Game Violence

ShineDog · Post by **ShineDog** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:27 am

okay you guys worry me.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:31 am

ShineDog wrote:Mass Effect, The Witcher, The Sims

Havent played the first two, but yeah, on a technicality you're right with The Sims

.

Woohoo!

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:27 am

ShineDog wrote:okay you guys worry me.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:35 am

My points were already made, so I'll just mention this fun tidbit. I remember when Virginia Tech happened, this guy on the news kept asking the shooter's roommates leading questions, like if he every played violent video games. Turns out he didn't play games; however, he watched a lot of gameshows and wrestling on tv.

One time, I destroyed a man by stacking a series of blocks around him. When I finally got the long straight one, I insterted it into an empty space and both he and the blocks disappeared. I advanced to the next level and got an assload of points. I celebtrated by doing that Russian dance.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:24 pm

There was a study just the other day* which came back wth a resounding "no". The logic boiled down to: nearly everyone of the problem age group plays computer games so trying to find a link is like trying to find a link between people who drink wine and people who eat rhubarb tarts. The first is so many that overlap is inevitable with the second, no matter how small the second is.

- Joel Fagin

* Sorry. I can't remember where. Might have been reported on Ars Technia though.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:30 pm

Read this, my brain cross-referenced

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:11 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:Read this, my brain cross-referenced

Always knew you had some wires crossed.

- Joel Fagin

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:28 pm

The only heavily violent videogames I play are the Resident Evil games...I consider them essential training for the coming zombie apocalypse.

Mason · Post by **Mason** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:45 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:Read this, my brain cross-referenced

You read the Metro?

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:11 am

Aye, I do, since I spend a good amount of time in transit, but Nemi is actually a Norwegian comic unless I'm mistaken, I read it long before Metro, with the help of a Swedish friend

Mason · Post by **Mason** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:33 am

I spend about an hour each day on the buses, if I don't go anywhere else other than to college and back; the Metro is a good way to pass the time if I can get my hands on a copy.

Did you see the interview with the creator that was in the Metro the other week? A lot of jokes are lost in translation, and it's definitely Norwegian.