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What would you do with $65,000?

If that were me, I would use it to pay some bills, purchase myself a working car and invest some of it in stocks; after all, with the way that our economy is going, setting aside money is turning out to be a viable solution.

In terms of the gaming industry, I am sure that they can come up with some creative uses for $65,000, considering that is the amount the state of Minnesota has to pay them over their failed law that would fine buyers. Gamepolitics has the report here. Personally, I am glad that states are recognizing the influence of the gaming industry, even though we still have a ways to go.

Also, having read Grand Theft Childhood sometime after it was available in stores, I was impressed by its balanced take on answering the age-old question of whether or not video games make individuals more violent.

Fortunately, I was not the only one, as other gaming industry luminaries have praised the books methods. One review is here.

Of course, the book has its detractors, which Gamepolitics mentions here. What I find interesting though, is that the person who is chasting the book’s authors has affiliation with Jack Thompson. That, to me, ruins his credibility. Fortunately, Grand Theft Childhood’s authors took the time to respond here.