The same argument can be made about claims by the unholy alliance of Christfags and femnazis that pornography leads to rape and violence against women; the countries with the most porn and the most f*cked up porn have low levels of violence and serious sexual assault whereas the most sexually repressive are the most dangerous for women.What sooner came to mind for me was how there's a very strong positive correlation between religiosity and violence by location, although for at least two reasons that's a bit less comparable.
If I had to argue that games *do* make people violent, I would argue that when gamers get frustrated for failing at games they might take out their anger using violence towards people, or something. But in this case it's the gamer having anger management, not really the video game's fault... cuz I don't think anyone in their right mind would let a game piss them off so much that they'd want to hurt or kill someone o.o *shrugs*Not to mention, this would make Kaizo Marior or IWBTG about a million times more likely to cause violence than GTA.
The same argument can be made about claims by the unholy alliance of Christfags and femnazis that pornography leads to rape and violence against women; the countries with the most porn and the most f*cked up porn have low levels of violence and serious sexual assault whereas the most sexually repressive are the most dangerous for women.
I saw a disturbing trend in porn the otherday, It was an ad on the side of a site and it was a video ad. It displayed a very large man vs maybe 110 lb woman and it showed him hit her a few times and throw her down(it was acting but she had to have actually hurt herself when her head bounced of the cabinet, and he proceeded to do unmentionable things to her lol.
My point is, is this an acceptable form of pornography? I dont think so in my opinion.Sorry to be off topic but kudistos made me think of it.
As far as violence and games go, I have never once seen a real life incedent or even HEARD of someone planning to do something similar to a game even joking, but thats just me...
I imagine that any cases of people actually imitating violence in a game come from f*cked up people who were going to commit crimes anyway and only imitated the method, rather than the actual crime itself. For example, I once heard a case of some kids killing someone and cutting off his ears, a la Reservoir Dogs. If they hadn't watched the film, they'd probably have committed a murder anyway but done it differently.
I imagine that any cases of people actually imitating violence in a game come from f*cked up people who were going to commit crimes anyway and only imitated the method, rather than the actual crime itself. For example, I once heard a case of some kids killing someone and cutting off his ears, a la Reservoir Dogs. If they hadn't watched the film, they'd probably have committed a murder anyway but done it differently.
You reminded me of these two kids who committed a crime under the names of Sephiroth and Reno in Germany. Probably old news but yeah, FF7 got banned in Germany cuz of it. http://kotaku.com/229049/germanys-latest-killer-game-final-fantasy-vii
Even if they hadn't named themselves Sephiroth and Reno, I'm pretty sure they would have committed the crime anyway. -_-
Reminds me of the guy that loved his tentacle porn so much that he went and tried to graft octopus tentacles on to his arms.
Reminds me of the guy that loved his tentacle porn so much that he went and tried to graft octopus tentacles on to his arms.
Reminds me of the guy that loved his tentacle porn so much that he went and tried to graft octopus tentacles on to his arms.
I must meet him. :P :P
Videogames have emphatically not cultivated violence and aggression on my part. Anyone who thinks otherwise can visit me in person, where I'll promptly seize their hand, rip it apart in the manner of how a banana in peeled, and slam the blooded stump through their nasal cavity.
unfortunately, there are people who tend not to notice the separating line. it's not a black-white separation and there are many different cases. but it's not common to see fps addicted teenagers that have anger-management problems.
I also wonder whether FPS games appeal more to certain demographics, namely teenage boys, who are known for having anger management problems.*cough*
*cough*(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2926/avatarqr.png)*cough*(That avatar should become the new trollface.)
As for the tentacle man, that's creepy :-o
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2926/avatarqr.png)(That avatar should become the new trollface.)My vote would definitely be for it to become the unsuccessful troll face.
It should be made the avatar of people who get banned!