More than a game

Culture | Lawsuit raises tough questions about violent video games' effect on teenagers | Alisa Harris

Life is like a video game," 18-year-old Devin Moore reportedly told police officers when they arrested him for murder. "Everybody's got to die sometime."

The Alabama teen was arrested in June 2003 for killing two police officers and a dispatcher. Today he finds himself part of a controversy over the effects of violence and sex in video games. Attorney Jack Thompson is blaming the violent video game Grand Theft Auto for Mr. Moore's actions and is bringing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the game's creators, Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Grand Theft Auto is also under fire for explicit sex scenes hidden within the game, prompting the House of Representatives to call for an investigation of the game's manufacturers.

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