And if that occurred, you'd have the entire press dancing about the death in a weird cult-like circus act. It'd make the Aristocrats look respectful. Like now?Diablo1099 said:
Actually, extreme is suggesting The Escapist staff look through exclusively Fox News stories for something to provoke their fan-base with. I don't think they're that sadistic. However, I do think on slow days they provoke so they can still reap in money.
At least the COD dev getting death threats tells us something that occurs in our own community and actually affects us in a very real way. It shows us what kind of people us as a community are and warns us of our bad side so we may improve ourselves. Hearing yet another news story of yet another death that is being linked to yet another game by press/politican/police/etc doesn't tell us anything. It means nothing. Unless a politican seeks to do something, there's nothing to be done with the suggestions of a link between a death and a video game except ***** and moan. I can't help but even wonder if it's appropiate to talk about studies that show or don't show a link between video games and violence. They do have the potential to be worthwhile but considering the tendency of these studies to be deeply flawed and everyone to walk into the debate with a view point in mind, it tends to decend into people screaming like kids over-used arguments heard a thousand times as they preach to the choir.
Look, I'm not really in a position to argue what the Staff do or don't do, but at the end of the day, it's a story about Video Games on a Video Gaming Website.Riobux said:
No, it's the stupid thing that caused this entire tragedy. But that just tells you how news out of America is worded. Every single article has so far implied that the youngster playing a violent videogame was the part out of the ordinary, showing you that a culture that gets so wet over guns finds a piece of entertainment more dangerous.nodlimax said:
I sure hope that's sarcasm, cause the GTA IV disc didn't jump out of the PS3, grab a firearm off the shelf and shoot an old lady in the back, a child did that ... and that's what we should be talking about, how that kid had easy access to a fire armVilealbaniandwarf said:
On the one hand yes, I think that games affecting kids is kind of stupid. But on the other hand some kids are a hell of a lot more stupid than others. Just like there are people who have trouble differentiating fantasy from reality. It happens. We like to think everyone has common sense but that isn't the case. There are some people are just that impressionable. Kids especially. I personally wouldn't want to risk an eight year old getting the idea that guns and violence are an ok mix because I bought him a game like GTA IV. Plus, really ask yourself this, where do kids get their ideas for how reality works at a young age?Drejer43 said:
Because Amaror was clearly stating that he believes no one should ever be capable of defending themselves, rather than that Grandma shouldn't be giving the kids loaded weapons. Hell, I bet he thinks soldiers should be equipped with nothing but sporks! I mean, the kid doesn't even realise that America is actually a dystopian state with 100% of citizens being threatened constantly by vicious wildlife. It's almost as if he doesn't realise that literally everybody in the US needs a gun to fight off pigs and wolves, the ignorant jerk.Kalezian said:
