Do computer games give you the urge to act violently?

[Himse]

Personally, i've played games like Doom from when i was very little.

But i've never felt the urge to go out and physically harm someone cos i played a game which involves hurting people.

Can kids just not tell the difference between virtual & the real world?

I think we are living in such a nanny like state, the Government are just looking for someone to blame for kids drinking on the streets and stabbing eachother.

It's all overhyped bollocks, i bet nobody on this forum would even think about harming another human physically, and there must be a fair few members here.

 

[Case]

EA's new preorder box of WAR makes me want to act violently ^^

 

[old.Tohtori]

Games do give the urge to act violently, towards the game. And the game alone.

You know, *crash* for f*cks sake!! *smash controller* *calm down* *start again*

If you're able to harm another human being, you're head isn't all right in the first place. Simple really.

Blaming games is bull, you've seen worse things in the news, youtube, internet, books(!) and such.

What you should blame a bit, is the parents who buy PG rated games to 8 year olds...

 

[Marc]

When Blackburn equalise in the 8th minute of injury time with their only shot of the game on championship manager, I get the urge to twat someone, so yeah, computer games do make you want to act violently.

 

[Sparx]

Playing SKATE too much makes me look for ramps and grinds when walking down the street

 

[echome]

Well I do NOT belive in all the BS about videogames/movies being the reason for schoolshootings etc. But I do belive that they can have an effect on some people. Some people that might already be a bit "damaged" or something like that.

So do I think we should ban all violent videogames, nope not in any way. I think the way it is being done right now many places with some kind of age recuriment is a rather good solution.

IMO it is not the games that is to be blamed but all the crappy parents out there who does not take proper care of their kids. Parents that only got the kids in the first place, so that they would look good and because that was another thing to "achieve" in life.

 

[Laddey]

Been a northerner makes me want to act violently

 

[Calaen]

In all fairness I watched the doctor that has done the studies and the prime minister this morning on GMTV

They never said that video games/movies make children go out and beat the shit out of people.

What she said was in the minority of people (morons) become less sensitive to violence, so when they do something random it is usually very violent. They also pretty much said that there is already something wrong with these people ni the first instance.

 

[echome]

In all fairness I watched the doctor that has done the studies and the prime minister this morning on GMTV

They never said that video games/movies make children go out and beat the shit out of people.

What she said was in the minority of people (morons) become less sensitive to violence, so when they do something random it is usually very violent. They also pretty much said that there is already something wrong with these people ni the first instance.

So that makes me almost right....? Damn I fucking rock today. 3hours of sleep after nightshift work sure is a great idea.

 

[Himse]

In all fairness I watched the doctor that has done the studies and the prime minister this morning on GMTV

They never said that video games/movies make children go out and beat the shit out of people.

What she said was in the minority of people (morons) become less sensitive to violence, so when they do something random it is usually very violent. They also pretty much said that there is already something wrong with these people ni the first instance.

I just hate the fact these so called "specialists" sit down and stream aload of bollocks into my ears.

In a nutshell you've got to be fucked up to fuck someone up ;\

 

[TdC]

people who blame the failing at life and flipping out of a select minority on computer games / music / movies / homes built on old Indian burial grounds / pixies stealing their socks / etc make me want to react violently tbh.

 

[echome]

people who blame the failing at life and flipping out of a select minority on computer games / music / movies / homes built on old Indian burial grounds / pixies stealing their socks / etc make me want to react violently tbh.

Well I guess we need some sort of age-limit on the news then. So people like you don't go all mental.

Hmm now I think about it, often the most terrible stuff to be seen, is show in the news. Stuff that can't even compare to video games. BAN ALL TV!!!! ARGHHH!!! It will never be safe to bring kids into this world... it has all gone mad.

 

[Mabs]

EA's new preorder box of WAR makes me want to act violently ^^

god will you give it a rest already !

as for violence, no not really, certainly no worse than things like people who cant drive make me want to stab them in the face with a screwdriver...

 

[TdC]

I don't watch TV anymore Echome, cos there's nothing worth watching, not even the news

 

[echome]

I don't watch TV anymore Echome, cos there's nothing worth watching, not even the news

You should really start watching the news again then. It is great fun with all the killing and tortur being filmed. Now you can even watch it in HD.
One really starts to belive in the futur of mother earth... I am seriously not sure if I want to bring a kid into a world as fucked up as this. Perhaps go live somewhere remote and focus on what is important, to me at least. Love, peace and being good to each other. And if we can evolve as people at the same time that would be great.

