Violence in Teen-Rated Video Games Conclusions: Content analysis suggests a significant amount of violence, injury, and death in T-rated video games. Given the large amount of violence involving guns and knives, the relative lack of blood suggests that many T-rated video games do not realistically portray the consequences of violence. Physicians and parents should appreciate that T-rated video games may be a source of exposure to violence and some unexpected content for children and adolescents, and that the majority of T-rated video games provide incentives to the players to commit simulated acts of violence.

This was an interesting study posted by Medscape. T-rated video games are games for Teens. And violence was certainly prevalent with rewards for number of "kills" made. But the question is " Does violence in games actually lead to increased violence in the real world?"

In the same vein, the accessibility of pornography through the internet and pirated VCDs have certainly been blamed on the rising sexual crimes in Malaysia. We cannot win the war on pornography through the internet, but we can safeguard our children through screening viewing materials before allowing our children to go online. Cybercafes should also be monitored closely by the relevant authorities. Internet service providers can also do their bid by barring access to known pornographic sites or at least have an age verification process before entering these sites.

So the war on internet thugs (including spammers) has begun. It still appears that the dark forces are gaining momentum. Is Malaysia well equipped for this war? What would be the most ideal strategy? The internet is a great tool but like all great tools they are always vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous, self serving and unconscientiousness individuals! "God help us all"