Games Not Killers

August 14, 2002 10:28 AM

A federal court yesterday refused to reinstate a $33million lawsuit that was trying to pin the blame for a high school shooting spree on videogames and movies. This is the latest in a series of victories for the videogame industry which has certainly come under some heavy scrutiny in the past few years. id Software specifically was represented in this case as they defended Quake, Doom, and Castle Wolfenstein.

''We find that it is simply too far a leap from shooting characters on a video screen (an activity undertaken by millions) to shooting people in a classroom (an activity undertaken by a handful, at most),'' Judge Danny Boggs said in the ruling.

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.