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Video Game not sold in wake of murder
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knee jerk reaction or sensible policy?
personally i do not think games can br blamed. surely though the kid shouldnt have been in possesion of such a game?
edit to add: i cant say much at the moment because my right arm is in a sling!
knee jerk reaction or sensible policy?
personally i do not think games can br blamed. surely though the kid shouldnt have been in possesion of such a game?
edit to add: i cant say much at the moment because my right arm is in a sling!
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Plus this is the same Game stores that whilst withdrawing Manhunt have massive posters advertising San Andreas - pretty much guarantee no one is going to be withdrawing that from sale.
Just fantastic publicity IMHO
This is just another in a long history of scapegoating films, videos and gmaes to be blame for society problems...
See also Child's Play, Natural Born Killers ad infintum
I think too many folk jump on the backs of these games and looking for the easy target. Questions to ask are....
How did a 17 year old kid get a copy of the game? Did his parents know?
People having been killing each other way before the introduction of TV and computer games so I can't see how they cause people to kill.
Anyone who decides to kill a person/jump off a bridge/do other utterly stupid things because they saw it in a film or a game is clearly a deeply disturbed individual. Such people are luckily very hard to come by, and I don't see why we should just eliminate certain imagery altogether because once in a few years a nutter might or might have not been "inspired" by it.
What is more than likely that thie boy grew up like so many nowadays, with NO RESPECT for people and property. You can't blame it on violent video games.
You can blame it on his parents for not providing proper discipline and you can blame it on the liberal elite's refusal to punish wrong doers.
I'll wager the 17 year old already had some sort of criminal record, or at least run ins with the police.
(Although I do think some violent games are distasteful, that's my personal view, people are entitled to play whatever they like).
One thing about games you may have overlooked though: with the graphics getting mroe and more realistic, it could also be a virtual reality. The player controls the main character going around killing people - that's the difference between just seeing it and making it happen. But I agree with your apparent opinion that a game is hardly the basis for someone to murder someone else.
Asked my mum about it, she thought it was about drugs. Either way they were friends beforehand, I know that much, but seemingly had an argument. Whowhere is probably right, these weren't exactly lovely people themselves, even Stefan, was involved in bad circles etc.
Anyway, back to the point. it does just seem that video games are used as somewhat of a scape goat
I play a lot of Point Blank, and can often be seen down the park shooting as many ducks as i can in 30 seconds with an oversized pink plastic gun.
:yeees:
People always have to find something to blame.
When it comes to the media they have to blame other sectors of the media for the bad things that happen, whether it's a person, video game, film or music.
But anyone who would kill with any influence from playing a video game etc is seriously disturbed as it is, they most probably would've cracked eventually.
And is it not at all possible that these games could actually keep some people closer to sane by letting them vent their frustrations through their tv? I can't express the feelings of satisfaction and release when I blast hordes of aliens to smitherines on Halo.
And how far are they going to take it? Will we see the stopping of San Andreas's release next?!
see, that's it. that's exactly the point.
something would have been the trigger. and maybe this time it was a game, but it could just as easily have been a film, a song, a bad day at the office, a traffic jam, a rude serving person at mcdonalds.
That film sucks.
Stallone's part is funny though. Not sure it's meant to be but it's one of his early performances...
Tokyo has one of the lowest crime rates in the world... Yet anybody who's a fan of Japanese animation or movies will know that the violence in them makes our media and contemporary Western horror movies look like the Tweenies.
So maybe it's not our media that's to blame
:rolleyes: :mad:
It is really pathetic how the media portray video games.
I was just playing theme hospital, does that mean my hospital running skills are improving
Basically it's like one huge Rockstar advert - they couldn't afford to buy this kinda press.
Although on a related note Game wouldn't let me trade in Manhunt this morning - so I guess they are serious about the ban for now.
So yes, the whole incident is a PR dream come true...
And this is in some ways a helpful promotion for rockstar (except maybe to the parents of teenagers!), i mean last night when i was watching all this stuff on the news with my boyfriend he said, 'i've got to go and get that game now' and i doubt he was the only one thinking that...
Mother Russia, here I come.
I guess the families of the perpetrators of 9/11 could have blamed the attacks on the evil Microsoft game... :rolleyes:
Some of them did, as I remember :chin: that they used it as a trainer so they were familiar with the skyline and what they had to go for.