Do video games cause violence?

[Armistead]

I've only played a few in my life, but it seems zombies are really in today.

Do you think the violence of video games actually have effect on real life among teens? Should there be a limit. It doe's appear to me that kids today are growing up with less respect for life. Do you think all the violence in games has desensitized the young mindset.

My 13 year old was playing some game a friend brought over, car running over people, cops, shooting anything, character calling women itches and ho's and I told the kid not to bring it back....course I'm sure he plays games like this at his friends house, but least want to set an example. Do you set limits with your kids?

[antikristuseke]

I don't have kids yet, and the world is thankful for that, but it doesn't take a lot of looking at history to see that the world of today is a far less violent place than it was a few centuries ago so no, I doubt violent video games have much anything to do with actual violence.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I've only played a few in my life, but it seems zombies are really in today.

Do you think the violence of video games actually have effect on real life among teens? Should there be a limit. It doe's appear to me that kids today are growing up with less respect for life. Do you think all the violence in games has desensitized the young mindset.

My 13 year old was playing some game a friend brought over, car running over people, cops, shooting anything, character calling women itches and ho's and I told the kid not to bring it back....course I'm sure he plays games like this at his friends house, but least want to set an example. Do you set limits with your kids?

Do we set limits? Yes we do, I think it our responsibility as parents to share right from wrong with our children. Shooting cops running down people whether it be in thought or action is just plain wrong. There are better things to do in life than sit in front of a monitor hacking of limbs for points.

My brother is a cop, the last thing I would want anyone to think is they can get away with killing one even if it's just a game.

And no they are not little innocent saints hidden from the world. Nope, we like you are at ground zero and know it and have just as much trouble with youth as anyone else. Just like my parents did.

[SteamWake]

Playing Mount and Blade makes me want to go buy a poney and ride down the street and lop pepoles head off with a machete.

[GoldenRivet]

Playing Pac Man makes me want to eat ghosts.

[Herr-Berbunch]

We (the wife and I) are quite strict with my step-son (13) as to what he can play - nothing like GTA, and he's been that used to it that he's quite happy just playing tennis on the Wii, or NFS on PS2. He does try some things on - I'd relaxed his security settings temporarily so he could do something on the internet and the next thing we know he'd got porny pics on his phone and ipod! He'd lost his ipod charger and when he realised the battery was nearly flat he took pics with his phone... ingenious - we had to laugh. Still, he got his ipod confescated for it (and now we can't remember were we hid it... Oops!)

So, with this moral high ground I've taken - I blame the parents. But - you can take away guns from boys, they'll use sticks - you can take away GTA, and they'll still call women ho's, you can take away everything but boys will be boys!

On the other side, I've played many GTA games and have never robbed a woman after using her *services*, or run anyone over, or shot anyone. I play SH3 and don't march round everywhere with a little 'tache. I play FSX but I don't claim to be able to fly a real 747 from London to New York, nor can I skateboard like Tony Hawk, or BMX like Matt Hoffman! Yet!

[Armistead]

Yea, that was the name of the game, GTA...

[Weiss Pinguin]

I dunno about the rest of you, but nothing pumps me up for a chainsaw massacre lile Left 4 Dead

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Playing Pac Man makes me want to eat ghosts.

If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. - Marcus Brigstocke

[Rockstar]

And watching Wile E. Coyote (Eatibus anythingus) draw up plans to capture the Velocitus incalculii makes me a "super genius".

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. - Marcus Brigstocke

hehe, running in dark rooms, munching pills....sounds like my generation

[danlisa]

This old gem.

Any stimulus can cause violence in someone who's either already unbalanced or particularity susceptible to react badly to said stimulus.

If the media want to go after certain high profile games, then perhaps they should examine the 'family friendly' fayre attractions. I mean wft does 'Whack-A-Mole' teach adolescents? That's it ok to take a mallet to every small mammal you see?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by danlisa

I mean wft does 'Whack-A-Mole' teach adolescents? That's it ok to take a mallet to every small mammal you see?

And after my shenanigans after mis-hearing HOOK-a-duck...

[TLAM Strike]

I'm just glad their are places where there are no video games (Violent or otherwise)... like Africa and the Middle East...


... such nice, peaceful places...

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I'm just glad their are places where there are no video games (Violent or otherwise)... like Africa and the Middle East...


... such nice, peaceful places...

Point.