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Originally Posted by pythos
....there have been psyc evals, that have concluded that people that enact horrible acts, even in a gaming environment, are actually prone to doing similar acts in actual life. How true this is I am not sure.
Speaking personally I have problems playing GTA (grand theft auto) due to the truly violent nature of that game....
I just have an issue with taking pleasure in watching simulated incocents suffering horrific deaths, let alone actual.
It's bad enought you blew their simulated boat out of the water, with your simulated torpedo  |
I can't resist saying this: I think you have made a misspelling in your name.
As for your first point, if your statement about the Psych eval conclusions is correct, we are in for a H&ll of a future when adulthood comes to more and more of the 99% of kids who thrive on First Person Shooters, and have done so for the past half-generation. There
are examples of real life mass-killers (Columbine HS, Colorado, for example) who were obsessed with violent FPS Games...but I don't think one can extrapolate from that to a general conclusion about all or most people becoming prone to a predictable mindset or emotional/moral condition.
We've gotten a bit off the original thread topic..My next post will return to to it...