Games Blamed For Kid's Joyride
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But isn't education a good thing?
They are teaching him how to operate a vehicle!
Besides, the controls are far different on a console then on a car, so it would require external knowledge/teaching on the operation of such a vehicle (I'm looking at you kid's parents!)
They are teaching him how to operate a vehicle!
Besides, the controls are far different on a console then on a car, so it would require external knowledge/teaching on the operation of such a vehicle (I'm looking at you kid's parents!)
I don't care what anyone says, that kid shouldn't have known how to drive!
A video game does not actually show the interior of the car or the character interacting with it, for the most part.
AND I thought it was established that he did this to skip church?
A video game does not actually show the interior of the car or the character interacting with it, for the most part.
AND I thought it was established that he did this to skip church?
Lets look at Fox's Logic
Any video game that involves driving means a kid is going to drive. Which means in ones mind playing a RTS means that he can control the army of USA and command it to victory. It also means that if he is a pro FPS player that means he is a G.I.JOE. No I don't think so. Fox really should look at our forums. They'd be suprised.
Any video game that involves driving means a kid is going to drive. Which means in ones mind playing a RTS means that he can control the army of USA and command it to victory. It also means that if he is a pro FPS player that means he is a G.I.JOE. No I don't think so. Fox really should look at our forums. They'd be suprised.
you know fox is right i just got done playing CSS and i now know how to load every gun in the game and how to plant and defuse a bomb, even though ive never touched a gun in my life. those people know everything without even trying to research it
Why am I not surprised about this? Must they blame EVERYTHING on video games!?
Oh, and it was FOX, big damn shocker there. Isn't this, like, the billionth thing FOX blamed video games for? You know, god forbid the kid shouldn't have the damn keys in the first place. God FORBID, that you keep an eye on your kid. Nope, video games did it!
Oh, and it was FOX, big damn shocker there. Isn't this, like, the billionth thing FOX blamed video games for? You know, god forbid the kid shouldn't have the damn keys in the first place. God FORBID, that you keep an eye on your kid. Nope, video games did it!
If FOX news ever realized they had something in common with Obama they'd all kill themselves. So, yeah, I hope it does unite them.level250geek said:
This is what I've been thinking as well. I couldn't help but consider that the first suggestion was Grand Theft Auto because its gotten a little bit more press than, say, Gran Turismo or Project Gotham.paypuh said:
Wow, is it sad that I knew it'd be FOX News without needing to read past the title of this article? I mean, really, is it dumb of me to assume that the media outlet responsible for openly jumping to conclusions on a game like Mass Effect to have connected the dots from two different books? Who still watches them?
Easy, this isn't a religious thread. I think that the kid was just curious, and wanted to drive the car, as simple as that, with no brain that has been brain washed by video games. The media needs to find something else to blame other than video games, so why not books? They are REeeaally evil, remember that incident with Stephen King's first book RAGE? Yeah.Vault boy Eddie said:
I just want to choke someone, How in the hell does videogame teach you to drive? I have been playing videogames my entire life and i drive shit!
Don't blame the videogame blame the goddamn parents! Who in they're right mind would let there kid have access to ANYTHING? 7-years are Satan's goat-children. I have experience as and dealing with!
I'm tired of these ratty parents who sits these kids in front of a TV or whatever medium, then expect them not to get ideas, it's completely bullshit, and I'm, for one, am tired of this trend. The viper news, FOX being the most "distracted", media are always attacking mediums of entertainment, rather then the source of any or all problems; Daddy "II'm going out for a couple of smokes, don't do anything you little fucker" dearest, and Mommy "I was simply wrestling with that lady(before anyone's "superiority siren" goes off, Yes i am implying that the mother a lesbian),don't tell daddy." dearest.
They blamed Doom for columbine, GTA on EVERYTHING, I am surprise that no one "discovered" that Adolf Hitler was a Pong Addict.
So to summarize the entire rant; Attack the family tree, there the one's that bare the fruit.
Don't blame the videogame blame the goddamn parents! Who in they're right mind would let there kid have access to ANYTHING? 7-years are Satan's goat-children. I have experience as and dealing with!
I'm tired of these ratty parents who sits these kids in front of a TV or whatever medium, then expect them not to get ideas, it's completely bullshit, and I'm, for one, am tired of this trend. The viper news, FOX being the most "distracted", media are always attacking mediums of entertainment, rather then the source of any or all problems; Daddy "II'm going out for a couple of smokes, don't do anything you little fucker" dearest, and Mommy "I was simply wrestling with that lady(before anyone's "superiority siren" goes off, Yes i am implying that the mother a lesbian),don't tell daddy." dearest.
They blamed Doom for columbine, GTA on EVERYTHING, I am surprise that no one "discovered" that Adolf Hitler was a Pong Addict.
So to summarize the entire rant; Attack the family tree, there the one's that bare the fruit.
Off-topic: How many atheists are here on the Escapist? I'm just curious, not trying to insult anybody.
On-topic: Wow....just wow. Playing a driving game doesn not equal learning how to operate a car. If that was true, I would for sure know seven different ways to cast magic AND wield awesome huge swords in one hand. This is just madness.
On-topic: Wow....just wow. Playing a driving game doesn not equal learning how to operate a car. If that was true, I would for sure know seven different ways to cast magic AND wield awesome huge swords in one hand. This is just madness.
I'm perfectly okay thinking that video games may have inspired this, and it certainly IS a compelling enough argument to make parents think about what they buy their children, but there needs to be a line drawn. Around the age of 12-15ish, kids get more mature, and they learn that doing things such as, say, opening a car door and punching the driver in the face in order to steal the vehicle are bad. If it were my choice, I would give the kids a good choice of gaming materials, but limit the rating they would be allowed to have. Eris knows I would be a lot less messed up if I hadn't played Duke Nukem and Shadow Warrior so early on.
