protomor Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 I say no, if anything it helps me get hurting ppl out of my system. tho sometimes i think if i had a railgun i would feel better sometimes :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 They don't imo. I think there is something wrong in a person's life if they let a game influence them. A game should be entertainment. In my case, Doom and Doom II helped a ton when I worked for a former employer. Things were so bad that I pictured my supervisor's head on the shoulders of all the monsters. I played in god mode with my bfg9000 and killed him every time I saw him. Kept me from wishing I could do the same in real life and I left when my 401k was fully vested. :D:D:D:D:D anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C}{$ Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Animated violence only influences idiots who can't tell the difference between animated and reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted July 9, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2002 NO. it all depends on how you were raised. basically, if something bad happens, it's the parents fault. not any stupid video game. except people don't want to put the blame on themselves, that's why the look for excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F. Administrators Posted July 9, 2002 Administrators Share Posted July 9, 2002 moved to Gamers Hangout. voodoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted July 9, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2002 I don't think games would promote violence. Violence was created by the emotion, not by games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimlock Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 I think that violent video games are a rather safe way to release some of the pent up tensions of peoples everyday lives. Its when people are not able to distinguish reality from a game (due to upbringing or other social/mental issues) that makes things dangerous. I play violent games and I've never been in so much as a fistfight :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 If the games do no explicitly tell you to go kill someone in your school, then no, they do not promote violence. It is just a matter of the player's mind that they do such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 games dont promote violence, I PROMOTE VIOLENCE NOW LETS GO ON A KILLING SPREEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 My boss should be glad for video games i say. Soldier of Fortune 2 is a great stress reliever for me:ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted July 9, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2002 short of it? NO! I'm tired of games being a scapegoat. many many many kids/adolescents/adults play games without a violent side effect. Its only the weak ones that have problems already that get sucked into the game. I think its unfair to the rest of us SANE people when people accuse games for contributing to violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by C}{$ Animated violence only influences idiots who can't tell the difference between animated and reality. Yeah, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Not at all. Just because games can show violence does not mean that someone that plays that game is gonna come out and start shooting people, I mean, come on. Originally posted by BroChaosit all depends on how you were raised. basically, if something bad happens, it's the parents fault. not any stupid video game. except people don't want to put the blame on themselves, that's why the look for excuses. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeFace Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by Keldyn Soldier of Fortune 2 is a great stress reliever for me:ninja: perfectly agree :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Verbose Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 If people werent taught the difference between a game/movie and real life then that is the fault of their parents/teachers/whatever. I could sit here and list hundreds of things that could be used as a scapegoat just as videogames have. MAybe kids were so mentally depressed from things that happened with their priest. Or little johnny sees footage of the war and decides to shoot his neighbor. but of course we cant blame these "real life" problems. Its just congressmen and senetors looking for a vote and trying to find some issue that people dont know much about, and use it to their advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris4tay Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 If you let games influence you then your a weak minded person and that means you have mental issues. Games, music is not to blame for school shootings and what not! Parents should spend sometime with their kids and get to know who their kids are instead os just saying "I had no idea he was building bombs in his room, and all he ever did was play violent video games"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgEnTsMiTh Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 There will ALWAYS be a percentage of people in this world that will be influenced by things. If a person can be influenced by a human why not games, movies etc. Lets face it, there are weak minded people in our world and whatever they come in contact with could potentialy lead to things. As a norm this does not happen because for the most part we all have a grip on reality. But no matter what, you will have your loose screws out there who do take things too much to heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 i think everyone can agree with me, when i say CHILDREN are the most influential people on this earth.. children are influenced by everything from a stranger on the street to their next door neighbor. i dont know if any of you have realized, but the children of today are decades different than children of the past.. everything from action pact movies that de-sensitize us (to some children the world trade center blowing up on tv was no different than the movie they saw last night) to video games that glorify violence and "beating up".... are video games unhealthy.. not particularly, do they influence hell yes... does that mean videogames = bad, and should be blamed for kids going on killing sprees. hell no.. its the society that perpetuate the video games fault.... this society is very different than it was 50 years ago.. how likely would it have been for a high schooler to gun down classmates and teachers then...................... how likely is it now??..and i forget..how much did it cost to buy Grand theft Auto 3 then??...... it didn't exist....... go to the root of the problem. its not tv, its not video games, its not radio its not bad parenting its a culmination of all. its this society.. the biggest problems often have more than one source.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fulcrum Subscriber¹ Posted July 11, 2002 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 11, 2002 I have to agree with Concept some..where children are easily influenced. And I think wrestling is a far more influential force than video games, wherein, people can better reflect with the wrestlers, whereas in games, it's usually a lot harder to reflect with the characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 Originally posted by DarkRyu I have to agree with Concept some..where children are easily influenced. And I think wrestling is a far more influential force than video games, wherein, people can better reflect with the wrestlers, whereas in games, it's usually a lot harder to reflect with the characters. EXACTLY that's why there is a game called the american army! to wash brains and then everybody will join the army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[xan] Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 They do if you can't tell the difference between games an real life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintamanate Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 sure, i think games can lead some to violence, but theres nobody there forcing u to play the games. u chose that type of entertainment. and you chose to imerse yourself into the game. you let youself go as much as you want. imo u can pull away at any time. but u chose to keep playing that game, because its fun to you. YOU should be responsible for your acctions. NOT the people who provide the entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDJ Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 i paly UT all the time....tho its not like im gonna go out and start killing :p..its to relieve stress ( medicine ) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 they haven't in me! i guess only kids with weak personalities can be affected by a video game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 "I wonder what game hitler played?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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