Presumably, though, we'd be too worn out from the surprisingly-immersive VR sex session immediately preceding the hooker-beating to care.
A reversed theory about violent videogames.
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I totally agree with this.
Games do not contribute to real situations of violence. There are 4 types of people in this context (violence and gaming):
1. violent people who are violent in real life
2. violent people who take away their lust for violence on violent games
3. non-violent people who play games
4. non-violent people who don't play games
And as far as I can see, number 2 is the only disregarded type. Games aren't to blame for real violence. If anything they have provided a form of release for any genuinely violent people.
Games do not contribute to real situations of violence. There are 4 types of people in this context (violence and gaming):
1. violent people who are violent in real life
2. violent people who take away their lust for violence on violent games
3. non-violent people who play games
4. non-violent people who don't play games
And as far as I can see, number 2 is the only disregarded type. Games aren't to blame for real violence. If anything they have provided a form of release for any genuinely violent people.
I dislike it when I hear people claiming that a video-game taught mass-murderer X how to use a gun. I mean, really, if we followed a videogame's advice, what would we really learn about guns?
1. They don't seem to have any weight at all, and it is easy to hold one at the ready for hours at a time.
2. There is no such thing as a safety.
3. To switch weapons, drop your hands out of your field of view for a split second, and then raise them again.
4. The most effective way of aiming is to crouch and fire from the hip. (ok, some games do have ironsights but most just have a floating crosshair)
5. You can reload all you want, and won't lose any of the unused bullets in that magazine.
6. If you find ammo or another gun, walk over it.
1. They don't seem to have any weight at all, and it is easy to hold one at the ready for hours at a time.
2. There is no such thing as a safety.
3. To switch weapons, drop your hands out of your field of view for a split second, and then raise them again.
4. The most effective way of aiming is to crouch and fire from the hip. (ok, some games do have ironsights but most just have a floating crosshair)
5. You can reload all you want, and won't lose any of the unused bullets in that magazine.
6. If you find ammo or another gun, walk over it.
And obviously, twiddling a joystick or sliding a mouse is a perfect analog to actually aiming a physical gun.
"People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" ~ High Fidelity
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I'm pretty positive that if i want to go and get into a street race ill go pick up need for speed and play that, if i want to go blow up random shit, ill go play battle field, if i want to become a serial murderer ill go play manhunt. people need to notice that it doesn't influence shit, if it just so happens that the guy who gunned down 3 people had GTA4 in his apartment he will end up being said to have done it by influence of video games.
