In collecting proposals for the Office of Vice President Biden I was thrilled to receive in a matter of days over 100 ideas on reducing gun violence. I was impressed at the heart felt passion from multiple sides of many issues including gun regulation, mental health care, the question of whether the violence in video […]

Dean Takahashi, Game Journalist I’ll assume that this is about the role that the video game community could play in reducing violence. I’d have other thoughts on gun control. I’d sidestep the issue of whether games cause mass shootings. But I think that everyone could be more responsible, including members of the video game community. […]

I’m sharing some of the proposals I received to forward to VP Biden to reduce gun violence. Warren’s idea of setting the insurance industry against the NRA could be an epic boss battle. Game On! \o/ Nicole Warren Spector, Veteran Game Designer Founder, Junction Point Studios I’m honored to be asked to contribute ideas to […]

Asi Burak Co-President, Games for Change, Faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NY (MFA) Dear Nicole, Thanks again for the opportunity.  With this short notice, I’m going to outline in broad strokes some of my thoughts.  These are not necessarily concrete proposals, but what I feel are some useful guidelines that could direct our thinking around gun violence […]

Joel Brodie, Founder Gamezebo.com The NRA’s position that games (and movies, and TV, and everything else in the world aside from the fact we have more legal guns in this country than people) is the cause for violence is terrible. The official games industry position, however, that games are not a factor, is almost just […]

As a citizen, I honestly think the best way to keep gun violence from spreading is to keep guns out of the hands of unstable people. That means stepping up efforts to educate people about the warning signs, increased spending on mental health facilities & outreach, and state-led efforts to control the sale of guns […]

Gathering proposals for Vice President Biden on reducing gun violence I received so many interesting ones from game industry veterans I thought I’d share a few. Here’s one from Erik Bethke. Game On! \o/ Nicole Erik Bethke, Game Entrepreneur Simple Gun Responsibility Policy Recommendations The Right to Own Guns is a deeply held American value. […]

Ernest Adams, High Technology Consultant The sudden enthusiasm on the part of gun rights proponents for better mental health care is nothing but a smokescreen. Tragedies such as Sandy Hook, horrific as they are, are really beside the point because they are comparatively rare. Gun violence in America is far higher than that of other […]

For those following the gun violence and games debate here are some handy links: Gamasutra letter chastising game developers from participating in the gun violence debate with Biden. (i.e. Me 😉 Gamasutra: Opinion: Meeting with Biden is a Mistake for the Games Industry, Kris Graft, Editor-in-Chief Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/184564/Opinion_Meeting_with_Biden_is_a_mistake_for_the_game_industry.php#.UO8m9I6hDns IGN Response: An Open Letter to Gamasutra’s Kris Graft: […]