Senor Hugo wrote:Everyone has heard and the old excuse. "Video games make children more violent."
Video games(as well as music, Tv/Movies) have been blamed for Columbine and several other school shootings.
The always laughable Jack Thompson has frequently described video games as being "murder simulators" and called video gamers "criminals."
Parents have complained that video games cause their children to misbehave.
Does mistreating an animal in a video game make you an animal abuser in real life?
Does killing someone on a video game make you capable of commiting a murder in real life?
So, where do you stand on the issue?
Personally, as someone who is going into video game design. This is a huge issue for me. I end up hearing the "it's the video game publishers fault" excuse more times than I care to recall.
I firmly believe that people who blame video games, music, television and movies for problems. They really are just looking for a scape goat.
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Senor Hugo wrote:Everyone has heard and the old excuse. "Video games make children more violent."
Video games(as well as music, Tv/Movies) have been blamed for Columbine and several other school shootings.
The always laughable Jack Thompson has frequently described video games as being "murder simulators" and called video gamers "criminals."
Parents have complained that video games cause their children to misbehave.
Does mistreating an animal in a video game make you an animal abuser in real life?
Does killing someone on a video game make you capable of commiting a murder in real life?
So, where do you stand on the issue?
Personally, as someone who is going into video game design. This is a huge issue for me. I end up hearing the "it's the video game publishers fault" excuse more times than I care to recall.
I firmly believe that people who blame video games, music, television and movies for problems. They really are just looking for a scape goat.
Flamemaster Galvatron wrote:(who hasn't played GTA after having a long stressful day to put at ease the tensions of the day?)
Zombie Starscream wrote:What bugs me the most is when some parents get their little kids video games that were INTENDED for ADULTS. And when the little kids start acting up, pressure is put on the video game authors to tone everything down. Now I'm not saying that I like tons of blood and gore, but I don't want video games that are for older players dumbed down just because some parent can't resist the pleas of their pushy kid, and the game makers are afraid of getting sued.
Leonardo wrote:Zombie Starscream wrote:What bugs me the most is when some parents get their little kids video games that were INTENDED for ADULTS. And when the little kids start acting up, pressure is put on the video game authors to tone everything down. Now I'm not saying that I like tons of blood and gore, but I don't want video games that are for older players dumbed down just because some parent can't resist the pleas of their pushy kid, and the game makers are afraid of getting sued.
I agree wholeheartedly. I think that is why they're making the age ratings on the boxes much more prominent.
Tammuz wrote:i've played some very violent video games, hell i remember when Mortal Kombat came out and the red pixels cuased a stir(even though you had to use a cheat to make them appear). i played through most of the resident evils, killed millions in the dynasty warriors franchise, my parent's didn't beleive in age restrictions so i got to see Alien(and it's sequels), pretty much every Arnie film (total recall rules), Robocop(verhoeven again), the Mad max trilogy, and gremlins when i was maybe half as old as the age restrictions.
I'm never killed anyone in real life, i've never handled a weapon, the only proper fight(i.e. ones that don't involve me holding people back) i've been in was a mugging where i really wasn't in the mood for a 5ft crackhead to steal my wallet.
i think video games can make people angry and frustrated and that people of a violent dispotion will vent this anger and frustration violently, if someone's been brought up to lash out when angy then of course they are going to lash out when angry.
if a child can't tell the difference between vido games and real life then the pearent has really **** their child
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:*goes to play some Hexen*
Dark Zarak wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:*goes to play some Hexen*
YES
Do you use Zdoom?
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Dark Zarak wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:*goes to play some Hexen*
YES
Do you use Zdoom?
I got thw win95 version. Problem is, and I mentioned this on VS almost 3 years ago, that in the end of the 2nd world, I fight in the rooms full of monsters, and once I exit the room full of sentaurs, the game crashes. It happens each time. It's been like this always. Any ideas?
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