Game Violence = Real Violence? You decide!
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Check and mate, totally agree with you. Many a time ive come home wanting to hit something, 30 mins in a game and all the pent up anger is gone.moose49408 said:
I think people forget the long history of callous young men who didn't have any problem slaughtering each other. And they didn't even have movies or TV.
crahing a plane in saints row two into a gas truck wouldnt be as fun in real life because i couldnt run away....
Oh noooooo. Jack Thompson descends from his cave lair and will destroy us all with hellfire. Run and scream! *ahem* Of course virtual violence doesn't lead to real-world violence. It provides....and outlet. If you're anything like me, you need to blow some virtual brains all over the wall to keep yourself from doing it in real life.
When playing video games, I am a sick, sadistic bastard. I'll kill an enemy in the most gruesome way possible while laughing maniacally.
But in real-life I couldn't do any of that; violence isn't in my nature.
But in real-life I couldn't do any of that; violence isn't in my nature.
I've played Fable loads of times and yes i do wish i could run in and massacre a town full of people who have the thought processs of a turkey (Food good evil killing moster bad (I call it Turkey Syndrome)) and annihalate than with raw power and hell-ish abilities but unfortunately i have no massacre-useful supper-powers ... yet.
I play counter-strike source heaps but I don't believe that counter-terrorism units care whetheror not the terrorist unit has control of an inescapable room full of breakable boxes, nor do I think that people can teleport at the touch of a keyboard shortcut (!ztele(if you know you know, if you don't you don't)). HOWEVER, I really wish it were uber-true.
I play counter-strike source heaps but I don't believe that counter-terrorism units care whetheror not the terrorist unit has control of an inescapable room full of breakable boxes, nor do I think that people can teleport at the touch of a keyboard shortcut (!ztele(if you know you know, if you don't you don't)). HOWEVER, I really wish it were uber-true.
People who get violent based on what they saw in a video game have a messed-up idea of what's real. I believe that video games can make crazy people crazier, but most people are fine. If you were okay in the head when you started playing a violent game, you should be when you come out of it.
Until I see someone who has gone through an extensive psychological profile showing they are completely sane and no threat to the public before they go play a violent videogame and then go and commit mass murder than no videogames don't make people violent unless they were already were violent or mentally unstable.
Here's a link [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/the-death-toll.html] to as far as I can tell violent, murderous criminals who have murdered multiple people but were for the most part not videogame players. In fact no one knows why those people really committed such terrible acts and the research [http://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/27/us/traits-shared-by-mass-killers-remain-unknown-to-experts.html] into the trigger is still ongoing.
Here's a link [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/the-death-toll.html] to as far as I can tell violent, murderous criminals who have murdered multiple people but were for the most part not videogame players. In fact no one knows why those people really committed such terrible acts and the research [http://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/27/us/traits-shared-by-mass-killers-remain-unknown-to-experts.html] into the trigger is still ongoing.
I played Devil May Cry enough to make me want to enter sword tournaments =D
I now also train in various sword / weapon based martial arts because of it.
I'd say it did me good, cause at least I'm getting exercise.
I now also train in various sword / weapon based martial arts because of it.
I'd say it did me good, cause at least I'm getting exercise.
It can go from Cathartic to Catalytic (or cataclysmic). It all depends on the present state of the users brain.
It may very well prevent you from actually killing people, since you are here provided with a virtual punching bag, or be the needed spark to finally ordering your grenade launcher and checking if all you've learnt in "Doom" is true.
I believe the second scenario is less common (seeing how there are millions of shooter gamers and we humans are still a growing population).
I have played butcherfull games for years, and so far the amount of people I have shot myself in real life is almost negligible. ;-)
It may very well prevent you from actually killing people, since you are here provided with a virtual punching bag, or be the needed spark to finally ordering your grenade launcher and checking if all you've learnt in "Doom" is true.
I believe the second scenario is less common (seeing how there are millions of shooter gamers and we humans are still a growing population).
I have played butcherfull games for years, and so far the amount of people I have shot myself in real life is almost negligible. ;-)
To keep it simple: No
To make this post a bit longer: Approximately 160 million people play computer and video games. Two of them killed somebody. That means that if you meet someone who plays video games, you have a 99.9999999875% chance of staying alive. I'll personally take my chances with that. Don't think I'm a total daredevil, though. That's the same chance I have of not getting hit by a lightning bolt riding a batmobile made out of winning lottery tickets.
To make this post a bit longer: Approximately 160 million people play computer and video games. Two of them killed somebody. That means that if you meet someone who plays video games, you have a 99.9999999875% chance of staying alive. I'll personally take my chances with that. Don't think I'm a total daredevil, though. That's the same chance I have of not getting hit by a lightning bolt riding a batmobile made out of winning lottery tickets.
They replace a living hell with a good dream.Nazulu said:
But They'll wake up eventually, worse off because the problems (Triggers) aren't solved