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Post by Yoh on Mar 12, 2013 19:07:33 GMT -8
Exactly. I get extremely shocked that a 7 year old would rather get a shooting game than more peaceful games like Mario or Pokemon. Trust me, it's not that surprising anymore. |
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Post by Foxwolf22 on Mar 12, 2013 19:38:09 GMT -8
Violence in video games is perfectly fine, to a certain point. Adults aren't into stuff like Mario and Pokemon, so they have COD. That's totally fine. But little kids shouldn't even play T games, much less M. My cousins, who are about 3 or 4 years younger than me, had M games at a family Xmas party 2 years ago. Their parents had an argument because one if them wasn't letting the other play the game he brought from his house. My parents wouldn't even let my twin play T games if they were too violent. Needless to say, when you disagree on which M game your 7 or 8 year old should play, you are at fault. Give them Mario or something, not games meant for men who've outgrown other games.
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Post by ┌༼ຈل͜ຈ༽┘ on Mar 12, 2013 20:41:27 GMT -8
Video Games do not cause violence. All those 'tests' that they run only look upon the result of playing video games. They cause aggression, increased heart rate, etc. You know what else causes aggression, increased heart rate, etc? Any form of a competitive environment. Remember when you're driving along the road and some jerk nearly hits you? What due you feel? Aggression and increased heart rates. So should we ban cars too? Although they should ban Cars 2
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Post by ┌༼ຈل͜ຈ༽┘ on Mar 12, 2013 20:45:57 GMT -8
Also, parents are shifting the blame from their lack of parenting skills to other forms of media for theur children's issues. Don't blame video games for violence. Blame yourself for not spending enough time with your kid. Don't try to block the sales of M rated games because you are far too imcompetent to know and restrict what your child should or should not be getting access too. You don't see these shooting incidents outside of the US. But video games are mage popular all over the world. Obviously the fault lies with american parents rather than video games as a whole.
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Post by Speedy_Fox_IV on Mar 12, 2013 22:14:48 GMT -8
Exactly. I get extremely shocked that a 7 year old would rather get a shooting game than more peaceful games like Mario or Pokemon. I don't know about that peaceful part. Both Mario and Pokemon have thier dark sides... But seriously, I always see that alot of younger kids always seem to jump straight to the M - MA15+ when ever they go into a game store these days. At least most of the time the parents actually ask about the game and if their kid should be playing it. |
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Post by Yoh on Mar 12, 2013 23:07:22 GMT -8
Agreed. I agree with the at mostly as well.
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Post by LittleMissMidnight on Mar 13, 2013 3:10:52 GMT -8
Humans cause violence, not the video games themselves.
Video games are there simply to entertain, not to cause trouble. It is the person themselves that causes chaos which makes the government to make a un-necessary move against something people use to have fun and enjoy.
Do you see the game itself picking up a gun or another weapon and hitting the player? No. To blame it solely on video games is a waste of time to debate or make a issue for the gorvenment to worry about. It is people that are the violent ones, they are the ones that hurt people, kill and violate a person's rights. Not the game itself.
Half the people that make trouble don't seem to blame video games. It is more of their trouble past that makes one person to go and do the dreadful deed.
The argument is simply silly, to blame violence off video games. that is like saying Pokemon teaches children that animal abuse is ok.
(I hope I made any sense there.)
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Post by praise luke on Mar 13, 2013 4:22:21 GMT -8
No.
If anything causes the violence it's the human themselves. Anyone that claims that it does is one of those people who do not want to dive into the issue and just blame the easiest thing to blame.
Do video games influence people? Of course the do. Do they outright tell you to kill? Of course they don't.
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Post by Golfer2012 on Mar 13, 2013 5:19:38 GMT -8
I vote on Depends, becuase not all videogame are not really violence. Like playing for eight hours, always cussing a lot, and a lots. Like Call of Duty, some kids maybe want to join the army becuase of that ? Many kids prefer to have a X-Box and PS3 then other concles. I play these games (CoD and Halo) at my friends and kind of enjoyed, but never own the games. In real life those people probability have a dark past like losing the families in the accident, etc.... But having a violence videogames that nothing to do with the real life.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 5:39:37 GMT -8
Now, I want to give you all a hypothetical situation and I want you to tell me whether or not you still stand by your choices.
A 15 year old boy by the name of Joshua has been playing video games since he was 7. His father let's him play whatever he wants and his mother tries to make him go outside and play. Now, the kid plays games such as Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat, Splatterhouse (remake), God of War, and Grand Theft Auto. He's also a victim to bullying and never once reported it to his parents or the school counselor.
Instead, he just stays up in his room and plays games all day; often neglecting his homework. One day, he plays on his computer a browser game called, "Quake Live" and falls in love with the game. He imagines he's the actual character shooting up the kids in his school. Like always, his parents never notice his strange behavior.
One day, he gets inspired by the same game mentioned and buys semi-automatic rifles and ammunition. He plans to start a shoot out. In order to make sure his parents don't stop him, he shoots them as they slept that morning. With no security guards around, he began walking in with guns blazing and shooting everyone in sight.
Obviously we skip forward and he shot himself to escape conviction.
People blame the games he has been playing for the school shooting.
Do you:
A. Agree it was the game that inspired him to go out and shoot people?
or
B. Disagree and believe both the parents and the bullies were to blame for the school massacre?
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Post by Yoh on Mar 13, 2013 5:46:36 GMT -8
I'd go with option b. Both lack of concern and influence of violent video games that boost the video game feel gives of superiority. Without consulting their son while he keeps emotions bottled up inside and releasing it on games, it is quite a powerful spark
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Post by Golfer2012 on Mar 13, 2013 5:50:17 GMT -8
I say option B, becuase his parents failed for not taking care of him. Bullies are the MAIN part of everybody lifes. I think taking a blame on bullies than parents, but not my option.
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Post by praise luke on Mar 13, 2013 5:53:08 GMT -8
Option B
People have been bullying him and his parents haven't done shit to stop him. Had he not have been the victim of bullying, then his parents would still be alive and all of those kids and the games would have been games that he enjoys playing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 5:58:55 GMT -8
I agree with all who chose option B, but let me add another option to it.
C. Blame the kid himself.
Would you all quickly discard your answers for the sake of this one? I'll give you my opinion on why I wanted to add C.
The kid reported nothing to his parents and his counselor. He lived his entire life playing games, instead of socializing like his mother wanted, and often locked himself in his room for hours on end. Yes, you're all right that the parents should have done something; but if the boy also doesn't explain the situation, how will they know?
He had fell in love with a game and imagined himself shooting others for his enjoyment. He knew the consequences of his actions, but still did it anyway. Now, we lost a certain amount of people because of him.
Do you still want to keep your answer or change it to this one?
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Post by praise luke on Mar 13, 2013 6:02:40 GMT -8
I'll take part of B and part of C
It was the bullying that triggered it in the first place, but Eddy is right when he says that the kid should have said something. And the kid should have made an attempt to go outside every once in a while.
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