David Ziegler, a German gamer, brings news of an anti-game violence paper composed by a coalition of German citizens. 

It's being called the "Cologne Declaration" and was issued after the German Culture Council recognized video games as a "cultural asset."  The Declaration presents a familiar argument by stating that violent video games are harmful to children and to "the building of a peaceful society."  A few prominent German social scientists are backing these claims as well.

CounterStrike, DOOM 3, Crysis, Call of Duty 4, and Grand Theft Auto IV (duh) were all cited as "killer games" and "landminds for the soul."  The paper suggests another reoccuring notion -- that the U.S. military is developing these shooting games in order to condition recruits into killers.  Going even further, the Cologne Declaration says that violent games are being used to bolster the "military-industrial-media complex."

Researchers or scientists who oppose the document by defending these violent games are accused of being "collaborators and accomplices" of the video game industry.  The Declaration not only demands that the German government withdraw state support for game development, it also calls for a complete ban on violent games, proudly declaring:

"We won't allow our children to be turned into killing machines on real and virtual battlefields."