Penn and Teller argue that the moral panic against violent video games is unwarranted.Penn and Teller argue that the moral panic against violent video games is unwarranted.Penn and Teller argue that the moral panic against violent video games is unwarranted.
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Hillary Rodham Clinton)
- Self
- (as Dr. Jane Healy)
- Self - Constitutional Attorney
- (as Lawrence Walters)
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- TriviaJack Thompson, the attorney who described himself as "the video game industry's worst nightmare," was later disbarred by the State of Florida.
- Quotes
[Teller, wearing a high school letter jacket, plays on a computer while a group of students and cheerleaders cheer him on]
Self - Host: Next time you feel like worrying about fake violent video games, try a little gedankenexperiment: imagine that video games were invented 100 years *before* football. Picture school video game teams and uniforms and hot-ass cheerleaders with big, bouncing pom-poms. Now imagine after 100 years of extracurricular video game fun, *football* is invented and introduced to schools. Thousands of kids get real, no kidding, no fantasy, no make-believe broken knees, legs, ankles, cervical trauma, heatstroke, and concussions!
[Throughout Penn's injury list, the crowd quiets, eventually becoming totally silent]
Self - Host: What would parents do? From 1931 to 2007, 650 kids *died*... from injuries they suffered playing football. This is not video game violence - this is *real* violence done to *real* children by other real children, all encouraged by schools and society. Every parent worries about his or her kids; every adult worries about all children, but you need to pick what you think is worth worrying about.
- ConnectionsFeatures Gears of War 2 (2008)
- SoundtracksPenn & Teller: Bullshit! Theme Song
Written by Gary Stockdale
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- Runtime28 minutes