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Grand Theft Childhood authors live in concert tonight

4:29 PM on 07.09.2008, Jonathan Holmes 7 comments

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Cheryl K. Olsen and her husband Larry Kutner have everything it takes to become the next big names in the videogame media wars. So far the only really well known figure we have is Jack Thompson, and we all know what he's like. No, Larry and Cheryl are nothing like Jack Thompson. They are unbiased, intelligent, thoughtful, and most of all, well informed; their book Grand Theft Childhood proves that.

What Cherly and Larry lack at this point is exposure, but hopefully that is about to change. They are both going to speak tonight, July 9th, at an engagement in the Boston area specifically intended for Boston-area videogame developers, though the event is open to the general public as well. Click here for details. 

Following that, Cheryl has informed me that she and Larry will also be speaking at this year's PAX, in a forum moderated by none other than N'Gai Croal. If that's not the stuff of future power and influence in the realm of videogames, I don't know what is.


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king3vbo at 07/09/2008 17:53
They're speaking at PAX? Excellent. I will definitely sit in on that panel
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SWE3tMadness at 07/09/2008 20:55
My younger brother actally bought Grand Theft Childhood to use in a research project for his English class. I'm normally pretty critical of nonfiction title like that (and, well, books in general), but I thought it was very well written. It was organized effectively and logically, and provided a lot of helpful background information on psychological surveys used for this area of study.

So it's great to see those two getting more attention, I know a lot of people who need to read their book.
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DarkTetsuya at 07/09/2008 21:08
"hey are unbiased, intelligent, thoughtful, and most of all, well informed; their book Grand Theft Childhood proves that."

Don't forget 'and neither of which are in jeopardy of losing their jobs due to incompetence/insanity.'
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Sharpless at 07/09/2008 21:35
It just seems like a bit of a circle jerk to me though, at this point. By speaking to gamers and game developers, they're preaching to the choir. We don't need them to speak to us, we need them to speak to everyone else. I mean, good for them, but this isn't a victory, or anything of that sort.
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Verol at 07/10/2008 00:16
Remember back in the day where there a man could just be insane?
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