Many instances of school shootings, bombings, or killing is often pointed at video games as the cause, but is it really their fault? Just because a game allows you to kill civilians does not mean that someone will want to do it, I have recently had a discussion with a friend who saw on the news that the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, was to blame for the recent Russian bombing because the game has a level where you are able to kill civilians in a Russian airport. [url=http://www.inquisitr.com/96636/russian-media-pins-blame-for-suicide-bombing-on-call-of-duty-game/]
The video games that allowing innocent killing does not mean they support it. How a person is raised and treated growing up is why they would even consider this, which most kids have enough commen sense to know, you cannot "restart" or "respond" in life. I strongly disagree to the idea that video games are the cause of most killings today.
Dunno if this has been mentioned before, but there was an episode of Penn & Teller's TV-show "Bull****" about this very question. They did a pretty good job of making the video game haters look like complete idiots.
The thing is that ANY form of input, be it life experience, video games, music, television, etc. has the potential to affect the way we think, regardless of whether the input is positive or negative.
It certainly seems that video games are on par with other technological mediums, which means that the effects are relatively minimal, however they are there, and there is a potential an adverse response. However the same can be said about the music or t.v. shows one watches and there isn't any cry to remove violent movies from theaters, only to ensure that minor children don't view them unless accompanied by a guardian.
As for the charts showing a negative correlation one thing that isn't recognized is that these aren't directed at media influence. They simply show a decline in violence over the past decade and a half or so. However there could be numerous reasons for this aside from the increase in popularity in video games and this should be remembered when considering such data.
It barely has the effect of Movies, because it's pretty obvious that in most cases the stuff in Games will never happen.
When it comes to these cheap, dark and annoying movies that little people know about (or talk about) it can be much more influential - especially if it's based on a true story.
Not enough influence to have Bulletstorm slandered by the retarded Fox News. This is why I don't like the News, they are biased, they don't show all the corners, they hype things up (to get more viewers) and half the time their victims are innocent.
*very whiney voice*: But I'm so close to leveling!!!
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It barely has the effect of Movies, because it's pretty obvious that in most cases the stuff in Games will never happen.
you'd be surprised how many people do not have common sense. I see people try and imitate things from movies all the time and end up with some retarted result. This is not true with most people, you might, but not everyone.
Video games will not make people commit acts which are unacceptable, ie. murder, any more than anything else. If someone is unstable enough to be influenced by something fictitious then they are unstable enough to act without any outside influence.
Sociopathic tendencies, Schizophrenia, and Violent video games, could spell violence (all combined), but other than that we are sane enough to handle it.
Say, has anybody here seen Bowling for Columbine? Yes, I am aware that there is tons of bias contained. However, it does look at tons of theories regarding to violence.
Apparently, the biggest influence is culture, and, yes, the media.
Also, I'm pretty sure unless a person is so nuts as to get that far into a violent video game, they will be able to differentiate real life from a video game.
Lots of kids at my school talk about CoD (they all suck compared to me, IMO), but gun violence barely exists here.
Say, People play this bloody/gorey/gun game which is so... you know like that. I'm not sure if that would cause something like that but due to the fact that people might get a little TOO obsessed with that game and decide that its cool to kill random people. Like dress up and act like a main character of that game a little TOO much. i don't know but maybe some people with a certain problems and even people with no defects could get obsessed too much with games like that and decide to think "hey! this game is so awesome. omg people could think i'm so cool if i do this kind of stuff. like omg this could be my destiny. I could be just like that person. that is what i want to be!" yes people could possibly get like that. In my opinion, that is what could influence people to act differently like that in a way.
i do not think that violent video games cause people to kill someone. although, i think they can help. the image delivered in some video games is that if you have a gun you are invincible, and that violence can solve all your problems. this image alone can kill someone.
Say, People play this bloody/gorey/gun game which is so... you know like that
...Which happens all the time.... Without any problem.
you know like that. I'm not sure if that would cause something like that but due to the fact that people might get a little TOO obsessed with that game and decide that its cool to kill random people.
...What? First off, nothing like this has happened before, to my knowledge. Second, what decent game has the point of it to kill random people? Most games, especially shooters, have some form of goal, to save the world, to survive the zombie invasion, to get a paycheck etc, to a never ending line of possible goals. Why would they attempt a goal that wasn't even in a video game do to the video game?
Like dress up and act like a main character of that game a little TOO much.
...Who does this exactly? I have only seen examples that are present at conferences specifically dedicated to gaming of some kind... And that is pushing it.
i don't know but maybe some people with a certain problems and even people with no defects could get obsessed too much with games like that and decide to think "hey! this game is so awesome.
No. Actually. No one in the right mind would do this.
omg people could think i'm so cool if i do this kind of stuff
Shoot down terrorists? Defend yourself from zombies? I think whoever would do that would be "cool", however few people shoot down zombies.
yes people could possibly get like that.
No. No they couldn't. Not unless they have a mental disease.
In my opinion, that is what could influence people to act differently like that in a way.
Once again, you don't seem to grasp the fact that your opinion is not fact. It is a fact that it does not, in fact, inspire acts of grand violence in completely sane people...
Never said it was a fact. Just in my opinion. must you always start flaming? It seems like you always look for my posts and try to argue over it. I mean like war games, people could or could not get influenced by them and decide to do that. I have seen that before. Mental disease or not they could and could not.
