Southington, a small town in Connecticut, made headlines recently when community members made it known that their intention was to round-up all of the violent video games in town and destroy them.
It was reported by Polygon yesterday that there were plans to collect and destroy violent games, but a spokesperson explained that thanks to the awareness raised following the announcement, they don't feel it necessary to put their plan into action.
"Our mission was to create strong awareness in Southington for parents and families and citizens and children. And we accomplished that. Our other objective was to promote discussion of violent video games and media with children and with the families at the home. And we've accomplished that in spades. So we deemed it became unnecessary to have the physical return on Saturday of violent games. Also because it would create an unnecessary amount of logistical details for us," said Dick Fortunato.
$25 vouchers were to be presented to families who presented violent games at a local drive-in movie theatre on Jan 12. Apparently families who have engaged in active discussion regarding gaming habits are to be rewarded with the voucher anyway.