Video games and violence discussion

[Insanecyclone]

When I get pissed at something I JUST have to get on a FPS and kill something is that bad? I've been like this for years >_>

[SephYuyX]

I would say probably >.> Though it's better than trolling irl, I dont think it's uh, normal?

[Elcura]

The dangerous people are the one's out there doing all the crazy shit, not the 300 pound fat guy playing games in his basement eating cheetos.

Likely that if someone is dumb enough to play a game and think "hey I wanna kill like that guy" they could easily do the same because of a movie, TV show, music or even a fucking book.

Could you imagine a world so easily lead like that? After the first season of 24 I bet the population would've been cut in half by all the Jack Bauer wannabies.

[Credos]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/Credos/Hehe.jpg

Clearly this is why we have Suicide Bombers running over hookers and taking their money back.

[markasstrick]

dont act like rap doesnt get alot of shit for causing problem's with youth, oprah has a vendetta against all rappers. and those marylyn manson fucks get alot of shit from faggots also. but lets be real, neither video games nor a certain type of music will ever be banned completly

[PyramidHead]

Rush Limbaugh has some opinions on this.

CALLER: What I really think is an issue is video violence, video gaming. I will guarantee you, I'll bet my last dollar in my pocket, that this shooter will be found to have been a compulsive video gamer, and when people are living that kind of lifestyle -- and college students do this a lot.

RUSH: (sigh) Let's say you're right. Not every video gamer goes out and murders 33 people on the college campus though. There's more to this than that. We can find all kinds of societal problems and ills, but the fact of the matter is that whatever you would look at as a bad influence -- video games as you mentioned -- it may desensitize people, but it doesn't turn everybody into mass murderers.

Not really a new or unique point(as it's been made several times in this thread), but at least someone out there isn't rallying behind the "Games did this" retardation that's going around.

It doesn't matter how many disturbing things we find out about these people after they're gone, somehow a joystick taught people precision aiming.

[Devek]

You know America has fallen when Rush Limbaugh starts to sound reasonable compared to everyone else.

I noticed that the other day too.. back in the day he sounded like a whackjob and even though he is the same guy he sounds a lot more sane compared to the average person on fox news or cnn.

[BRP]

I can't believe people are using Videogames as a scapegoat.

Everyone knows it's the jews fault.

[Alina]

Where there is a school shooting, Jack Thompson will appear to blame videogames:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weG7A4lTGtg

My favorite parts have to be where he talked about training on Doom and a "flash version of GTA" to practice for school shootings...

[Mifaco]

is starcraft guyz, not gta or cs >.>

WHERE ELSE DID HE GET THE IDEA TO DUAL WIELD GLOCKS

[Fallso]

It's an excuse. You still have a choice whether or not to shoot all those people, GTA didn't tell you to fucking do it.

[crazyrabbit]

I play 1 or 2h CS every day against my bro, guess i need to be scared of him killing me now too right?
But yea video games do create violant thinking.... if i loose that super monkey ball level only once again i will go and fucking kill the first monkey that i see on the streets...

[Elcura]

I play 1 or 2h CS every day against my bro, guess i need to be scared of him killing me now too right?
But yea video games do create violant thinking.... if i loose that super monkey ball level only once again i will go and fucking kill the first monkey that i see on the streets...

Like I said before, if SMB makes you wanna go on a rampage and kill all the monkeys you see, you would probably be angered and influenced by a whole number of things. So it's not the games but just the people...

Video games don't create violent thinking, it's your brain that does. When I lose a game of whatever I don't automatically go think "I'mma kill something related to this game", that's crazy.

[MikedeeFenrir]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/featur ... 252914.php

Can't we just blame bad parenting?

[Septimus]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/featur ... 252914.php

Can't we just blame bad parenting?

No, we can never blame the parents.

...

Unless they are poor, then by all means blame them.

[MikedeeFenrir]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/featur ... 252914.php

Can't we just blame bad parenting?

No, we can never blame the parents.

...

Unless they are poor, then by all means blame them.

I'd rather just blame the parents poor, middle class, or rich.

It never can be the parents, becasue they can do no wrong.

[MF Perm]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/featur ... 252914.php

Can't we just blame bad parenting?

No, we can never blame the parents.

...

Unless they are poor, then by all means blame them.

I'd rather just blame the parents poor, middle class, or rich.

It never can be the parents, becasue they can do no wrong.

You ever notice how good looking people have ugly parents?

Weird.

[PyramidHead]

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Cops pick up BU student over ‘VT’ Web threat

A part-time Boston University student who hosts a popular video game review show on an MTV Web site allegedly sent an e-mail threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend and recreate the Virginia Tech bloodshed at her school, according to a Boston police report obtained by the Herald.

“(I)’m gonna (expletive) bring a gun to your school and kill you and K (another female student) and everybody you love. It’s gonna be VT all over again,” 20-year-old Andrew Rosenblum allegedly wrote in an e-mail to the victim just hours after 32 people were gunned at Virginia Tech.
“Seriously I’m just that demented,” Rosenblum wrote, according to a BPD report. He ended the message with a threat to commit homicide and suicide: “killing people can change people’s lives forever. (T)he best is in the end when I pull the trigger on myself, too.”

The 19-year-old woman told cops she went on three dates with Rosenblum at the beginning of the school year, but had broken up with him. Rosenblum then allegedly harassed her, she said, according to the police report.

...incredible

[Norelco]

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Cops pick up BU student over ‘VT’ Web threat

A part-time Boston University student who hosts a popular video game review show on an MTV Web site allegedly sent an e-mail threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend and recreate the Virginia Tech bloodshed at her school, according to a Boston police report obtained by the Herald.

“(I)’m gonna (expletive) bring a gun to your school and kill you and K (another female student) and everybody you love. It’s gonna be VT all over again,” 20-year-old Andrew Rosenblum allegedly wrote in an e-mail to the victim just hours after 32 people were gunned at Virginia Tech.
“Seriously I’m just that demented,” Rosenblum wrote, according to a BPD report. He ended the message with a threat to commit homicide and suicide: “killing people can change people’s lives forever. (T)he best is in the end when I pull the trigger on myself, too.”

The 19-year-old woman told cops she went on three dates with Rosenblum at the beginning of the school year, but had broken up with him. Rosenblum then allegedly harassed her, she said, according to the police report.

...incredible

Hopefully they can get this kid some help and prevent something horrible from happening.

[MikedeeFenrir]

Washington Post: OPPS

This is funny (not what happened @ VT). Washington Post says he played CS in HS yesterday. Then they remove it.




Link to what PyramidHead just wrote

At least they got the sick fuck before something bad happened.