The "General Games Chat" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
It seems that everyone is looking to blame something or someone for the problems that we face in the world. It's no surprise that violent video games and how they are marketed is constantly under the microscope. Where do you stand on this issue? Does video game violence influence human behavior? Anything you have to say, let's start talking about it. Otherwise, we stand to let someone else make the decisions for us.
Page:
I'm sure that says something important. Violence mumble mumble blah technical word psychology blah violence blah blah videogames. I claim my gameaday prize.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> If you took a child at birth, and put it in a room on it's own.
> Allowed food and water to be delieved everyday out of the childs
> sight, and the child would only have a pencil, a rubber, a
> sharpener, and a paper pad, how long would it be before he began
> to draw, and much more importantly, WHAT would he draw?
>
> This child that has seen nothing of the world, no death, famine,
> experienced no loss of loved ones. How would he see the world?
He would draw food and drink, or just shove the pencil up his nose and kill himself
> If you took a child at birth, and put it in a room on it's own.
> Allowed food and water to be delieved everyday out of the childs
> sight, and the child would only have a pencil, a rubber, a
> sharpener, and a paper pad, how long would it be before he began
> to draw, and much more importantly, WHAT would he draw?
>
> This child that has seen nothing of the world, no death, famine,
> experienced no loss of loved ones. How would he see the world?
He would draw food and drink, or just shove the pencil up his nose and kill himself
video game violence is not bad take an experts opinion.
The Creater of itchy and scratchy (Mike Myers Jr.)
"Before the show i went and did a little research, and i found that violence was around before cartoons (the same for video games) they had these things called crusades, very violent went on for many years"
and lets not forget all them world wars we had been, lets face it being violence is part of the human mind, we are natural preditors it aint video games making us like it, it is the video games that help us, they help us to instead of hurting, hurt fictional characters on Quake or doom, well this happens most of the time im not talking about getting f****** annoyed with our console then thowing the controller across the room like i do sometimes, no im talking about people like going out and killing people, whatever i wanna go and cant be bothered to end this speachy thingy.
c ya vai
The Creater of itchy and scratchy (Mike Myers Jr.)
"Before the show i went and did a little research, and i found that violence was around before cartoons (the same for video games) they had these things called crusades, very violent went on for many years"
and lets not forget all them world wars we had been, lets face it being violence is part of the human mind, we are natural preditors it aint video games making us like it, it is the video games that help us, they help us to instead of hurting, hurt fictional characters on Quake or doom, well this happens most of the time im not talking about getting f****** annoyed with our console then thowing the controller across the room like i do sometimes, no im talking about people like going out and killing people, whatever i wanna go and cant be bothered to end this speachy thingy.
c ya vai
It was that thing with the apple that did it. Blame Eve. (Although I expect Adam probably did slap her around a bit.)
There was a census taken in America which showed that 87% of housewives had suffered violence at the hands of their husbands.
Another census showed that 87% of husbands thought their wives didn't know when to SHUT THE HELL UP!!
:-)
There was a census taken in America which showed that 87% of housewives had suffered violence at the hands of their husbands.
Another census showed that 87% of husbands thought their wives didn't know when to SHUT THE HELL UP!!
:-)
If you took a child at birth, and put it in a room on it's own. Allowed food and water to be delieved everyday out of the childs sight, and the child would only have a pencil, a rubber, a sharpener, and a paper pad, how long would it be before he began to draw, and much more importantly, WHAT would he draw?
This child that has seen nothing of the world, no death, famine, experienced no loss of loved ones. How would he see the world?
Would you expect to go in one day, to retrive what he has drew, and find that he has drawn dead bodies, or people committing suicide?
No. Although the imagination of the child is greater than any child that has seen the world, violence would be something that does not exist to him. He would see a peaceful world...
Or would he? Does it really need violence in the world to provoke more violence? Does the state of the world bring up the child to be violent, or, in a calm world, peaceful?
It is strange to think of what the child in the room would draw. Perhaps he would draw of what he imagined to be outside the room. Another lifeform, watching over him from outside the room.
Perhaps one day he would work out why he was inside the room.
So I suppose the main thing here is, can violence exist in a peaceful world? Can an emotion be sparked from it's opposite?
Once again, the answer is yes. Many years ago, when the earth was peaceful, something must have happened that sparked the first ever violence on the world. Perhaps someone mistakenly thought that someone had stolen their meat. Or something.
What I AM sure of though, is that the first ever violence produced on this world, was not sparked by a video game.
This child that has seen nothing of the world, no death, famine, experienced no loss of loved ones. How would he see the world?
Would you expect to go in one day, to retrive what he has drew, and find that he has drawn dead bodies, or people committing suicide?
No. Although the imagination of the child is greater than any child that has seen the world, violence would be something that does not exist to him. He would see a peaceful world...
Or would he? Does it really need violence in the world to provoke more violence? Does the state of the world bring up the child to be violent, or, in a calm world, peaceful?
It is strange to think of what the child in the room would draw. Perhaps he would draw of what he imagined to be outside the room. Another lifeform, watching over him from outside the room.
Perhaps one day he would work out why he was inside the room.
So I suppose the main thing here is, can violence exist in a peaceful world? Can an emotion be sparked from it's opposite?
Once again, the answer is yes. Many years ago, when the earth was peaceful, something must have happened that sparked the first ever violence on the world. Perhaps someone mistakenly thought that someone had stolen their meat. Or something.
What I AM sure of though, is that the first ever violence produced on this world, was not sparked by a video game.
Thinking about it, when did you see your first 18 certificate film? I must have been around 8, definitely before I was 10 (the fly), as is usually the case, and I'm not too messed up (am I?), so why should vidoe games be any different
Maybe the age rating system should be enforced more, instead of less strictly?
We haven't heard much of my consoles better for a while now. I could think of one topic to post but i'm not into doing to much during the holidays. It's getting repetitive seeing all these topics coming back again though.
Page: