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Algonquin arcade removes violent games

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Kevin Slota, co-owner of No Limit Arcade in Algonquin, plans to remove 12 violent video games from his business.

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Algonquin video arcade owner Kevin Slota will replace 12 games he says are excessively violent. His action was prompted by the Connecticut school shootings. He's OK with such games as "Big Buck Hunter," at left, because the targets aren't people.

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Realistic or high violence shooter games like "Maximum Force" are being removed from No Limit Arcade in Algonquin.

Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer

Kevin Slota says "lifelike" violence usually refers to shooting humans, something he says began bothering him more after the Newtown, Conn., shooting.

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An Algonquin video arcade owner has decided to pull the plug on 12 of his violent games. Spurred by the shootings of school children in Connecticut, Kevin Slota says he doesn't want to have a part in any role the games might have in grooming mass shooters. "We don't need these games," he said. "I can replace them with something else."