"There is no doubt that video games can be a very positive part of children's development. They can educate and entertain in equal measure" - Culture minister and former children's minister Margaret Hodge in a speech at the London Games Festival
"It could turn nasty" - Southwark Labour councillor John Friary on a school playground gambling game, where children throw £1 coins at a wall and the one whose coin lands nearest to the wall keeps all the money. The game is being investigated by the London borough.
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