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Posted by: Enemy of Godd
OP, your logic is immensely flawed. Do you also believe smoking doesn't cause cancer because people who've never smoked in their life also get cancer?
I don't agree with the extreme view of getting rid of all video games, but you're arguing the other extreme here, which is just as bad.
If you really think that there's no way that a game that allows someone to simulate killing in any capacity has absolutely no effect on their violent actions, then you've probably got the same issues these people do.
The fact is, violent games do need to be regulated, especially in cases of disturbed individuals. Although, outright banning all violent games is simply ridiculous. Equally ridiculous, however, is saying that there is no correlation between sprees and video games. It's been observed as far back as the Columbine shooting, where the kids used DOOM to simulate a rampage. The link is there, and to deny it is preposterous.
There is no way that they actually were able to get anything out of DOOM and I call bull-blam!- on it simulating a rampage.
In comparison to video games and real life:
-People (NPC's) respond and act differently than someone in the real world
-Guns behave differently, you cannot gain gun skills from playing video games
-Violent video games get people worked up because the feeling of accomplishment when getting kills releases dopamine and getting killed robs the user of it, with violent video games accomplishment is earned through shooting the enemy
-The models in the game that you shoot are not realistic and in many games you are not shooting realistic human beings, or innocent children and adults for that matter
-Video games are not realistic in the sense of gore and violence, I grew up on Fallout 1 since first grade and there was a ton of gore, I can't stand a gore thread at all on /b/
^^In response to people saying it desensualizes gamers
-Look at Minecraft, the game is peaceful and you enjoy it in the sense that you accomplish earning ores and build creations, you get mad when you are killed by lava or a friend as they are robbing you of the sense of accomplishment that you earned
-If you play a sport, do you not get a momentary anger when your team is scored on or lose? Sports should be regulated as well
They only try to see some connection because they are from a generation where gaming was a lot less common. Video games are as damaging as books, movies, music, sports, etc. If you don't want your kid playing violent video games or seeing a violent movie or reading a mature book then don't let them. I don't see why the gaming community would have to suffer just because the Baby Boomer generation might have the worst parenting since forever.
[Edited on 12.21.2012 4:11 PM PST]