Video game violence

Seedy Arling · 27-09-2013 04:07PM

MickFleetwood wrote: »

It's a form of entertainment like any other. Does the idea of a grown man spending their time alone watching movies or reading books seem strange to you also?

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

King Krib · 27-09-2013 04:07PM

This discussion will go on and on. . the game is rated 18s for a reason. Its an adult game aimed at adults..with all the quick wit and innuendos. Having played part of it I haven't seen anything that I haven't seen before. I've not been shocked or appalled by any of its content. I do wonder why people get on their high horses over a game. Lets face it thats all it is, a game. I think the biggest problem is that some adults not the kids can't separate the game from reality.

Noopti · 27-09-2013 04:09PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

My own game is golf, and I'm sure plenty of people think I'm rather silly for smacking a ball around a field all day, but there you go.

I got hit on the back by a golf ball once, thuggish sport should be banned. Only mentally unhinged people could even contemplate partaking in such a heinous hobby.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 27-09-2013 04:09PM

You have to be over 18 to play it.

The same way you have to be 18 to drink whiskey, buy porn, gamble ect ect.

This is a stupid thread.

ScumLord · 27-09-2013 04:12PM

krudler wrote: »

That's the thing, in a game it'd take a lot to shock me, if I saw someone getting the sh1t kicked out of them for real or someone severly injured it'd affect me.

Fake violence does nothing to prepare you for real violence, real violence is shocking, your heart jumps into your throat and your knees go weak when you witness it.

I could watch some action film with American soldiers going into some middle east country shooting all around them and throw my eyes up in the air, seeing people get shot for real from a grainy helicopter camera where I can't really make anything out makes the hairs on my arms stand up in shock.

krudler · 27-09-2013 04:13PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Fake violence does nothing to prepare you for real violence, real violence is shocking, your heart jumps into your throat and your knees go weak when you witness it.

I could watch some action film with American soldiers going into some middle east country shooting all around them and throw my eyes up in the air, seeing people get shot for real from a grainy helicopter camera where I can't really make anything out makes the hairs on my arms stand up in shock.

Exactly, anyone remember that video that went viral when some poor girl got knocked out by a random guy on the street in broad daylight, it was sickening, you see and do that in GTA whenever you want, there's a huge difference.

Elbaston · 27-09-2013 04:27PM

Have you ever heard about how way back when, when moving pictures had just come out, the people in the audience used to freak out, like if there was footage of a train coming towards them they'd **** their long-johns and stockings and scream 'save the ladies and infants'. I wonder what they'd make of GTA. They'd probably be all like 'ahh heavenly father save us t'is a madman', then they'd shoot back at the screen with a musket but it would just go through the screen and the bad guy would still be there just with a hole in him, blasting away with a handgun. Someone would probably blow a whistle and then the police would come running in, they'd probably arrest the operator guy for causing a rhuckas and attempted murder, and for soliciting. I wish I could go back a show them pr0n on a giant projector screen, the menfolk would probably condemn it at first but then they'd come sniffing around later. The reverend would get caught with his breeches down. The women would probably have some kind of placard demonstration. I wish I could time travel but I can't.

Noopti · 27-09-2013 04:28PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Fake violence does nothing to prepare you for real violence, real violence is shocking, your heart jumps into your throat and your knees go weak when you witness it.

I could watch some action film with American soldiers going into some middle east country shooting all around them and throw my eyes up in the air, seeing people get shot for real from a grainy helicopter camera where I can't really make anything out makes the hairs on my arms stand up in shock.

This. This. And THIS.

Mr. CooL ICE · 27-09-2013 04:38PM

A few months ago, I was playing football. I made a sliding tackle in a desperate lunge to retrieve the ball from a guy who was clearly faster and more agile than I was. I missed the ball and completely took him out. If it was a competitive game with a ref present, it would have at least been a yellow. I'm not a dirty player, but felt genuinely bad for that foul. So much so that I've refrained from tackling in certain situations since then.

In GTA, I landed a plane on a beach and tried to take out as many sunbathers as my plane's propellers could. I then got out, dressed in black with tinted sunglasses (looking remarkably like Bono), took out my silenced AK47 and just randomly shot a few people before running to the road, shooting a motorcyclist, but then stealing a nearby car cos it looked nice.

I don't feel that there is anything psychologically wrong with me.

