossip magazines and that horrible, whopping 3-4% of citizens that believe in what politicians say?

Judging by the rampant fanboys on the net, i imagine his number is way too low.

The Australian Jack Thompson? Oh lord...

Does he want to ban driving as well? I mean there are probably 1% of people that either drink and drive or have road rage or some other problem so why doesn't he demand a ban driving? What about banning alcohol? I'm sure there are many more people that have been negatively affected by some peoples' alcohol consumption than video games.

Those 1-2 gamers are probably high, which wouldn't make it the games fault.