"Video Gaming: Playing with Ethics?''; Open Forum Featuring Game
Creators, Opponents of Violent Video Games, Gamers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2005--Is the video game
on your son's holiday wish list too violent? What types of messages is
your daughter receiving from the game she wants? Who is creating these
games and what are their ethical and moral responsibilities? These
questions and more will be addressed at "Video Gaming: Playing with
Ethics?" This open forum on Tuesday, Nov. 29 will feature industry
experts, leaders in the move to prevent the sale of violent games to
minors, and gamers at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.


"This event is a unique opportunity to bring gamers and game designers
together with activists and the general public to talk about the
hottest topics in video gaming, the biggest concerns of consumers and
the social impact video games have on young gamers," said Geof Bowker,
executive director of Santa Clara University's Center for Science,
Technology and Society.

"Video Gaming: Playing with Ethics?" is by presented by Santa Clara
University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and The Center for
Science, Technology, and Society, in partnership with the Tech Museum,
and will be held in conjunction with "Game On," a new exhibit at The
Tech that explores the evolution of video game play.

Event details

WHAT: "Video Gaming: Playing with Ethics?"

WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005
6 -7:15 p.m. Panel discussion and Q&A
"Game On" will be open for participants from 4-6 p.m. and
7:15 - 8 p.m.

WHO:

Panelists: California Assemblyman Leland Yee, author of a recent
bill to prevent the sale of violent games to minors;
Kristin Asleson McDonnell, CEO of LimeLife, which develops and
publishes mobile phone games for women and girls;
Mike Antonucci, popular culture writer, San Jose Mercury News;
Caroline Ratajski, SCU student, gamer

Moderator: Chad Raphael, professor of communication, SCU

WHERE: The Tech Museum of Innovation
201 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113


Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university
located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,213 students
rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and
engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally
by the third-highest graduation rate among U.S. masters' universities
across the country, California's oldest higher-education institution
demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More
information is online at www.scu.edu.