Here are some comments from The Wright Stuff channel 5 website on the show:
Vivienne Percy
Violence breeds violence...... Anyone considered that the people who play and are affected by these violent games may have a subconscious view that - if its in a game it must be ok..... these hideous games should be banned and its time that parents went back to being involved with what their kids are doing and say no to what is clearly unacceptable in a civilised society.
Lina
I think the games have a part to play in the killings we are experiencing these days. The kids have no sympathy what so ever.
Paula
Re:shoot em up games, you've got to wonder at how much parenting these kids are gettting? Are they being left for hours with these games? If so then thats why the children are so detached. If there is enough input from the parents then perhaps these games wouldnt affect them so much.
- And here are some more sensible comments:
M C
This is silly, it's already proven that there is no link between real life violence and virtual reality. What people don't understand is that these kind of games shouldn't be played by kids anyway, it's down to the parents decision to allow their kid to play them and to see the violence that happens in the game. It all comes down to parenting and the awareness that games come with an age rating just like movies do. If your kid is younger than the required age to play the game, then don't buy that game for them. Simples
Steven Sutcliffe
I simply can't believe how many supposedly educated people are willing to blame video games for every act of mindless violence these days. I'm sure some of these criminals have played video games at some point in their lives, few people under the age of 30 haven't, but if someone is capable of comitting these acts in the first place, simply playing a game isn't going to make them any more or less likely to do it. I imagine most of these people have watched tv, why don't we blame that? I think you need to stop looking for a quick and easy scapegoat, and face up to reality. That in the world today, there are too many thugs and mindless idiots who lack the intelligence and moral responsibility to live in society. Stop blaming video games, grow up and open your eyes.
david fairbank
been playing shooting games since i was 12yrs old im now 32 and still do every night 3-4hours. not once have i ever though i must go shoot some people. the people that do this might of watched rambo 4 forgod sake have you thought about that!
Tim Ingham
If Fading Powers was "dead right" (according to Wright), I'll eat my R2 trigger finger. Perhaps - just perhaps - factors other than old Ice-T records and 'Nintendos' play into the horrific gang violence seen in the papers this week. And while we're at it, a teenager did not "spray a machine gun" at any point in the story you're referring two. A pair of gang members, aged 21 and 22, have been convicted. If you're going to lazily tie video games to a tragedy to feed the rabid ignorance of your slovenly audience, at least get the most basic of facts correct. Muppet. And Anne! Oh, Anne. What in all of Skyrim were you talking about? Were you genuinely juxtaposing the cutesy idea of a young boy storing unwanted video games consoles under his bed with the image of him concealing a stash of machine guns? Why? Seriously though. Why? How could that image possibly help any one us understand this horrendous crime any better? Or were you suggesting - and the conversation surrounding your comment suggests this could actually, incredibly be true - that video games hardware inspired the idea of a weaponry hidey-hole? Who keeps 'Nintendos' under their bed anyway? Honestly, Anne, your Resi 4 review made more sense than this. Please, please, please... next time just say nothing. Zip. Nada. Because now and forever more, you're associating yourselves with some of the worst perpetrators of video games-related idiocy we've ever seen. You look foolish. And it isn't cool. And for those who perhaps believe we should just "let these insignificant idiots be", I hear you. But here's a quick fact: The Matthew Wright Show pulls in approximately 750,000 viewers a day. That's comparable to the entire number of gamers who bought Halo: Reach in the UK last year. It ain't right. And that means there's only one word for it.
- I thought those were interesting comments, they show a huge gap between the levels of expression from the regular viewers to those of the gaming community whom I fathom found their way to that particular show only due to the outrage of our community.
You can see some hilarious comments there, and watch the episode:
http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-wright-stuff/episodes/episode-69-26#comments
