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01/05/2006
Focus on the
Family Shines Light on Video Games' Darker Side Ministry COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 5 /Christian Newswire/ --
Focus on the Family will soon be offering parents an in-depth look into the
seldom- glimpsed underworld of violent video games. Jeff Hooten, former
associate editor of Focus' Citizen magazine, delivers a firsthand view of
such games, and examines the impact they might be having on today's teens.
The article is featured in Citizen's February issue, arriving in homes this week. In "Point.Click.Kill.: A Father's Confession," Hooten details the contents of many of today's most popular games, offering parents an insider's perspective of a realm that most adults know only through the eyes and ears of their children. "Sure, they're only games; exercises in digitized violence and virtual disfigurement. But we're not talking about Super Mario anymore," Hooten writes. "Nowadays the other characters talk to you, curse at you and, of course, often try to eliminate you. You can hear the sound of your own footsteps, or, worse yet, your enemies breathing. "It won't be long before . . . I'll have to decide which games [my boys] can play, and how often. When that day comes, will I tell them that their father has done his fair share of killing?" Hooten is available to discuss the article and the moral implications of video games on news and talk radio programs. For more information, please contact Christopher Norfleet: 719- 548-4570 or culturalissues@family.org. James C. Dobson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, radio broadcaster and the founder and chairman of Focus on the Family. Founded in 1977, Focus on the Family is a nonprofit Christian organization committed to strengthening the family in the U.S. and throughout the world.
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