are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

[FatalRay]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

OOOOOO, Finally....A topic I can get wrapped up in.

I gotta say, the only true thing at fault here is. The kids and the parents. There is a rating system that is there to warn the parents, many times, Have I over heard someone at my local EB games tell a parent what grand theft auto has in it and they shrug it off, 2 hours later, they try to return it. Now we have done our part as gamers to notify parents...

Now we come to the kids, unless the kid is actually mental in the head, video games should NOT have anything to do with their developement. Everyone is in control of their own mind, and no one but them make the full choice. See in a way I am a hypocrit, my parents never gave 2 craps about what I played. When I was 5 I got turok. An old M rated game. Big deal. I'm a perfectly "Normal" if anything can truly be called that, person, that looks out for others and is respectful. However I am still under 18 but I play some crazy gory games such as gears of war, and soon to be, bioshock.

I'd also like to bring up, the wii has some very sexual humor in it from say mario party 8, if you ever play the game shake it up, and you check the controls...You will understand. Yes gaming can be impressionable, but the true fact is we do our part to keep the games out of the hands of lil kids. The way it is, is that if the kid cannot cope with the fact that that is fiction,and the world is reality, then he shouldn't play. But if the kid can cope with it, by all means go friggin crazy. All in all there is absolutely no reason for games to be blamed. As for the sexual manner I can kinda see where they are going with this, as for the fact that with teen pregnancies shooting up every day, I can see them reflecting it off of that. Also pornography is offensive to many, including me despite my hormone raging teenage male body.

Currently, there has only ever been ONE AO rated game but that was changed to an M rated. The game was Manhunt. All in all, that is the truth.

[boondocks77]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

OOOOOO, Finally....A topic I can get wrapped up in.

I gotta say, the only true thing at fault here is. The kids and the parents. There is a rating system that is there to warn the parents, many times, Have I over heard someone at my local EB games tell a parent what grand theft auto has in it and they shrug it off, 2 hours later, they try to return it. Now we have done our part as gamers to notify parents...

Now we come to the kids, unless the kid is actually mental in the head, video games should NOT have anything to do with their developement. Everyone is in control of their own mind, and no one but them make the full choice. See in a way I am a hypocrit, my parents never gave 2 craps about what I played. When I was 5 I got turok. An old M rated game. Big deal. I'm a perfectly "Normal" if anything can truly be called that, person, that looks out for others and is respectful. However I am still under 18 but I play some crazy gory games such as gears of war, and soon to be, bioshock.

I'd also like to bring up, the wii has some very sexual humor in it from say mario party 8, if you ever play the game shake it up, and you check the controls...You will understand. Yes gaming can be impressionable, but the true fact is we do our part to keep the games out of the hands of lil kids. The way it is, is that if the kid cannot cope with the fact that that is fiction,and the world is reality, then he shouldn't play. But if the kid can cope with it, by all means go friggin crazy. All in all there is absolutely no reason for games to be blamed. As for the sexual manner I can kinda see where they are going with this, as for the fact that with teen pregnancies shooting up every day, I can see them reflecting it off of that. Also pornography is offensive to many, including me despite my hormone raging teenage male body.

Currently, there has only ever been ONE AO rated game but that was changed to an M rated. The game was Manhunt. All in all, that is the truth.

im sorry totally unrelated but ur avatar is hilarious i had to put tht out there

[FatalRay]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

Lmfao thank you. Steal it if you want XD

[guyofgod]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

If the video games of yester-year effected our parents, they would be bright yellow, would be afraid of ghosts, and would eat magic power pellets in a corner waiting for the fruit of the day to appear in the middle of the scree- I mean room.

[boondocks77]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

its ok thanks anyways i like my drowning dog

[FatalRay]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

lol is that menshi from excel saga?

[boondocks77]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

lol is that menshi from excel saga?

wtf?

[Squeek]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

This is Critical Thinking.

Do not make irrelevant posts.

[iamsteves]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

lol no

[ouch123]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

No. Violent video games are there for our entertainment. Nobody in their right mind would act on anything they see in a video game.

Oh, and to the first poster, you\'re full of ****. Could you at least provide a credible source for that information? Or are you just talking out of your ass?

Ratings are there for a reason. Though I can look the other way if you want to play an M rated game, but you\'re only about 13 or 14.

[Wootsicle]

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People who say that video games cause violence really makes me rather angry.
Video games are more of an anger outlet that allow the youth of America to get their aggression out. Violence (as stated before) has decreased dramatically since the release of the PS1. The correlation is there, and I'm not sure if you can say that one doesn't have anything to do with the other.

Of course, the media loves being able to blame video games, because games are something that can be banned/censored. You can't censor bad parenting, or mental disabilities, which leaves video games as a much easier culprit for violence.

[Dragula219]

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Currently, there has only ever been ONE AO rated game but that was changed to an M rated. The game was Manhunt. All in all, that is the truth.

You're wrong. There are MANY games rated AO, they just don't sell those kinds of games in EB games and such. But that's really off topic.

