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Administrative/Regulatory

Jul. 12, 2006

Lawmakers, Video Game Makers Grapple Over Violence

LOS ANGELES - The trench-coat-wearing protagonist of the video game "Postal 2" spends his day buying milk, confessing his sins and - if he feels like it - shooting the knee cap off an officer, urinating on him, dousing him in gasoline, lighting him on fire and blowing off his head.

By Peter Zuckerman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - The trench-coat-wearing protagonist of the video game "Postal 2" spends his day buying milk, confessing his sins and - if he feels like it - shooting the knee cap off an officer, urinating on him, dousing him in gasoline, lighting him on fire and blowing off his head.
      "I just don't know how you can justify lettin...

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