Dr. Phil Combats Racists On Xbox Live (Not Physically – That Would Be Too Awesome)
by Dan Landis on January 9, 2008
A typical scene from Dr. Phil’s show
Dr. Phil is a good friend of mine. He’s full of nonsensical hillbilly analogies and great advice on how not to beat my wife. But for Terry, a gamer on Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, Dr. Phil has “valuable” advice on dealing with racist cyber-bullies.
Terry explains, that as a black gamer on Xbox Live, he endures heaps of racist verbal abuse, and on Tuesday’s show, Dr. Phil filled Terry with joyous psychobabble and helped heal his wounded gamer heart. Read more…
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Videogames Don’t Kill People, Idiots Do: Why Games Are a Scapegoat
by Dan Landis on December 20, 2007
Exhibits A and B: Idiots
The recent story we reported about the kids supposedly using Mortal Kombat moves to kill a seven year old girl has got me thinking: How do people go about linking videogames to real-world violence? Read more…
