quite interesting, the ratio of views to comments on this story is almost 50 percent, thats quite high for a piece of content on GB,<\/p>looks like alex fully has an audience!<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FengShuiGod<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1518<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>256<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FengShuiGod<\/a><\/div><\/div>Really enjoying Guns of Navarro.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>korolev<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1800<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 17<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By korolev<\/a><\/div><\/div>The reason why Alex, is because media companies are still owned by old people who have never touched a video game in their life. Plus, while the average age of game-playing folks is rising, our advancements in Medical Technology means that the elderly aren't dying. A lot of those old, non-video game playing folks who were grumbling about it in the 90s are still alive today.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>9107<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>154<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 6<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/div><\/div>Good read Alex. I mean it didn't come to much of an ultimate conclusion... I guess that's the issue. As you say, we are talking to ourselves at a point. They don't want to hear us.<\/p>Frankly, I just think we aren't ingrained enough in the corrupt system, which is sad.<\/p>Just someone who is very down on our government here but I think, for good reason.<\/p><\/span>@tescovee<\/strong> said:<\/p>Weird that never does any one just say \"fucked up families make fucked up kids\", instead of blaming things. Any who...Ill be dead and people will still be bitching over guns, weed, abortion and violent media.<\/p><\/blockquote>This and mental health. Why will we never talk about these issues? Because they cause people to look at themselves?<\/p>I'm not sure. It's a very sad thing to me.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>veektarius<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6420<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>45<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 11<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By veektarius<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Chumm<\/strong>: The truth of the matter is, we can't be sure whether you're right about that, and we can't be sure whether I'm right about it either. The sorts of longitudinal studies that would be required to determine the behavioral outcomes of gaming would be hugely invasive in raising children. However, for what evidence there is, there's more to suggest that violent stimuli lead to violent behavior than there are to suggest that violent stimuli suppress violent behavior. I think that it is, at least, a very strong\/bold statement to claim that there is no one who is so unstable as to improperly blur the borders between video game and reality.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Judakel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
Really enjoying Guns of Navarro.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>korolev<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1800<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 17<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By korolev<\/a><\/div><\/div>The reason why Alex, is because media companies are still owned by old people who have never touched a video game in their life. Plus, while the average age of game-playing folks is rising, our advancements in Medical Technology means that the elderly aren't dying. A lot of those old, non-video game playing folks who were grumbling about it in the 90s are still alive today.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>9107<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>154<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 6<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/div><\/div>Good read Alex. I mean it didn't come to much of an ultimate conclusion... I guess that's the issue. As you say, we are talking to ourselves at a point. They don't want to hear us.<\/p>Frankly, I just think we aren't ingrained enough in the corrupt system, which is sad.<\/p>Just someone who is very down on our government here but I think, for good reason.<\/p><\/span>@tescovee<\/strong> said:<\/p>Weird that never does any one just say \"fucked up families make fucked up kids\", instead of blaming things. Any who...Ill be dead and people will still be bitching over guns, weed, abortion and violent media.<\/p><\/blockquote>This and mental health. Why will we never talk about these issues? Because they cause people to look at themselves?<\/p>I'm not sure. It's a very sad thing to me.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>veektarius<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6420<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>45<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 11<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By veektarius<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Chumm<\/strong>: The truth of the matter is, we can't be sure whether you're right about that, and we can't be sure whether I'm right about it either. The sorts of longitudinal studies that would be required to determine the behavioral outcomes of gaming would be hugely invasive in raising children. However, for what evidence there is, there's more to suggest that violent stimuli lead to violent behavior than there are to suggest that violent stimuli suppress violent behavior. I think that it is, at least, a very strong\/bold statement to claim that there is no one who is so unstable as to improperly blur the borders between video game and reality.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Judakel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
The reason why Alex, is because media companies are still owned by old people who have never touched a video game in their life. Plus, while the average age of game-playing folks is rising, our advancements in Medical Technology means that the elderly aren't dying. A lot of those old, non-video game playing folks who were grumbling about it in the 90s are still alive today.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>9107<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>154<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 6<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ArtisanBreads<\/a><\/div><\/div>Good read Alex. I mean it didn't come to much of an ultimate conclusion... I guess that's the issue. As you say, we are talking to ourselves at a point. They don't want to hear us.<\/p>Frankly, I just think we aren't ingrained enough in the corrupt system, which is sad.<\/p>Just someone who is very down on our government here but I think, for good reason.<\/p><\/span>@tescovee<\/strong> said:<\/p>Weird that never does any one just say \"fucked up families make fucked up kids\", instead of blaming things. Any who...Ill be dead and people will still be bitching over guns, weed, abortion and violent media.<\/p><\/blockquote>This and mental health. Why will we never talk about these issues? Because they cause people to look at themselves?<\/p>I'm not sure. It's a very sad thing to me.