In March, representatives from the video game industry met with President Trump to discuss video games in the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting. One of the attendees was Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive. Now, Zelnick is speaking about that meeting for what appears to be the first time--but he isn`t saying much. Speaking to Mad Money`s Jim Cramer this week, Zelnick was asked directly how the meeting went. `It was interesting,` Zelnick said, leaning forward in his chair and appearing to chuckle in a somewhat awkward exchange with the fast-talking Cramer. Pressed for more details, Zelnick gave a diplomatic response.`I haven`t talked a lot about it publicly. The truth is, when you`re asked to show up and have a conversation on a serious topic, you show up,` he said. `Our position is plain.`Zelnick went on to say that it`s not true that Trump was picking on video games during the meeting. `Not at all,` Zelnick said when Cramer said video games were not being singled out during the meeting. As we reported previously, Trump also discussed violence in film during the meeting.Take-Two is a member of the Entertainment Software Association, which represents the video game industry`s interests in Washington. The group attended the meeting with Trump and, while we don`t know exactly what was said, it is likely the ESA pointed to studies that have shown there is no link between violent video games and violent behavior.In addition to Zelnick, Trump`s brother Robert Trump--who is a member of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax`s board of directors--also attended the meeting. A number of lawmakers also were there, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio.Trump has suggested that violent video games are a problem in the past, tweeting that they are `creating monsters` back in 2012. After the shooting in Parkland, he referenced how he`s been told `the level of violence in video games is really shaping young people`s thoughts. ...
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