Wednesday morning, I was a guest on the KSRO early-morning news broadcast out of Sonoma County, California. The subject was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and violence in videogames.
The entire exchange is already archived at the station's website. The description of the clip makes it sound like KSRO was out for blood, but the exchange was very even-handed. I was quizzed on the subject matter of Modern Warfare 2, the tendency towards violence in videogames and the role of parents in the gaming lives of their kids.
It felt good to get on the air and try to talk sensibly about our pastime, especially now that critics of gaming are circling around the shocking "No Russian" sequence and, to a lesser extent, the bone-headed viral video for Modern Warfare 2.
At any rate, let me know how I did. KSRO said they'd be inviting me back to represent Wired.com and the gamer perspective the next time they find another interesting story on the games beat.
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