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>veektarius<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6420<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>45<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 11<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By veektarius<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Chumm<\/strong>: The truth of the matter is, we can't be sure whether you're right about that, and we can't be sure whether I'm right about it either. The sorts of longitudinal studies that would be required to determine the behavioral outcomes of gaming would be hugely invasive in raising children. However, for what evidence there is, there's more to suggest that violent stimuli lead to violent behavior than there are to suggest that violent stimuli suppress violent behavior. I think that it is, at least, a very strong\/bold statement to claim that there is no one who is so unstable as to improperly blur the borders between video game and reality.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Judakel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
Good read Alex. I mean it didn't come to much of an ultimate conclusion... I guess that's the issue. As you say, we are talking to ourselves at a point. They don't want to hear us.<\/p>Frankly, I just think we aren't ingrained enough in the corrupt system, which is sad.<\/p>Just someone who is very down on our government here but I think, for good reason.<\/p><\/span>@tescovee<\/strong> said:<\/p>Weird that never does any one just say \"fucked up families make fucked up kids\", instead of blaming things. Any who...Ill be dead and people will still be bitching over guns, weed, abortion and violent media.<\/p><\/blockquote>This and mental health. Why will we never talk about these issues? Because they cause people to look at themselves?<\/p>I'm not sure. It's a very sad thing to me.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>veektarius<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6420<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>45<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 11<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By veektarius<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Chumm<\/strong>: The truth of the matter is, we can't be sure whether you're right about that, and we can't be sure whether I'm right about it either. The sorts of longitudinal studies that would be required to determine the behavioral outcomes of gaming would be hugely invasive in raising children. However, for what evidence there is, there's more to suggest that violent stimuli lead to violent behavior than there are to suggest that violent stimuli suppress violent behavior. I think that it is, at least, a very strong\/bold statement to claim that there is no one who is so unstable as to improperly blur the borders between video game and reality.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Judakel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
<\/span>@Chumm<\/strong>: The truth of the matter is, we can't be sure whether you're right about that, and we can't be sure whether I'm right about it either. The sorts of longitudinal studies that would be required to determine the behavioral outcomes of gaming would be hugely invasive in raising children. However, for what evidence there is, there's more to suggest that violent stimuli lead to violent behavior than there are to suggest that violent stimuli suppress violent behavior. I think that it is, at least, a very strong\/bold statement to claim that there is no one who is so unstable as to improperly blur the borders between video game and reality.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Judakel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
<\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span><\/span>@towolie<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Judakel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@Alex<\/strong>: My comments are simply a warning against emboldening the individuals who have no qualms about declaring violence to be a \"fine\" thing in games and all media. To get rid of America's detestable gun culture, all forms of media will have to look really hard at the content they are creating and reevaluate their stance on gun violence without purpose.<\/p>Discussing what needs to be done as far as game violence is particularly difficult with games, since it is such an artistically immature medium. It is difficult to separate games that have artistically justifiable reasons for their gun violence from those that aim simply to attract eyeballs.<\/p>There will come a day when games are no longer singled out. Whether this will be due to the influence of lobbyists or an artistic maturity which makes it clear certain forms of video game violence are artistically legitimate remains to be seen. I hope it is the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>plz don't do that, we in Europe love to keep having fun\/violent game's. don't ruin my games because your culture apparently can't handle it.<\/p>if you should do one thing, its to stop all this gun madness. in my country all these problems are practically unheard of.<\/p>( not trying to offend you, we should even give them ground of acting like this is a serious problem )<\/p><\/blockquote>Sorry, but you must \"suffer\" so that we may endure. The prospect of changing our gun culture should be appealing to you despite the fact you live in another country.<\/p><\/blockquote>hehe, nah what you do with your gun's is fully your choice. i just have the silly hope the we as a species can one day move beyond all the silly violence in the world.<\/p>i am however glad that gun's are illegal where i live. and i'd like to keep violence and sex\/nudity in my entertainment. ( watching spartacus right now, its amazing! )<\/p><\/blockquote>I don't think the problem is just any gun violence, but rather some gratuitous violence and the way we advertise violent games so as to make them appealing to people who are far too young to be playing them.<\/p><\/blockquote>than explain why this is a non issue in at least northern europe. we play the same game's and watch the same show's. again its not my country and by extent not my choice on how you should deal with it. i'm just wondering what you think the difference whit these things are between america and europe.<\/p>also wanted to say sorry for my very first reply, i was a bit pissed and that rubbed off on my response.<\/p><\/blockquote>The problem is the gun culture in America. Hence the \"we\" in my post. No one is talking about you and your country.<\/p>Among the ways to fix our culture: Change the way we advertise games with gun violence in them, stricter gun control laws (I am all for a weapons ban, period), saner drug laws that don't add to the disenfranchised, \"criminal\" population of this country, etc. The list goes on and on. The problem is so multi-faceted and so far-reaching that we need to tackle various issues. The three main areas are culture, gun violence by non-career criminals, and gun violence by career criminals. Each requires some comprehensive changes.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Judakel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>116<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>
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