And yet the two countries who are above America in violent gun crime barely touch video games, Columbia is one of them. Japan and the UK (and the rest of Europe) barely have any.
Logic!
Logic!
Anti-Game Critic Says "This Generation Will Give You Massacres"
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Haven't all studies ever actually shown that violence has DECREASED per capita? I mean, it's easy to see violence increasing if you just look at the numbers, but if you take into account that the POPULATION IS INCREASING, well, no fucking shit?
Regardless, the people doing the school shootings have been individuals (or a few individuals) that have been mentally unbalanced, and should have seen professional help.
I miss the days when people blamed demons when a person went right off the deep end and killed a bunch of people :/
Regardless, the people doing the school shootings have been individuals (or a few individuals) that have been mentally unbalanced, and should have seen professional help.
I miss the days when people blamed demons when a person went right off the deep end and killed a bunch of people :/
My only experience with the army is that a boss at a former job started treating me like shit when I told him that due to my disability, I can't join. After that, he started giving me shit for every little thing I did.
I predict this guy will act just like my boss.
I predict this guy will act just like my boss.
So the fact that actual violence has gone down while the number of violent games on the market has gone up is just ignored for convenience.
Yes, that is exactly my point.Johnson McGee said:
As I said the burden of proof is on the accuser, Mr. Grossnman in this case. He fails to even acknowledge that his conception of a world overboiling with violence due to video games... is flat out wrong, much less try to form a counter-counterargument.
My apologies for not spending an extensive amount of time on an unpaid internet forum post in which brevity is an optimal trait. I was mocking the man's beliefs by holding them up to scrutiny, pointing out a possible line of thought, and bringing it to a conclusion. I hope you'll forgive me for not wanting to write a damned essay on the subject.TheDoctor455 said:
deathbydeath said:
*rolls eyes*
Ehh... fair enough.
However, you first comment wasn't taking the idiot's statements to their logical extreme precisely BECAUSE he was ALREADY going to the logical extreme. What you were doing came off as redundant to me more than anything else.
Plus, my point with the time Swift took with his satire is simply that one should think very carefully before attempting it.
I like the fire metaphor, because when we did everything we could to keep fires from happening, we just made them worse. Fire is a natural part of things. It happens, and nature can survive. When we stopped that from happening, fuel built up and up until a lightning strike or the spark from a random rock hitting another ignited it, and what would have been a few small controllable wildfires over a decade became one massive uncontrollable crown fire, which not only spreads further and causes more damage but also kills old growth that can endure a small wildfire.
Translation: Try to stop bad things from happening by blocking their release points and the inevitable explosion will be far, far worse.
Translation: Try to stop bad things from happening by blocking their release points and the inevitable explosion will be far, far worse.
Also, Vice City is over ten years old. Someone who played it when he/she was five can now legally drive, and we haven't seen an increase in running over prostitutes. And bonus points for the "murder for peace" angle. That's a good one.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire#Human_involvement said:
Yeah, first off it's all jokes and such, and then the gentleman in question is the one commanding the tank battalion.TheDoctor455 said:
OT: I am the world's best city designer on Tropical Islands, the world's best guitar player, sniper, spy, racing driver and pilot. All from playing games.
And if in any circumstance, I'm required to take control of a levitating undead lich who happens to be a frost mage, i'll also be fine.
What an awful, horrible little man he is. I wonder if he even has any thoughts to think at all, or is just repeating what others told him.
Don't be ridiculous. Why would parents have any responsibility over what their children do in their spare time? Why should it be the parents' job to look at the explicitly clear age rating on the box and decide whether it's appropriate for their children? Why, that would imply such ridiculous notions such as that the parent had to, well... parent their children!Reyold said:
Excuse me if I wasn't being obvious enough with the sarcasm.
By the way, America really needs to adopt the idea of actually restricting games based on age. Even making sure shops can't sell Mature (or R18+ as it's called over here) and making the M label stand out more (again, bright red over here in NZ) would make a world of difference... Or maybe people would still insist that it's the game developers fault and not their's for ignoring the label, I don't know.
Fuck, if only we had more games than grand theft auto ...
How come when ever one of these "here we go again" articles goes up there is always one reference to GTA? What's funny is compared to a lot of games GTA is rather limp in it's gore ... imagine the outrage if they found manhunt or postal!?
On the flip side (I'm ghetto), you have great story driven games (anything with bioware on it for example).
I would say that the amount of violent games is very high, outside of sports games (some of which are violent themselves) there are few games (relativity speaking) that aren't violent ... not saying violence is bad, just there is a lot.
How come when ever one of these "here we go again" articles goes up there is always one reference to GTA? What's funny is compared to a lot of games GTA is rather limp in it's gore ... imagine the outrage if they found manhunt or postal!?
On the flip side (I'm ghetto), you have great story driven games (anything with bioware on it for example).
I would say that the amount of violent games is very high, outside of sports games (some of which are violent themselves) there are few games (relativity speaking) that aren't violent ... not saying violence is bad, just there is a lot.
What a jumped up Pratt. That's all I really have to say about this deluded man who seems to think he can spout groundless nonsense because he has "Credentials".
I think if I ever met him I'd have trouble not falling into an "Insulting French Guard" routine
I think if I ever met him I'd have trouble not falling into an "Insulting French Guard" routine
Never mind all the gun-toting lunatics, by this logic we're also going to have:
-Crazy dictators and warlords scraping with each other because they played too much Age of Empires
-Balls off the tea trolley walls drivers who have played too much Mario Kart
-Sailors with an intense hatred of whales from playing Assassins Creed Pirate
-Out of control street brawls with fighters dishing out flying spinning kicks and goddamn fireballs from too much Street Fighter
-On the brighter side, a wave of brilliant pitch-perfect singers due to Singstar and the like.
-Oh yeah, Angry Birds. Lots and lots of motherfucking angry birds with their avian flu and explosive eggs in the near future.
Oh wait, apparently GTA (a game which is actually mild compared to other games and TONS of movies) and COD (which actually deifies soldiers) are the ONLY FUCKING GAMES IN EXISTENCE if you believe these complete and utter out-of-touch MORONS.
-Crazy dictators and warlords scraping with each other because they played too much Age of Empires
-Balls off the tea trolley walls drivers who have played too much Mario Kart
-Sailors with an intense hatred of whales from playing Assassins Creed Pirate
-Out of control street brawls with fighters dishing out flying spinning kicks and goddamn fireballs from too much Street Fighter
-On the brighter side, a wave of brilliant pitch-perfect singers due to Singstar and the like.
-Oh yeah, Angry Birds. Lots and lots of motherfucking angry birds with their avian flu and explosive eggs in the near future.
Oh wait, apparently GTA (a game which is actually mild compared to other games and TONS of movies) and COD (which actually deifies soldiers) are the ONLY FUCKING GAMES IN EXISTENCE if you believe these complete and utter out-of-touch MORONS.