Comments on: Video Game Violence, is there such a thing as too much? http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/ Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joes http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/#comment-291850 Joes Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29574#comment-291850 What I would boil the argument down to is this: when video games become truly too violent, they will stop selling. The rest of the discussion is subjective opinion on artistic content (as an aside, this is a very dangerous thing to base legislation on). If truly digusting video games are popular enough to make a lot of money this should be cause for evaluation of the society at large and not the video games themselves (cliche, yes, true, yes). Frankly, the only thing I would find truly disgusting would be if a game excplicitly advocated or glorified violence against a specific person/country/group (for their part, Medal of Honor devs took the time to explain in detail how they tried to avoid this). I would also like to mention here that the conversation should be about specific games and their violent content as opposed to speaking about "violent video games" in general as this merely incites or propogates a moral panic, usually, as a scapegoat for an issue (such as violence in schools) or for some sort of political gain. What I would boil the argument down to is this: when video games become truly too violent, they will stop selling. The rest of the discussion is subjective opinion on artistic content (as an aside, this is a very dangerous thing to base legislation on). If truly digusting video games are popular enough to make a lot of money this should be cause for evaluation of the society at large and not the video games themselves (cliche, yes, true, yes). Frankly, the only thing I would find truly disgusting would be if a game excplicitly advocated or glorified violence against a specific person/country/group (for their part, Medal of Honor devs took the time to explain in detail how they tried to avoid this). I would also like to mention here that the conversation should be about specific games and their violent content as opposed to speaking about “violent video games” in general as this merely incites or propogates a moral panic, usually, as a scapegoat for an issue (such as violence in schools) or for some sort of political gain.

]]> By: shadowcrazy http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/#comment-291837 shadowcrazy Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:52:38 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29574#comment-291837 <blockquote cite="comment-291719"> <strong><a href="#comment-291719" rel="nofollow">derrickgott007</a></strong>: On the kids/violent games debate here is where I stand as a father of two children….My kids are 13 and 11, and they have been playing “violent” games since they were younger. The difference is I have taught them that this is fantasy and they know that violence has no place in society. Right now they love playing left 4 dead 2 on their 360. (at their moms)One of the first games we played together was the multiplayer of Conkers Bad Fur Day on the N64. They loved being able to chase their dad as a Teddy and they’d try to cut my head off with the samurai sword. I have instilled in them the difference between right and wrong and what’s acceptable in society.Guess what? They’ve both been straight a students all through school and never get in fights or sent to the office.It all boils down to parenting. So instead of them blaming games when a child does wrong, they need to blame the parents and the fact that they ignored and didn’t take part in keeping an eye on what their children are doing/playing/ or talking to them about what’s right or wrong and fantasy and reality. Violence IS needed in games as it’s an outlet for stress for alot of adults myself included.It has alot to do with the hunter/gatherer instinct in people but that’s for a whole other post… Lol   </blockquote> I LOVE YOU....no homo tho lol anyways i agree with this til death

derrickgott007: On the kids/violent games debate here is where I stand as a father of two children….My kids are 13 and 11, and they have been playing “violent” games since they were younger. The difference is I have taught them that this is fantasy and they know that violence has no place in society. Right now they love playing left 4 dead 2 on their 360. (at their moms)One of the first games we played together was the multiplayer of Conkers Bad Fur Day on the N64. They loved being able to chase their dad as a Teddy and they’d try to cut my head off with the samurai sword. I have instilled in them the difference between right and wrong and what’s acceptable in society.Guess what? They’ve both been straight a students all through school and never get in fights or sent to the office.It all boils down to parenting. So instead of them blaming games when a child does wrong, they need to blame the parents and the fact that they ignored and didn’t take part in keeping an eye on what their children are doing/playing/ or talking to them about what’s right or wrong and fantasy and reality. Violence IS needed in games as it’s an outlet for stress for alot of adults myself included.It has alot to do with the hunter/gatherer instinct in people but that’s for a whole other post… Lol  

I LOVE YOU….no homo tho lol

anyways i agree with this til death

]]> By: derrickgott007 http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/#comment-291719 derrickgott007 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:30:00 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29574#comment-291719 On the kids/violent games debate here is where I stand as a father of two children.... My kids are 13 and 11, and they have been playing "violent" games since they were younger. The difference is I have taught them that this is fantasy and they know that violence has no place in society. Right now they love playing left 4 dead 2 on their 360. (at their moms) One of the first games we played together was the multiplayer of Conkers Bad Fur Day on the N64. They loved being able to chase their dad as a Teddy and they'd try to cut my head off with the samurai sword. I have instilled in them the difference between right and wrong and what's acceptable in society. Guess what? They've both been straight a students all through school and never get in fights or sent to the office. It all boils down to parenting. So instead of them blaming games when a child does wrong, they need to blame the parents and the fact that they ignored and didn't take part in keeping an eye on what their children are doing/playing/ or talking to them about what's right or wrong and fantasy and reality. Violence IS needed in games as it's an outlet for stress for alot of adults myself included. It has alot to do with the hunter/gatherer instinct in people but that's for a whole other post... Lol On the kids/violent games debate here is where I stand as a father of two children….

My kids are 13 and 11, and they have been playing “violent” games since they were younger. The difference is I have taught them that this is fantasy and they know that violence has no place in society. Right now they love playing left 4 dead 2 on their 360. (at their moms)

One of the first games we played together was the multiplayer of Conkers Bad Fur Day on the N64. They loved being able to chase their dad as a Teddy and they’d try to cut my head off with the samurai sword. I have instilled in them the difference between right and wrong and what’s acceptable in society. Guess what? They’ve both been straight a students all through school and never get in fights or sent to the office.

It all boils down to parenting. So instead of them blaming games when a child does wrong, they need to blame the parents and the fact that they ignored and didn’t take part in keeping an eye on what their children are doing/playing/ or talking to them about what’s right or wrong and fantasy and reality.

Violence IS needed in games as it’s an outlet for stress for alot of adults myself included. It has alot to do with the hunter/gatherer instinct in people but that’s for a whole other post… Lol

]]> By: Jason Andrews http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/#comment-291709 Jason Andrews Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:19:25 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29574#comment-291709 I don't think there is enough violence in video games. I think we need more. I don’t think there is enough violence in video games. I think we need more.

]]> By: mulligank http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/30/video-game-violence-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much/#comment-291666 mulligank Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:11:27 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29574#comment-291666 I fall into the it's a game category. But fall into the ratings law as well. I fall into the it’s a game category. But fall into the ratings law as well.

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