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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mortal Kombat, whose release last week in a $10 million Hollywood-style media blitz set off a nationwide debate about the escalating violence in video games (see box). The brutal kick-and-punch game is expected to bring in more than $150 million by Christmas -- roughly equivalent to ticket sales of a hit movie like The Fugitive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Amazing Video Game Boom | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...group plans to present its initial set of petitions to the final clubs in approximately two weeks, coinciding with the beginning of the clubs' punch season, said Megan E. Colligan...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: Nearly 100 Students Meet To Discuss Men-Only Clubs | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

Obviously, this kind of comment, set up as a punch line in a television show, is symptomatic of a society that objectifies women. That's sad. But "Beavis and Butthead" is sadder...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: The Beavis Generation | 9/15/1993 | See Source »

...younger sister lived with the mom and the mother's parents." The gun reportedly belonged to the boy's father; police have not determined whether the murder was premeditated or the father was involved. "Disputes used to be settled with a shouting match or a punch in the nose," sighs McInerney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger in the Safety Zone | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...arranges manhunts for macho millionaires, but nobody has much of a character. The loner hero (Van Damme), the woman in peril (Yancy Butler), the CEO-type villain (Lance Henriksen) and his soulless henchman (Arnold Vosloo) -- the roles are little more than job descriptions. Martial artist Van Damme gets to punch out a rattlesnake and follow this moral code: I shoot you three times, then I kick-box your ugly face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Woo: The Last Action Hero | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

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