Big Money For Video Game Criminals
Violence and video games have become big news in the U.K. lately, thanks to the release of the government-commissioned Byron Review, a report on the effect that gaming and the internet can have on children. While Tanya Byron, the woman behind the review, has publicly stated that we need to stop blaming video games for society’s problems, the British press has used this as an excuse to do just that.
But the media’s hysteria has now reached a new low. A national U.K. newspaper has placed a classified ad, stating that they are willing to pay hundreds of pounds for stories about people who were turned on to a life of crime by playing video games. The best part? The ad is listed on StarNow, a job listing site for actors and models. So now’s the time: write a few lines about how Resident Evil 4 turned you into a chainsaw-wielding lunatic, practice those on-cue tears and get ready to stack that gwap! Read the full ad after the jump.
