Brazilian video game ban angers fans
Do violent video games beget violence? That question is at the core of a debate raging in Brazil.
Last month, a national ban went into effect on the sale of two popular games, "Counter-Strike" and "EverQuest." A judge labeled the games "harmful to consumers' health.'' Both games have large international followings. A group of players and allies took to the streets of Sao Paulo last weekend to denounce the prohibition as an attack on freedom of expression, reports O Globo.
The controversy has resounded on the Internet among video game aficionados.
An altered version of "Counter-Strike," a counter-terrorism game, in circulation in Brazil sets the battle in the rough favelas of Rio de Janeiro, where police and drug traffickers clash for control.
-- Marcelo Soares in Sao Paulo and Patrick J. McDonnell in Buenos Aires
