I don't know why someone bumped this thread as it's a few months old, anyways I grew up with violent video games and i've always been a peaceful person.
I grew up with Wolfenstein 3D (on the PC), Mortal Kombat, Doom, played Soldier Of Fortune, Half-Life, Postal, Quake, Duke Nukem, and plenty of other violent games as a kid and it never had an affect on me. I do have quite a high tolerance for violence but I certainly make logical decisions and know that killing/murder is wrong and that the only form of violence should be in self defense to protect your life or another persons.
Doom was a great game
It was actually my Grandpa (who was Jewish) that introduced me to Doom believe it or not, he had weird taste but he was big into collecting pin ball machines, slot machines and video games.
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And I play Quake III and Doom... I am not saying it makes you a violent person. I am simply saying that everything we do affects who we are as a person. The more sick and perverted games we play, the more sick and perverted we may become. Nobody is responsible for what you do beside yourself. So many people are influenced by the media that it becomes a constant drone of "I only did what I saw on TV, or in the video games!"... It is not a 1 to 1 corellation, but over time peoples sensibilities are altered by the mass media. Heck, look at how acceptable homosexual behavior is... Dont you think it is because the media keeps saying it is OK?
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I think violence and sexual behavior are very different subjects in America. While violence seems to be the acceptable norm in the majority of society here in this country, sex is not. I remember my mother had a conversation saying "I'd rather my sons see a womens natural body than someone getting their brains blown out", it was actually the opposite for us although in a decent righteous society, I don't think any would really be acceptable in any form except in the private of ones own home.
In Europe however, it appears that it's quite the opposite.
I'm not opposed to violence per say within video games or movies as I think that's a individuals choice on how they perceive violence, regulation of content for "family values" is equivalent to a nanny state, it reminds me of how democrats want to regulate and tax everything. Unfortunately both parties are now responsible for that.
I think it is up to the parents to decide what their kids watch or play and not the governments.
I fail to see why video games get such a horrible rep compared to movies, it doesn't help that an insane lawyer (Jack Thompson) has been on a crusade to ban such video games with lack of evidence that video games are the cause of violence such as Columbine and other various school shootings (I think that's more of a mental illness issue than video games and guns).
Some may say that video games put you in the role of the person behind the gun and is a "murder simulator" but I think it's no different than any other form of entertainment, some video games may even have consequences for certain activies, for example in the Call Of Duty series, you play as the allies in World War II and you have missions to fight against the Nazis (nearly perfectly recreated to the real battles), while it's possible to shoot your teammates, the game ends and you are forced to restart, and you are not able to play as the Axis/Nazis.
I can understand where your coming from with a game like Grand Theft Auto and Homosexuality that because you are given those options in the game, it may promote it, but I think that the majority of these people saying "Grand Theft Auto made me do it" are using it as a safety net and hopes of a plea bargain more than anything, I doubt if the game existed that these type of crimes would be any less than they are. It's kind of like the cases we hear where a women murders her kids and claims God told her to do it so she can get a plea bargain.
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