Is it permissible to open a video game entertainment centre and are such games permissible?

Video entertainment games have many unIslamic factors in them. Apart from%0D%0Athe games having music and pictures which are prohibited, the nature of the%0D%0Agames offered, for example, karate, shooting, killing, racing, etc. have a%0D%0Apotential of raising one?s emotions, thus having far reaching negative%0D%0Aconsequences in many aspects of ones life.%0D%0AConsider the following from the Encyclopedia, 1993-1997 - Microsoft Corp.%0D%0A?Critics of video games contend that children spend too much time and money%0D%0Aon the games and that immersion in the fantasy of video games can have%0D%0Aadverse effects on personality maturation. There have also been reports that%0D%0Athe flashing graphics can trigger seizures in people who have certain types%0D%0Aof epilepsy.?%0D%0ATherefore, it is also not permissible to open a video game entertainment%0D%0Acentre and such games are not permissible to play. The income generated from%0D%0Aentertainment video machines will, therefore, not be permissible.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd Allah Ta'ala Knows Best.%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0A%0D%0A