Video Game Violence... True or B.S.?

[DarknessLover]

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I really don't see much problem with violence in games, I mean if you live in the "hood" you are going to see ALOT more realistic violence. If you like watching movies, there is like 20X the gore...so honestly games are the least of our problems

 

[DarknessLover]

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Back on topic though...the worst games I can think of with gore...are games like Pokemon! I mean! THey are burning each other, and not showing any pain! What does that tell the kids that play it! lol

 

[choobs]

I think it's total BS, these kids shouldn't be given an excuse, they're clearly not right if they let a video game shape them into who they'll become and base the way they act on it. It's just an excuse for theie behaviour. Surely they're smart enough to determine reality from games?

 

[Victim]

I have deleted all the messages/removed stuff after I gave you all my warning about going off topic.. If this starts again, any one who says something not regarding this topic will receive a 2 day suspension.. No ands, ifs, or buts about it. I warned you all, and obviously you didn't take it seriously.. This is serious. Stay on topic! I will check this thread after I get home from work, and I hope that I don't have to take any action against anyone.

 

[allieking]

ok i think i have slightly changed my mind about this topic. my little girl (shes 9) has been watching harry potter and she has took it upon herself to start saying "i will eat your soul" in a scary voice. i know its not exactly a video game but its the same kinda thing. she wouldn't have heard that from anywhere else so thats the reason shes saying it.

 

[Usiel]

Well, dear Allieking, your case reminded me, my cousin's... he is younger than your daughter (actually he is three. This December it will be four nice and dangerous years old!!) He's soo sweet and funny, but he's a little bit spoilt... well, quite normal, he's the only child and the youngest in my family!! He loves movies and his favourite is 101 dalmatians, well, the other day he was my aunt and she told him somethg he didnt want to do it, so he said to her: shut up, scoundrel!! hahaha, can you imagine my aunt's face?? hahaha... but, well, analyzing it... For whom was the fault? I think it's no one fault. You cant take your sons and put them in a crystal balloon, away from the world. Besides I know they're too small yet and they dont understand what they say, They just imitate what they listen, they seen... so, in that case, all parents should take care about what their children can absorb (everybody say children as sponges) but not to be a hard guardians. they have to learn to fly by themselves!!

 

[Holy War]

Anywhere between 11 and 13 is a good age for a child to start watching more subtle violence, not necassarily a Quentin Tarentino flick but something like Spawn or Batman (comic violence). Any younger than that they are still absorbing what they hear/see/experience, personally at the ages I have mentioned I think what parents have taught them is instilled enough for them to know the difference between fantasy and reality...of course this depends a lot on parents and what they focus on teaching their child (moral, ethics, basic right/wrong), raising a child is no longer easy mainly because we (as people) feed them excuses and give them something to say "It was because of that, that's why I did it".

 

[tsinoitcelfer]

ok i think i have slightly changed my mind about this topic. my little girl (shes 9) has been watching harry potter and she has took it upon herself to start saying "i will eat your soul" in a scary voice. i know its not exactly a video game but its the same kinda thing. she wouldn't have heard that from anywhere else so thats the reason shes saying it.

I don't recall any soul eating in Harry Potter.... Are you sure she hasn't accidentally walked in on a scary movie or something of that sort?

 

[Victim]

Maybe the the dementors kiss? From the third book/ third movie?

 

[FireHawk]

Okay well this is kinda-sorta on topic I guess. It seems to me that its not violence in video games that is bad. Its other stuff that is more influential (illegal street racing is a really big one I have found). At least some people can tell if violence is good or not.

Many people don't realize topping out your little 4 banger riced out Honda Civic at 110 MPH is dangerous. In many cases can be more dangerous than violence. I know a lot of people are influence by games (Need For Speed Undground Series, SRS, Juiced, Tokyo Extreme Racer Series, etc.) and go out and try to race cars (I myself am guilty of it since I own a Mustang). I think violence is just has blame put on it since there is so much violence in the world, but I think there is stuff more influential than violence in video games. Personally I think other things (news, propaganda, etc.) is a lot more influential cause at least they give a reason to be violent.

