Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence

Is your child receiving poor grades in school in every subject except Computer Education? Is your child spending a lot of time in their bedroom and at home? Then he or she may be suffering from videogame addiction. Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence (MAVAV) is a group that's trying to educate parents about this growing threat. Check out some of the articles on their site, such as "E3: The Evil Entertainment Expo" or "EverQuest: A Threat to Society?" I could imagine a group like this being real, but it's just a hoax created by David Yoo way back in 2002. On this page Yoo describes why he created it and notes that even after it had been exposed as a hoax on Slashdot, he still continued to receive letters from people who thought it was real.

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Posted on Sun Nov 28, 2004


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At the original site it says that a teens room should be deviod of everything electronic. including clock radios. that when i figured out it was a hoax
Posted by Leo  on  Sun Sep 07, 2008  at  01:05 AM
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Posted by Violette  on  Fri Nov 13, 2009  at  12:27 PM
games do not encourage violence. they are entertainment simple. there not real. teach kids about reality and fantasy. its parents fault why kids do these violent things. the kids havent been taught about reality and fantasy yet
Posted by kent  on  Thu Jan 14, 2010  at  02:06 AM
you stupid mothers videogames arent causing your children bad grades you are cause your a bad example to your children so stop moaning and get a life and look after your children properly and leave videogames alone
Posted by anthony  on  Tue May 04, 2010  at  01:39 PM
On one side gaming is always an exercise in preparing for the real world. There are a whole lot of competitors who are fighting for the same causes that you are fighting for.
Posted by Chris L  on  Mon Jul 05, 2010  at  10:57 PM
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