Norwegian stores takes away violent games from shops shelfes after massacre.

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mireko

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cybran said:
Redingold said:
You got any sources for this? Do you know what games were taken down?

Taking down these games, whatever they are, is stupid.
The source is written in norwegian... you couldn't read it if we linked it, but I approve of the poster, yes this is true.

but by all means, here it is:

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslobomben/artikkel.php?artid=10081059
Thanks for the link. There are a few points in there that I would like to make clear to the rest of this thread:

1. This isn't a ban. Two companies (Platekompaniet and.. Coop Norge? They sell games?) have pulled games from their shelves.

More importantly:

2. This is temporary. According to Coop director Geir Inge Stokke, they are simply removing these for a little while out of respect for the victims. There's a big difference between that and a ban. It's a knee-jerk reaction, that's all.

Finally,

3. Nobody else is doing it. Not Spaceworld, not GameStop, not Elkjøp, none of those.

Again: I don't agree with their decision, but it is theirs to make. Some people in this thread are making this out to be much more of a big deal than it is.

BNguyen said:
But think about this, without competition and only equality, then if one store takes down its wares, it immediately becomes unavailable everywhere. So praise capitalism in that it allows up to take our business elsewhere, and what's worse is that as the minorities which dislike violence or difference in any form from themselves would only serve to keep the majority from what they most enjoy
No offense, but I don't quite get your post. Are you agreeing or disagreeing?

[sub]"Capitalism, ho!" was a reference to Recettear...[/sub]
 

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mireko said:
I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me it's just that I haven't heard anything about this.
Do I detect a Florence + The Machine song? Love 'em.

Anyway, I sense this will blow over. There are many attempts to get games banned, but I think it's becoming more and more futile. The gaming industry is growing stronger, and now with games being recognized as art in the US it will just get better and better.
 

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BRex21 said:
I actually CAN'T find any english sources for this. So throw this in google translate or something:
http://www.itavisen.no/874728/disse-spillene-fjernes-fra-hyllene

If you do you get something like this:
VIOLENT: Anders Behring Breivik supposedly played the computer game "World of Warcraft"

Coop Norge and Platekompaniet have removed violent video games from store shelves after the terror attacks in Oslo and on Utøya last week.

- We have made our evaluations in each department, and removed various games around, confirms product manager, André Holt, to NTB.

Anders Behring Breivik writes in his so-called Manifesto that he played World of Warcraft for one year.

Of consideration for the Friday's, Coop Norway indefinitely revoked violent video games and weapons-like products, says Geir Inge Stokke to rogalandsavis.no.

- This is a temporary grip we do out of respect and in respect for those affected, said Stokke.

The electronics retailer Spaceworld has not removed any products from their shelves.

- We can not see any connection between the tragedy and the fact that we sell games. We have never seen any research on that games alone lead to such incidents, says marketing manager Carl Haakon Klafstad to NTB.

The games removed are:

-Call of Duty: Black Ops
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
-Call of Duty: World at War Platinum
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Classic
-Sniper Ghost Warrior
-Counter-Strike Source
-World of Warcraft
-Homefront
I really wish some people would grow up and realize that operating a gun in Modern Warfare or *shudder* World of Warcraft, is about as far removed from operating an ACTUAL gun as you can get. Either that or doing detailed editing in MS paint is BETTER than most shooters because it requires steadier hands and more precision or you end up screwing it up as opposed to say, just wounding your target.
I really have a lot i could say on this topic, but really, i think everyone here knows that just because a killer played a videogame does not make said videogame responsible.
Yeaaahhh....they forgot Duke Nukem...
 

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MW2 did not train him. He might have thought he did, but pressing a button has bugger all to do with pulling a trigger. If he meant situational training, it could have provided no training his imagination could not have given him. I'm sick of games being the reason for every murder.
 

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His manifesto also stated he was able to contact and receive money from people sympathizing with him using Facebook and PayPal.
Time to ban those, I guess..

OT: If he'd trained in TF2, would he have worn a silly hat?
 

Hero in a half shell

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Lenin211 said:
I used MW2 to train as well. Now I know that if I am in danger, I can press B to crouch and if I get hurt, I can wait for five seconds for the blood to fly off my face.
I use MW2 as a life coach, it's great, because Ramirez does everything for me!
 
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Redingold said:
You got any sources for this? Do you know what games were taken down?
My source was the Norwegian News paper "VG".

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslobomben/artikkel.php?artid=10081059
 
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mireko said:
Which stores? What city? Do you have a source?

I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me it's just that I haven't heard anything about this.
I'm sorry my source wasn't included in the original post. I do not know which games are being taken down from the shelfes, but the article says " Violent games and Weaponlike equipment".

The case however do only apply for two Norwegian stores so far.(as far as I know)