What to expect from Trump’s game industry summit today

Unlike most politicians, Trump has actually appeared in video games, including 2006's The Apprentice.

When White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders first announced a planned meeting with game industry representatives last week, it was before anyone from the industry had received an invite to it. Now, in advance of the gathering later today, the White House has released a list of attendees that includes both advocates for the game industry and some of its fiercest critics.

Among the critics who will be present are Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, who through his Killology Research Group has made a career of suggesting video games and other violent media are desensitizing young people to violence. The title of his book Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing summarizes his position on the issue quite succinctly.

Brent Bozell, the founder of the Parents Television Council interest group, will also attend the meeting, along with council member Melissa Henson. The council has pushed for laws restricting the sale of violent and sexual games to minors, and it reacted negatively to the 2011 Supreme Court case mooting such laws. "I wonder if Justice Kagan would still argue in public that these games are blameless, and the Adam Lanzas of the world are never influenced by these 'iconic' works [like Mortal Kombat]," Bozell wrote in 2013, referring to the shooter in the Newtown Elementary School shooting.

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