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And the BAD news, kids, is they’re even farther back on the spectrum than we are. The Swiss, that perpetually neutral little nation known for mountains, chocolate, and clocks that make bird noises are currently laboring under a double controversy. Although, in all honesty, their “controversy” is something of a tempest in a teapot.

On the one end, there’s politician Roland Naf, who seems well on his way to becoming the Swiss version of Jack Thompson, only with less lunacy and more megalomania. He’s actively suing stores that carry violent video games, and is also working with the Swiss government to try and get them banned outright, though he’s already failed previously on more than one occasion. Thankfully, the Swiss government’s position is that the laws as-is are effective and that a link between video games and violence in minors is still quite unproven.

But on the other end, a challenge to that emerges in the form of a recent double murder. Those close to the accused claim that he was fond of unnamed “violent video games”, which makes things rough for the gamer community.

So by the looks of it, the Swiss face an uncertain future for the right to game, and gaming injustice anywhere is gaming injustice everywhere.

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