 

[old.Tohtori]

You should really start watching the news again then. It is great fun with all the killing and tortur being filmed. Now you can even watch it in HD.
One really starts to belive in the futur of mother earth... I am seriously not sure if I want to bring a kid into a world as fucked up as this. Perhaps go live somewhere remote and focus on what is important, to me at least. Love, peace and being good to each other. And if we can evolve as people at the same time that would be great.

The fun thing is, the world hasn't changed that much from "ye old days". It's always been filled with such things, ALL the time. Just nowadays, those things are "shocking" and/or reported more widely.

There never was a good time to bring a child, yet, kinda required in the whole "keep humans on earth" scheme.

 

[soze]

Games do not determine how you act but maybe they do desensitise you to violence so people who would act violently maybe go from punching to stabbing, stabbing to shooting easier ect? You only have to look at how many groups of kids go killing seriously hurting people now compared to 15 years ago. I am not saying its videos games fault but maybe making killing people with guns and any random sharp thing funny is not helping.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Games do not determine how you act but maybe they do desensitise you to violence so people who would act violently maybe go from punching to stabbing, stabbing to shooting easier ect? You only have to look at how many groups of kids go killing seriously hurting people now compared to 15 years ago. I am not saying its videos games fault but maybe making killing people with guns and any random sharp thing funny is not helping.

But it's not harming either.

The problem is the lack of respect for the PG rating.

The whole PG rating thing, is a well thought, time consumed, strict procedure, and the parents piss all over it when they buy deathkill3000 to lil timmy 5yo.

Those who could be influenced, or desensitized, by a violent game, are not inside the PG rated circle and shouldn't be let anywhere near it.

(Ofcourse, mentally disabled not included into that)

 

[soze]

But it's not harming either.

The problem is the lack of respect for the PG rating.

The whole PG rating thing, is a well thought, time consumed, strict procedure, and the parents piss all over it when they buy deathkill3000 to lil timmy 5yo.

Those who could be influenced, or desensitized, by a violent game, are not inside the PG rated circle and shouldn't be let anywhere near it.

(Ofcourse, mentally disabled not included into that)

I agree with you if a 12 year old kid is playing a 18 games and starts hurting people thats the parent fault for giving him the game not the games fault.

 

[soze]

I think YouTube is more of a problem than video games, my cousin showed me all these videos skaters breaking a leg and showing the bone sticking threw jeans ect, then videos from Iraq of a Sniper victim or someone run over by a tank. And hes laughing thinking this is funny as anything. I still see them as real people so im a wimp and can't watch that kind of crap.

 

[TdC]

I am seriously not sure if I want to bring a kid into a world as fucked up as this. Perhaps go live somewhere remote and focus on what is important, to me at least.

you and me both mate

 

[Lethul]

you and me both mate

I'm sure that's nothing you two have to worry about!!

!

 

[echome]

I'm sure that's nothing you two have to worry about!!

!

Hehe coming from a person with a geek joke in his signatur

 

[TdC]

when the revolution comes echome is welcome as my neighbor, though if he makes off with my vegetables I'm unleashing the hounds

 

[Lethul]

Hehe coming from a person with a geek joke in his signatur

Tis a fun joke yes?

 

[Himse]

Tis a fun joke yes?

lql aye

 

[Lethul]

lql aye

There are 10 different kind of people, those who understand binary and those who don't! LOL

 

[Sparx]

Hehe coming from a person with a geek joke in his signatur

i have to say i laughed

 

[Himse]

There are 10 different kind of people, those who understand binary and those who don't! LOL

;O lol!

 

[Dukat]

Like other people have said, I think that video games do desenstise people to things when they play alot of violent games.

Obviously its no excuse, it doesnt make it right, and alot of these "experts" on the subject who appear on richard and judy really couldnt talk anymore shit unless they reversed thier digestive system, even then it would be a close-run thing!

Playing games where there is a lot of graphic depictions of death and gore and particularly where the player character is the one responsible for it is bound to make people less sensitive to this stuff - in exactly the same way as films do.

I think the films play a bigger part nowadays because the effects are so real - computer games have a way to go before you'd struggle to tell the difference, but movies nowadays look like the real thing, you watch the newer horror films out there and you'll see things that are very, very graphic, and very realistic - much more so than computer games.

Also, I think that certain people are far more susceptable to things like this than others, its only a very certain type of person who will feel compelled to kill someone after seeing/doing it in a movie or a game, I dont think its so much the games fault as the persons. At the end of the day we're all responsible for our own actions, certain amounts can be blamed on society and our upbringing, but when all's said and done, its you who has to decide to do something like this, not a computer game.