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FROM THE ARCHIVE... FIVE YEARS AGO MCV October 19th 2007
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Publishing giant EA took over Trafalgar Square for three days during the 2007 London Games Festival. The ‘Be The One’ fest gave gamers the chance to play its current and upcoming titles. EA got the public involved with live challenges against each other or celebrity guests from the worlds of showbiz, entertainment
and sports. VIOLENT TIMES
Ahead of the Government’s dossier on violent games content, we investigated the dark and bloody world of violence in video games. We ran down the issues piece by piece with more graphs than you can shake a stick at.
One of the most
interesting articles came from vocal mothers who posted their concerns about violent video games on
raisingkids.co.uk.
One mother complained about giving one of her children – aged nine – pocket money to buy a game and he returned from the counter with an 18-rated title filled with violence and sex.
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HAIR DON’T Interesting doesn’t exactly express our feelings about this advertising gem. We’ve never thought about bribing loved ones with classic games on PC from £4.99 but if it gets Enid’s wheels greased then it might be worth a go.
CHARTS 1. FIFA ‘08 EA ............360, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP, PC, PS2 2. Project Gotham Racing 4 Microsoft............................................................360 3. Halo 3 Microsoft............................................................360 4. Ratatouille THQ..........360, PS3, Wii, PC, PSP, PS2, DS 5. MySims EA ..................................................................Wii, DS
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