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| Guns don't kill people, Videogames do!; Rockstar in the crosshairs again | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 17 2007, 05:47 PM (150 Views) | |
| Troyminator | Jul 17 2007, 05:47 PM Post #1 |
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A recent double page spread in a UK tablouid newspaper has firmly pointed the finger of blame for inspiring a particularly horrible murder at the video game industry, and Rockstar in particular. Here's the article in full: From the "News of the World"
Interesting to note the following: The parents had no idea that games had age certificates The parents had NO idea what the game was about The parents are happy to tell the story of guilt, loss and heartbreak...for a fee! Everyone cheerfully ignores the obsession with serial killers I personally love this:
Hmm...MILLIONS eh? Millions play this horrible evil sick twisted game, yet only one becomes a murderer? OK. Does this clearly demonstrate the effect that video games have on the average gamer or does it show that one person with a propensity for violence will find an outlet for it no matter WHAT external influences he is exposed to? Well, the paper managed to tick all the boxes in the "hot subjects to scare people" list: Video Games? check. Serial killers? check. Paedophiles? check. About the only thing missing is an affiliation with a known terrorist network! Once again video games find themselves the favourite scapegoat of the media (an industry incidentally that glorifies violence in all its horrific detail (flip on the news right now and see what's the top story if you don't believe me)). The gaming industry appears to be THE single main target for finger pointing in cases like this at the moment, in a similar way that videos were in the eighties (remember the "video nasty" scare?). Is it right? No it isn't Is it fair? Of course not. But it DOES sell newspapers and make good copy for the morning headlines. |
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| jwa1107 | Jul 17 2007, 08:28 PM Post #2 |
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this is just like in the 80s when heavy metal made kids into killers now Ozzy is a doddering old loveable fool but back then he was the Anti-Christ urging teens on killing sprees... it's nice when parents find simple excuses as tp why they are not bad parents or did nothing to foster a better environment for their child before something bad happened. of course it was all the violent internet porn that made little timmy a killer! |
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