MSNBC writer denounces games as media’s main scapegoat

Back on Monday (February 18, 2008), MSNBC published an article by writer Winda Benedetti criticizing infamous Miami lawyer Jack Thompson’s far too well-known crusade against videogames. Benedetti even went so far as to suggest that certain games can actually be thought-provoking enough to warn against the dangers of such things like obesity, which gaming is also often blamed for.

Yes, you read that paragraph right. In the wake of the recent shootings at Northern Illinois University, someone in the media actually…