Mal-Adjusted · 27-09-2013 04:40PM

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

The game, fifth in it's generation I believe

Pfft. shows what you know!

OP. There really is only one answer. Go up to your brother, call him a terrible parent to his face and then ring child services, 'tis the only way.

On a (slightly) serious note, When new forms of entertainment/technology have appeared, there have always, always been those who will proclaim the downfall of society. We had it with cinema, comics, television, games and even now it's shifting from games to social media.

PickledLime · 27-09-2013 04:49PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

I was over in my brother's house for dinner recently and I joined my nephew on the couch as I waited for my sister in law to cook her trademark vile chicken casserole. My nephew was playing somd game called GTA. Honestly I was absolutely shocked by what I saw. The level of violence in the game was stomach-churning.

It got me thinking about how violent young people are today and I wondered are they connected? When young boys are spending their time murdering virtual prostitutes in a darkened room instead of out playing hurling or soccer then is it any wonder that we have kids stabbing each other and boys with a very warped view on sexuality. Maybe I'm just a bit conservative but I'm not sure if these violent virtual masturbation games should be allowed.

On the upside, the casserole was better than expected.

Would your brother say "oh, I picked up a film for Little Jimmy to watch" and present him with The Godfather or Scarface? Would he come bck from the local library with Stephen King's back catalogue for the kid to peruse? And would he try to get him into music by giving him the first two Carcass records and some N.W.A. albums with lyric sheets?

No, because these are all created and marketed as adult entertainment. GTA is the same - it's very clearly aimed at adults and if your brother can't figure that out then he should be spending less time perfecting the chicken casserole and more time monitoring what his son does to pass the time.

As an aside, did you ask how the young fella came to be in possession of the game? Because there's not a hope in hell any retailer in this country would hand that game over the counter to a child, and I doubt the lad was scurrying about town by himself tracking down a copy (it's become the biggest entertainment launch of all time and copies weren't easily found on shelves), with the 60 odd quid for it in hand, so your brother (or sister-in-law) are clearly the ones who got it for him.

lahalane · 27-09-2013 05:02PM

What has changed since yesterday OP when you had a thread about this 'Opinions are everywhere on the Internet. Cranks firing out gibberish in the vain hope that someone will agree with them.'?

If a 9 year old is playing a video game rated 18's then it is 100% the parents fault. If it bothers you that much then mention it to them, before he starts replicating the game like so many of the 100 million + people that have bought a series of the game before.

mikom · 27-09-2013 05:46PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

I was over in my brother's house for dinner recently and I joined my nephew on the couch as I waited for my sister in law to cook her trademark vile chicken casserole. My nephew was playing somd game called GTA. Honestly I was absolutely shocked by what I saw. The level of violence in the game was stomach-churning.

It got me thinking about how violent young people are today and I wondered are they connected? When young boys are spending their time murdering virtual prostitutes in a darkened room instead of out playing hurling or soccer then is it any wonder that we have kids stabbing each other and boys with a very warped view on sexuality. Maybe I'm just a bit conservative but I'm not sure if these violent virtual masturbation games should be allowed.

On the upside, the casserole was better than expected.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...........

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

Opinions are everywhere on the Internet. Cranks firing out gibberish in the vain hope that someone will agree with them.

If it isn't a blog, it's someone getting angsty on a message board, forum or chatroom. Asking for links, quotes and references to topics they've taken as an online hobby horse. Arguing back and forth with other online strangers.

EazyD · 27-09-2013 06:27PM

"Honestly I was absolutely shocked by what I saw"

I could only imagine you'd be even more shocked, had you been at one of the midnight launches(school night). Every second person there would have been under 12/13 and younger, along with their parents to make the purchase.

Vision of Disorder · 27-09-2013 06:39PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

My nephew was playing somd game called GTA.

GTA? Anybody else heard of it?

krudler wrote: »

I've been a gamer since the mid 80's, and yeah we played stuff like Mortal Kombat and the like when we were early teens, but they're completely tame compared to the stuff in GTAV, not to mention the amount of sexual references in it.

Yeah those sexual references are the worst, nobody ever had sex until consoles took off.

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

The idea that a grown man spends their time alone playing games is a little strange to me I must admit.

There's this thing called multiplayer too. I'm sure you'll come across it at some point before the decade ends...

krudler wrote: »

Better that than taking it out on friends and coworkers.

And internet trolls.

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