Democrat politician and former US Vice-President from 2009-2017, Joe Biden in an interview with the New York Times slammed Video Game developers as “Little Creeps” and “Arrogant”.
While talking about his meeting with Silicon Valley leaders during his tenure, he said:
I was trying to work out an agreement dealing with them protecting intellectual property for artists in the United States of America. And at one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- — close to a billionaire — who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people…
The presidential candidate in the past has also made some derogatory comments on the “Video Game” and “Entertainment” industry. In the past, he had also suggested passing a controversial law that would have allowed the government to charge additional tax from “Violet Video Games”.
With the steady rise in gun violence and mass shooting incidents, many politicians including President Trump himself have called out “Violent Video Games” as the major cause and have suggested that his government will work on censoring or outright banning certain games/games elements.
Although, up-until now no new law or regulation has been tabled. But, with the rise of talks against video games the fear of sudden regulations looms around and as such many game developers have also expressed their concerns regarding this uncertain atmosphere.