I know your probaly think what I said was confusing but try to understand since I didn't say it clearly.

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So yeah I hope that was on topic enough so Victim dosen't unleash her wrath upon me.

 

[allieking]

I don't recall any soul eating in Harry Potter.... Are you sure she hasn't accidentally walked in on a scary movie or something of that sort?

no we watch films when they are asleep, its from the trailer for harry potter.

 

[tsinoitcelfer]

no we watch films when they are asleep, its from the trailer for harry potter.

Oh. I see..... Hmmm...

What are you doing about it??

 

[azemkamikaze03]

Yea with the whole racing, We do a lot of burnouts and **** around here and I mean I know it really wasn't popular until games like NFS, Juiced, and movies like FandF came out.

 

[X...Re-Arranged...X]

I saw bullshit. Video games are just games to play when you're bored or angry. ^_^ Plus, you can do things in them that you can't do in real life. You'd have to be a complete, crack ***** idiot to think you can do that stuff in real life.

 

[Holy War]

I saw bullshit. Video games are just games to play when you're bored or angry. ^_^ Plus, you can do things in them that you can't do in real life. You'd have to be a complete, crack ***** idiot to think you can do that stuff in real life.

Actually quite a few of them have rather high IQ's and are quite intelligent, it's not about intellect it's about the ability to differ from right and wrong which has to do a lot with how the person(s) was raised. For the most part they believe they can do whatever they want because in thier minds society has done so much wrong to them, even then most of the violence isn't attributed to video games or media violence (or at least cannot be proven) most of it is centered around drugs and medication which depending on the medication and dosage a lot have adverse effects.

 

[Clogz]

To qoute George Carlin...

"But what about the parents? Didn't they raise him? But parents are partly full of ****. Its the same every time. If the kid turns out ****** up and crazy, they just say "Oh, We didn't have anything to do with that! Its those kids they hung out with in the parking lot!" But you know what? If little Johnny or little Susie become a success, those parents are the first ones to jump up and take all the credit for it."

(paraphrased of course, I don't remember the sketch word-for-word)

But seriously, I love his point that...in the end...parents are always the ones raising thier kids and if a kid ends up screwed up, it is generally the parents' fault. That is my belief.

 

[Greyfoxx]

To qoute George Carlin...
"But what about the parents? Didn't they raise him? But parents are partly full of ****. Its the same every time. If the kid turns out ****** up and crazy, they just say "Oh, We didn't have anything to do with that! Its those kids they hung out with in the parking lot!" But you know what? If little Johnny or little Susie become a success, those parents are the first ones to jump up and take all the credit for it."

(paraphrased of course, I don't remember the sketch word-for-word)

But seriously, I love his point that...in the end...parents are always the ones raising thier kids and if a kid ends up screwed up, it is generally the parents' fault. That is my belief.

I agree with that. Parents always say that if their kids turn out bad they say it's because of the music they listen to, the games they play, or the things they watch. But if they become an important person in life then the parents are like "We taught him/her everything they know. We've always known that he/she would do great things. Ect ect ect"

 

[Holy War]

Welcome to today's society, well at least in the states...I'm not able to comment on other countries.

"I wouldn't say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did." -Marilyn Manson, Bowling for Columbine.

 

[allieking]

To qoute George Carlin...
"But what about the parents? Didn't they raise him? But parents are partly full of ****. Its the same every time. If the kid turns out ****** up and crazy, they just say "Oh, We didn't have anything to do with that! Its those kids they hung out with in the parking lot!" But you know what? If little Johnny or little Susie become a success, those parents are the first ones to jump up and take all the credit for it."

(paraphrased of course, I don't remember the sketch word-for-word)

But seriously, I love his point that...in the end...parents are always the ones raising thier kids and if a kid ends up screwed up, it is generally the parents' fault. That is my belief.

totally agree with you. my kids don't step out of line and its only because i make sure they know that if they do something wrong there with be concequences!!!