The instant you take blame off the child who committed a crime, then anything in the child's life can be blamed. The real truth is, nothing made the kid pull the trigger but himself. The media doesn't want to cover this kind of thing, because no American wants to hear about their kids being ****ed up in the head, but a lot are and if they commit a crime they should be punished just like an adult should.

[Relambrien]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

No. Violent video games are there for our entertainment. Nobody in their right mind would act on anything they see in a video game.

Oh, and to the first poster, you\'re full of ****. Could you at least provide a credible source for that information? Or are you just talking out of your ass?

Ratings are there for a reason. Though I can look the other way if you want to play an M rated game, but you\'re only about 13 or 14.

I'm not sure if you're using the backslash intentionally, but you don't need an escape character here; apostrophes register just fine alone.

You're wrong. There are MANY games rated AO, they just don't sell those kinds of games in EB games and such. But that's really off topic.

The instant you take blame off the child who committed a crime, then anything in the child's life can be blamed. The real truth is, nothing made the kid pull the trigger but himself. The media doesn't want to cover this kind of thing, because no American wants to hear about their kids being ****ed up in the head, but a lot are and if they commit a crime they should be punished just like an adult should.

This is completely true. For a game to be rated AO, it has to be insanely graphic (e.g. showing graphic sex scenes), and most stores don't want to have a reputation of selling such things. I imagine they would be easy to find on the Internet, however...

There was one game that got bumped up to an AO rating from M; it was one of the Grand Theft Auto games. It might have been San Andreas, but I'm not sure. Whatever it was, it was the one with the "Hot Coffee" mod; the reason it was bumped up is because this "mod" was actually programmed into the game, but didn't have a way inside the game to trigger it. At least, that's what I understand from what I've been told. Because it was in the game, however, the game was required to be bumped up (this "mod" was a sex scene).

Also, the part about taking the blame off of the kid and then placing it anywhere else is true. People are too quick to forgive children for their actions; I at least was able to know the consequences of all of my possible actions by age 13. And once you forgive the kid either because he's young and impressionable or because of something else, any negative influence can receive the blame. If it's well-known that the kid's parents were horrible drug addicts or something, then the blame may be placed on them. But, if there's nothing completely off-the-wall, things like video games get the blame.

[jewpinthethird]

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You're wrong. There are MANY games rated AO, they just don't sell those kinds of games in EB games and such. But that's really off topic.

The instant you take blame off the child who committed a crime, then anything in the child's life can be blamed. The real truth is, nothing made the kid pull the trigger but himself. The media doesn't want to cover this kind of thing, because no American wants to hear about their kids being ****ed up in the head, but a lot are and if they commit a crime they should be punished just like an adult should.

But why should we stand around and wait for kids to commit crimes when we can stop it at the source. I mean, if planes kept falling out of the sky because the wing wasn't bolted down right, you wouldn't go blaming the wing for breaking, you'd blame the mechanic whose job was to make the plane safe for flight. In this case, parents are the mechanics. It is their job to teach their children how to be obedient and the difference between right from wrong through discipline, if they fail to do this, the child will grow up social problems.

Or a better analogy: parents acts as a window to protect the child, while at the same time exposing their children to the real world. Parents who don't pay attention to their children are likely to have their window smashed, exposing the child to the elements.

Children can't comprehend why adults think and act the way they do because they have a different perspective about the world. For the first decade of life or so, a child is extremely egocentric. They don't realize that the other people have feelings, in fact, they are fairly oblivious to others. Children aren't little adults, they are stupid little adults who don't understand the consequences of their actions.

A child is a clean slate (to an extent) and the personality of that child largely depends on how good the parents are at their job. The better they are, the more likely it is that the child will turn out normal. The worse, the more like likely it is that the kid will spend the rest of it's life jumping in between jailhouses and methlabs.

[ouch123]

Re: are violent video games ruining the youth of tomorrow

I'm not sure if you're using the backslash intentionally, but you don't need an escape character here; apostrophes register just fine alone.



This is completely true. For a game to be rated AO, it has to be insanely graphic (e.g. showing graphic sex scenes), and most stores don't want to have a reputation of selling such things. I imagine they would be easy to find on the Internet, however...

There was one game that got bumped up to an AO rating from M; it was one of the Grand Theft Auto games. It might have been San Andreas, but I'm not sure. Whatever it was, it was the one with the "Hot Coffee" mod; the reason it was bumped up is because this "mod" was actually programmed into the game, but didn't have a way inside the game to trigger it. At least, that's what I understand from what I've been told. Because it was in the game, however, the game was required to be bumped up (this "mod" was a sex scene).

Also, the part about taking the blame off of the kid and then placing it anywhere else is true. People are too quick to forgive children for their actions; I at least was able to know the consequences of all of my possible actions by age 13. And once you forgive the kid either because he's young and impressionable or because of something else, any negative influence can receive the blame. If it's well-known that the kid's parents were horrible drug addicts or something, then the blame may be placed on them. But, if there's nothing completely off-the-wall, things like video games get the blame.

No, it was just a typo, the backslash is right next to the enter key, and sometimes when i'm typing fast I hit it without knowing.

But what you're saying is correct, by age 13 you should be able to tell right from wrong, and know that anything that is done in a game, is generally unacceptable behavior in the real world, especially for games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andres.