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Violence in Video games a fad?
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So its a trend, and it may temper down a little bit, but it'll always be around. Thats my take, anyway.
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There have been plenty of horrible violent video games made. Ever since Mortal Kombat hit the arcades back in the early 90's, there have been a ton of crappy games of the same genre. Primal Rage comes to mind as being one of the more controversial, as well as a SegaCD game called Night Trap (I think) - the one where you could break into houses and rape women.
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A bunch of idiot companies thought they could cash in on the success of San Andreas by making crapy gangsta games. Well, GUESS AGAIN, STUPID! San Andreas sold because it was FUN, because it had a HUGE, HUGE world to explore and because it was labeled Grand Theft Auto. It's not the "gritty" urban theme, people. That is just a THEME for the story, not the appeal of the game. [/mini-rant]
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Weird.
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) "it was FUN, because it had a HUGE, HUGE world to explore"
...and rape, and pillage, and destroy.......sounds like they turned Christopher Columbus' travels into a game.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
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Yes, with Harry Potter and Kevin McAllister as sidekicks.
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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violence means nothing unless it takes place in real life...
violent movies and games are just there to satisfy our hunger..
very much like adult movies are there to satisfy a need... there's no message, they don't influence me to go out and have dirty sex with many women...
i know for a fact that i would never be able to point a gun at another human being unless it were to protect myself or a loved one...
however i always have my matrix/terminator fantasies where i would love to take out a group of bad people with almost every weapon known to man. many would think me crazy to say that, but i know many of my fellow male friends would also agree with me and say they've had those same kinda daydreams.
Maybe we all have that part of us that wants to be an action hero or a superman of some sort.
its all a fantasy.
but is it a fad?
perhaps. I feel the real reason it has gain so much popularity in games lately is simple. technology!
don't get me wrong, i loved playing shootem up games when i was younger, however lately they've raised that bar far and beyond. if you get your hands on the right game with the right hardware you get the most realistic fantasy out there, and there's no real gun involved.
It's about bringing it as close to reality as possible and then stepping back a little.
but thats how i feel.
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Well said, I do agree with the whole "crazy matrix" fantasy. I kill people sometimes in my head. Well I used to. Now I'm a pacifist. But the point is, you're 100% correct.
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But it's a very good outlet for frustration as well. I've gotten a lot of anger out by popping in a GTA or some similar game and just going to town killing people walking down the street. Does that make me insane? I don't think so. The fake violence allows me to vent in a safe way rather than taking it out by yelling or otherwise being mean to friends and family. Which seems healthier?
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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Of course, I do think that a lot of games are getting ridiculous. Never liked Mortal Kombat or it's 50-gazillion variations. That 50 Cent game looks like a steaming pile of gangsta crap. I wouldn't find it hard to believe that there probably are kids out there who can't separate fact from fiction...
The thing is, conflict is the key to any good story or videogame (with a few obvious exceptions, like maybe Tetris), so chances are, there's gonna be fighting in some capacity.
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The side who argued that there was no correlation between violence and video games destroyed the other side.
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