Anti-Video game propaganda... Your thoughts?

[astaldodhol]

I was lurking the internet when I cam across this: (Warning, has a little blood, so if you are sensitive to see blood, don't open)

http://www.pictureorama.com/2008/09/cool-anti-game-violence-propaganda.html

Now, I'm not sure what to think about this, the kids in these advertisements are obviously around the ages of 2-10ish, and there are warnings on the games about violent games and age restrictions. I just don't get it.
Your thoughts?

 

[Galletea]

Seriously, are these people serious?

Age restrictions are there to let parents know what to expect. Why can't people just raise their own kids, and stop asking the state to do it for them.

The whole censorship thing is bad enough, as I've mentioned a few times before, but it's also hypocritical, considering the amount of violence in television and film, that passes these ratings people by.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

Bah, what's next? Maybe these nutjobs will start an anti-Chess campaign, claiming that it encourages regicide. I wonder what would happen if they pointed the finger at the Bible. Anyone who's read a decent amount of it knows that there's some downright apeshit insane stuff in it. Probably mass chaos would ensue. It would be quite lovely.

 

[DiamondJim]

I can't take them seriously.

So I lol'd instead.

 

[OverlordSteve]

Anyone who dislikes the games I play is free to challenge me to a boxing match.

 

[Gxas]

"There's always someone else for you to blame." Is the refrain from the last song on Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping" cd. Really makes me think about that song when I see those kinds of pictures. Pisses me off to no end knowing that people actually believe drivel like these adds. I don't even know where to start so I just won't.

Edit: I just read the small print and realized that its all the same, meaningless crap in each poster. None of what the paragraph says gives good reason to believe it at all.

 

[Beowulf DW]

I'd think it should be obvious what our thoughts are going to be.

Aside from choice language and some dire oaths, the sentiment is pretty much going to be, "Prove it."

The studies on video game violence that I know of seemed to indicate that while violent video games can decrease a person's inhibition to use lethal force in combat, they do not cause aggressive feelings.

The studies I know of that pointed to video games causing violence seemed to run almost the opposite of the scientific method. Those studies began with the desired conclusions, and worked backwards from there. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS, PEOPLE!

P.S. Sorry for the caps lock part, but seeing people claim to do "scientific studies" as mentioned above makes me rather murderous.

Don't make me kill! Do scientific studies the right way!

 

[fluffylandmine]

I'd it should be obvious what our thoughts are going to be.

Aside from choice language and some dire oaths, the sentiment is pretty much going to be, "Prove it."

The studies on video game violence that I know of seemed to indicate that while violent video games can decrease a person's inhibition to use lethal force in combat, they do not cause aggressive feelings.

The studies I know of that pointed to video games causing violence seemed to run almost the opposite of the scientific method. Those studies began with the desired conclusions, and worked backwards from there. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS, PEOPLE!

P.S. Sorry for the caps lock part, but seeing people claim to do "scientific studies" as mentioned above makes me rather murderous.

Don't make me kill! Do scientific studies the right way!

But that's the only dribble they'll allow into their piss filled heads.

Bah, what's next? Maybe these nutjobs will start an anti-Chess campaign, claiming that it encourages regicide. I wonder what would happen if they pointed the finger at the Bible. Anyone who's read a decent amount of it knows that there's some downright apeshit insane stuff in it. Probably mass chaos would ensue. It would be quite lovely.

I like to call that part of the bible: God's sense of humout towards us. In a sense we kind of are just a joke from that perspective.

Also you would be torn to shredds and your ribbons of a corpse will be defiled, then the culprits will say they did what was 'Christian' when that to me means more than being an animal to all who disagree with me.

 

[Chrinik]

They seem to inflict more rage inside the gamers lines then any "voilent" game can be.

Hey but a funny thing.
In Bavaria, a Party called CSU ruled supreme over any other (because they are bavarian, of course) and one of them, Mr. Herrmann, said openly "Voilent games shouldnt only be banned, they should never enter this country!" and wanted to charge payments or jail to Game Developers or Distributers selling anything with a gun in it.
Obviously some gaming magazines and the guys from "Gaming is not a crime" stopped taking the piss and acted.
They wrote a Chainletter and linked it PDF on the Cynamite website, and called gamers upon all germany to respond.

I dunno what happened, but last i heard the CSU lost their supreme leadership, went down more then 15% in the ratings and two of its heads just simply quit working...

I can only suspect that chainletter to have to do something with it, and im willing to write a letter saying "Thats what you get when you put up with 5 millions of your electors!"

 

[Mysten]

Is your life lacking luls? Look at some anti-videogame media.

I especially love the "your son played Grand Theft Auto four years ago, he'll be murdering innocent schoolchildren within months!" kind.

 

[darrinwright]

Seriously, are these people serious?

Age restrictions are there to let parents know what to expect. Why can't people just raise their own kids, and stop asking the state to do it for them.

The whole censorship thing is bad enough, as I've mentioned a few times before, but it's also hypocritical, considering the amount of violence in television and film, that passes these ratings people by.

Agreed. These ads just play on people's biggest fears, as well as the generally uninformed parent.

I had to spend quite a bit of time in Sunday School explaining to other adults my age why I'm not going to hell for playing Devil May Cry. This kind of ad campaign doesn't help things at all.

 

[GreenHerring]

Bah, what's next? Maybe these nutjobs will start an anti-Chess campaign, claiming that it encourages regicide. I wonder what would happen if they pointed the finger at the Bible. Anyone who's read a decent amount of it knows that there's some downright apeshit insane stuff in it. Probably mass chaos would ensue. It would be quite lovely.

Too bloody right. And let's not forget the glamorization of senseless violence to everyone who will listen in the States. More specifically, the glamorization of killing because the government tells you to. I fail to see how it's worse killing someone in a video game than being encouraged to kill some one who probably just pissed off someone in power or was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

I tried going to the website and got a dead link. I think that alone says something about the pictures.

 

[ZenMonkey47]

I wonder what would happen if they pointed the finger at the Bible. Anyone who's read a decent amount of it knows that there's some downright apeshit insane stuff in it. Probably mass chaos would ensue. It would be quite lovely.

It'd make a great game!

Collect 100 Philistine foreskins as David in order to marry into the royal family!

Cleanse the land of it's native inhabitants as Joshua!

And need we mention the Lot's daughters minigame?

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

Shooter games create a virtual reality.....

NO SHIT SHERLOCK

 

[TheSentinel]

I laughed my ass of at those things. Especially the one with the kids heads super-imposed on the execution from the Vietnamese war. Still though, those ads were probably more graphic than half of the violent video games they seem to want to detract.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

They were anti-videogames? I personally thought they were as good an advert for games as any!

 

[bluemarsman]

I laff'd so hard at those photoshoped images.