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Article: Value of playing computer games
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- New Straits Times
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- May 9, 2002
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Ahmad Faiz
New Straits Times
05-09-2002
Value of playing computer games
Byline: Ahmad Faiz
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Outlook
IF you ask game publishers about the value of playing computer games, they are likely to give it a two thumbs-up. And why not? For them, computer games are part of an industry that churns over US$1 billion (RM3.8 billion) in annual revenues.
However, computer game publishers and developers are not necessarily the best guardians of public interest, at least not without some public pressure to curtail their overt capitalistic drive for more profits as well as eccentricities. No, it is up to us consumers to determine the value of playing computer games.
The problem ...