Has videogame violence affected you?

[Chaos scorch NL]

I dont think it did as I still havent hit kilian but i do believe it might have some effects but not if there aren't any other mayor factors playing

-It would make shooting someone a little bit easyer because you could imagine your playing a videogame if you're scared to pull the trigger (but it won't save you the regret and before you're holding a gunn aimed at someone face something must have gone terribly wrong already)

-people who are depressed annd feel unsuccesfull and might learn that violence will get them succes (but the succes will be achieved in the videogames so they're more likely too get addicted)

those are the most likely dangers i can think of

 

[ScoopMeister]

No, I killed people before I played videogames.

This.

 

[GreyFire]

Nope, Played Violent games for years and had no real effect.

 

[Kikyoo]

Reading the original post no nothing like that. But have i ever been affected by Gore in Meida? why yes I have, The gore in Robocop used to give me some nightmares when I was little. Now I'm impressed at how good they made the gore look. I mean really some considerable time and effort were taken to making it look so good. so then gore = respect? It certainly didn't affect me in the way anyone was talking about.

 

[Eythan]

Video-game violence doesn't really effect me as such but I believe it is actually good for people to see it, I mean if people see some bad stuff going on in a video game and it makes them well up with tears or something that shows that they will feel for everything that is REALLY happening in the world, by this I mean in a war game they see somebody getting blown to bits and it effects them really badly, this would make them realise just how bad things are in the world, if that makes sense.

I usually don't make much sense so sorry if im rambling or anything people XD

 

[MurderousToaster]

Oh, yeah. I've got a guy tied up in my basement and I plan to cut off his legs and watch him bleed. I also bombed and shot up an airport. And I've raped a girl after playing too much Bulletstorm. I also have a stash of bodies of the people I've senselessly drive-by'ed after playing GTA.

And I like to jump on people and stab them in the neck a lot. Oh, and chainsawing people is fun, too.

Sarcasm, by the way. Since it doesn't seem to translate well into text.

 

[Shirokurou]

Mortal Kombat 3 was one of my first games I ever had.
And I like cute things.

So I guess not.

 

[Lagslayer]

To say my time spent playing video games has not influenced the way I think would be false. However, I do not believe I have become more violent because of them.

Also, can we keep the FOX bashing in the politics forum? Seriously.

 

[JWRosser]

I type this as I wait for Mortal Kombat to load.



No.

 

[Zacharious-khan]

video games don't kill people, crazy people with no connection to reality kill people

 

[Jakub324]

The way I see it, games taught me a couple of hand-to-hand combat moves, and gave me the ability to remain calm in the sight of brutality. My friend and I were watching a documentary about Hutu-Tutsi genocide, and there was a picture of a man with half of his foot missing, all shown in graphic detail. I play games like Gears of War and Call of Duty, so I was pretty unaffected, but he plays games like Pokemon and Final Fantasy, so he recoiled and complained that he felt sick, so I suppose they have affected me, but in a good way - if a guy stumbles up to my front door with a compound fracture (where the bone has been broken and has pierced the skin) I will be able to help him because I've seen it, but I don't believe I am more violent as a result - just more able to defend myself. If anything, my dad has had more of an impact in that area, because he taught me some basic moves he learnt in his time in the Parachute Regiment, and I consider myself better off because of it.

 

[Daverson]

Yes. If it hadn't been for violent videogames, I wouldn't have learned about firearms, and as a direct consequence, I wouldn't have learned about firearm safety.

1. Always treat a firearm as if it is loaded, even if there's no possibility of this.
2. Never aim a firearm at something if it would be unsafe to pull trigger
3. Always be sure of what you're shooting at, and equally as important, what's behind it, before you pull the trigger.

I'm tempted to say I've been desensitized, but, to be honest, I don't think I ever was sensitive to this sort of thing to begin with.

Of course, I guess not every kid had the benefit of growing up with an actual skeleton in the closet! (Before you get any suspicions, my mother was a doctor, it was from a cadaver. Also, you might not know this, before they used those plastic skeletons you probably saw in school, they used actual skeletons, from people! You might find this slightly squicky, but I think it's actually kind of interesting, to know you can teach people things even after you die.)

That said, there's always going to be the element of society that can't differ fantasy and reality. But let's face facts, if they aren't pretending to be the soldier from the future, they're going to be pretending they're an aeroplane and jumping off buildings... it's more a failing of the people who are supposed to be looking after them, rather than that of the people who've inspired their fantasies...

 

[Craorach]

I think most people these days are desensitized to violence not from any one media outlet but from ALL media outlets. While I would say that Video Games, Movies and TV shows have some affect, far greater is the constant bombardment of violent and other "bad" news.

The greatest example I can give is that, while growing up in England in the 80s, we would hear news of a bomb going off somewhere.. look up shocked, and then just not care and shrug our shoulders because it was in Northern Ireland. We heard news of this so often we really didn't care anymore.

I'm sure that video games can contribute, but I would argue that their interactivity makes them fundamentally less likely to cause desensitization. A good video game shows consquence to actions, and makes us care about the people these consequences happen to.

 

[Caligulove]

I do admit that a combination of violent games and (probably more so) violent action and horror films- that I am less sensitive to the *idea* of violence and other ridiculous or gratuitous scenarios of violence/gore. Think it makes me better understand context and comedy to be honest, rather than all violence being horrible. Studies say that it causes a blurring of real life and gaming- but I think it helped me develop how to distinguish between real or realistic hypothetical situations and 'gaming/fictional scenarios' at a much younger age.

That and when I say that I'm less sensitive to the *idea* of some kind of horrible violence and over-the-top stuff... when you're confronted with actual violence and gore of real animals or real people, something that was actually alive and capable of sensing its environment and using their brain- that still disturbs and shakes me to my core.

A person is dead, at that moment, even in a photo from some shock-site- you still wonder who the person was. Wonder what they did in life what kind of person they were and depending on their age even realize that you might have known or grown up with them if you were born elsewhere or other circumstances beyond your control were different- if you could have gotten along with them. And begin to realize that no matter what the person did in their life, you begin to doubt that they ever did something to deserve being killed.

 

[baddude1337]

One time my copy of GTA 4 found a baseball bat. Suffice to say, he's in prison now.

 

[Brightzide]

I dont think it has...But who am I to judge? Im very opposed to physical assault and violence, and this is why i'll avoid it as much as possible. But i'll defend myself and then some if I'm attacked. Ive been in alot of trouble for 'un-necessary violence toward aggressors' in school. Which is a bully's parents way of saying ''My kid got his ass kicked, so lets make the little kid look like the bad guy''. ( if you are interested, and you probably arent. The main one was for splitting a boys head and face open on a brick wall ) . But in general I find myself a very nice and positive person. I always want to joke around, have some fun and go have a pleasant pint or 2 with you, talking about life and the economy. I really couldnt try to be nicer. And videogame violence will never ever change that.