Comments on: Halo and Grand Theft Auto don’t create real-life killers-prof

By: Drewbie

Drewbie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:16 +0000

Don, the prof is a sociolgist. She most likely did the collection of raw data to get her stats. I’m sure she didn’t just google them.Noah, the distinction between violence and agression is an important one. Especially since her study showed that increased aggression doesn’t correlate to increased violence.

By: V

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:32:42 +0000

Ok people the big M on the back of the case stands for MATURE, so don’t go buy it for a kid ok? It’s that simple. Plus with all this going on around us video games should least our violence related problems.

By: FERHAT

FERHAT — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:21:28 +0000

Ok people the M stands for MATURE on the back of the case of the game…so dont buy it for a 10 year old…DUHH

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:36:42 +0000

So what they are saying is me playing sports video games doesn’t make me good at sports….. no suprise there. also nice that this study was not done by Pro/anti gamers as well.I’m all for games being rated and people under a certain age not being exposed to violence and sexual contect but what i want to play/watch is my choice. any actions that i make are my own and I am responsible for, don’t blame what i watch/play.

By: Ed Tanner

Ed Tanner — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:25:36 +0000

saying violent video games cause people to become violent is like saying playing sports video games makes one good at sports. it’s a crock. however i am all for people not being exposed to mass amounts of voilence at any age.Do not blame peoples actions on video games, make them accountable for their actions.Now to all of the people who have decided to add guns into the mix…. limiting who can have guns is a great thing. certain people should never have guns but enforcing that is impossible, look up gun control in Jamaica if you doubt me. Small island with a complete gun ban but a obsene amount of gun related deather, same with china.however creating gun free zones and banning certain types of guns (are you listening california) does nothing other than create feel good legislation and annoy people who legaly can own firearms. It doesn’t stop people who aren’t inclined to even obay the law.

By: ND

ND — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:58:49 +0000

We should all know that violent games tend to influence, especially the young ones. Figure this out, movies are rated, right? Why are movies rated, you might ask? There tend to be adult movies and that of kids, teens, early children – so also games! This is because they tend to influence and make you act in accord with what you watch and play. when you watch violent movies, you are a spectator. But when you play violent game, you are a participant. Youths who are immense to violent game, see life in different angle – like the a game.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:51:54 +0000

The brain is like a computer and we have a lot of conscious control over its programming. Filling it with virtuous and good things leads to higher ways of living. Filling it with garbage leads to lower ways of thinking and living. Even the ancients understood this principle quite well, addressing it in their philosophical and moral treatises.To deny this is to put your head in the sand. Yes, violent media of all types results from a violent perverted society. But then the violent media feeds the society–a vicious circle. Look at the people who sit and *laugh* watching movies like Saw…this is clearly desenitizing and warping minds.

By: Raphael

Raphael — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:50 +0000

It’s apparent that some don’t remember the 70′s at all, the lack of security, i.e., the density of the street lamps of the time; rapes went unreported (or unknown); drive DWI and get a slap on the wrist. Those that were sober and actually “remember” how the affected died and the drunks (sorry, it’s now a disease) simply continued to drive while straddled with numerous suspensions; auto-thefts – oh yeah, remember: no Lo-Jacks. I remember some cities that led the way in (pardon) “stats” because they were real then, it took time to compile them because there was no Internet and DOS 3.0 didn’t exist yet; street-cams were futuristic. Today people have a choice to either “be” educated or “be” violent. Guns as well as those that profit from their illegal distributions are merely icons for the criminally inclined. For those that don’t remember: It was guns (not stone-tossing) that (helped) pave the way for what is now the United States. Stop blaming Gun Control!

By: Daisy

Daisy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:58:20 +0000

Look at all the wars and other ugly things going on since humans came on this planet. There were no violent video games those days, fact is that violence is in our genes and civilisation is only layer thin.

By: Livett

Livett — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:47:40 +0000

Do you know what makes gamers violent? It’s the idiots that tell gamers video games are violent. And why isn’t Jack Thompson dead yet? I’m sure if video games breed violence and this man is trying to stop them (I thought he got, is it de-barred?) he would first to go down.