{"id":155062,"date":"2019-08-10T01:03:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T17:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1799401\/"},"modified":"2019-08-10T01:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T17:03:44","slug":"walmart-espn-target-video-game-guns-following-actual-gun-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/10\/walmart-espn-target-video-game-guns-following-actual-gun-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart, ESPN Target Video Game Guns Following Actual Gun Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lifeline-apex-legends-650x365.jpg?resize=640%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>The world still grieves over the tragic mass shootings in Texas and Ohio a few days ago. For more on how to help (as well as learn about a browser game inspired by the wholesome feral hog meme born from the tragedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/can-you-shoot-30-50-feral-hogs-in-this-browser-game-1798945\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">check out our earlier story<\/a>. However, while NRA-backed Republican politicians refuse to enact any gun control measures that might actually curb these shootings, they have gone back to blaming violent video games despite all evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/commentary\/369966\/no-video-games-are-not-a-factor-in-mass-shootings\"  rel=\"noopener\">video games don\u2019t cause mass shootings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It seems as if most people have finally stopped falling for this distraction, especially since more people than ever before play video games and wind up perfectly well-adjusted. But some recent moves from big businesses have targeted video games, not real guns, as the true epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>A recent bit of rescheduling from ESPN is actually perfectly okay, good even. Out of respect for the victims, ESPN is delaying a Sunday broadcast of the EXP Invitational <em>Apex Legends<\/em> tournament at X Games. While the competition already aired on ESPN\u2019s Twitch page, highlights will now air on ESPN2 Oct. 6 at 5 P.M. Eastern time with reruns on Oct. 15 and Oct. 27. While it\u2019s less militaristic than <em>PUBG<\/em>, <em>Apex Legends<\/em> does feature more realistic guns than, say, <em>Fortnite<\/em>, so we understand ESPN\u2019s decision here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN and ABC has made the decision not to air the TV broadcast of the XGames Apex Legends EXP Invitational that was scheduled for this weekend, in response to the recent mass shootings, according to an ABC Affiliate TV station source <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BMwdbk93t\">pic.twitter.com\/6BMwdbk93t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slasher\/status\/1159587091149402112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What we don\u2019t understand, and are frankly appalled by, is Walmart\u2019s cowardly decision to ban all in-store advertisements of violent movies and games while changing nothing about its policy to sell real deadly guns to customers. A recent memo instructed employees to \u201cremove signings and displays referencing violence.\u201d So if I walk into a Walmart and get frustrated about not seeing ads for <em>Call of Duty<\/em> or whatever I can still buy and walk out with a rifle. It\u2019s worth noting that the El Paso shooting happened in a Walmart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently Walmart is telling its employees to take down displays that show violent video games, specifically shooters, as well as movies and hunting videos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2N3t4B86tf\">pic.twitter.com\/2N3t4B86tf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kenneth Shepard (@shepardcdr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shepardcdr\/status\/1159235488898830338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about time this country listened to the real president, former Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime, and acknowledged that guns, not video games, are the problem here. Plenty of other countries play violent video games. Only in America, from Walmart to loop hole-ridden gun shows, can you easily get the weapons needed to enact this actual senseless violence. It needs to stop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When the ill-informed are being critical of the gaming industry and community, this is a very powerful story. The facts are that countries with high per capita gaming revenue have fewer gun-shooting deaths. Except the US, where 4% of the population own 43% of the guns. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bKi5D9Y9wc\">https:\/\/t.co\/bKi5D9Y9wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reggie Fils-Aime (@Reggie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reggie\/status\/1158582691173814274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lifeline-apex-legends-650x365.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\"><\/figure>\n<p>The world still grieves over the tragic mass shootings in Texas and Ohio a few days ago. For more on how to help (as well as learn about a browser game inspired by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/walmart-espn-target-video-game-guns-following-actual-gun-tragedy-1799401\/\">Walmart, ESPN Target Video Game Guns Following Actual Gun Tragedy<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/10\/walmart-espn-target-video-game-guns-following-actual-gun-tragedy\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6447,6612,2054,6539,2,2047,4036,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-El0","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155066,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155062\/revisions\/155066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}