Do Violent Video Games Make Violent People?

[ObsidianEagle 103]

NO.

 

thats my answer, the government is stupid.

''oh, i killed a generic alien enemy, now i feel like slaughtering people''

and my personal favourite, from a person commenting on the team fortress 2 age rating:

''since he fired a gun on this game, little johnny's likely going to run around chopping up all his pets and labelling the chunks''

 

Anyway, what are your views on the topic?

[Deadshot 666]

No as well it would be dumb to believe it does make you violent

[Lu Xun 2,069]

In part, I'd say yes. Because there are people who concentrate their rage on the games but when they grown up they might hit people. But I'd say no too 'cause most of the people know what's wrong and what's right.

[Protoman 1,974]

It depends on how someone takes a game. Different resultls can come from different people, but in general it is beleived that violent video games make violent people, mainly because the few cases that show examples of that are payed more attention to than the cases in where people are just fine by playing violent video games.

[ObsidianEagle 103]

i get incredibly angry at some games. i often intentionally hurt myself. but that was not at a violent game, THAT WAS AT PROFFESOR LAYTON AT THE CURIOUS F*CKING VILLAGE.

 

never have i been violent towards anyone due to a violent game

[Vector 4]

no, no, and again, no. I've played some of the most violent games out there (Gears, Quake, Postal, Duke Nukem), and im actually one of the nicer people you'll meet. Hell, i played quake AND duke nukem as a kid, and look at me now. Im not in jail for manslaughter, or an asylum. I haven't been arrested for fighting someone.

 

Its just the government using us as a scapegoat again. -_-

[Zexion's_Lover_46 76]

Absolutely not! The only thing that can turn someone violent is the crude way society is and only society can really make an impact on someone's life. In my opinion, I think the government is just using video games as an excuse to not realize the full extent of how cruel the world is.

[Lu Xun 2,069]

If you're talking about US government.. I can't say anything. I don't know how it's.

[Amon 4,279]

No, parents just use violent video games as a scapegoat for their terrible parenting skills.

 

Congrats, the Virginia Tech kid played counter-strike. He also ate pizza, drank water and used the bathroom. We must outlaw these things because they might make a killer out of someone!

 

The only way I could possibly see violent games inspire real life rage would be when video game graphics are extremely close to or the equivalent of real life. In which case seeing realistic death would harden the person against it and alas, might possibly lead to violence but that technology is too far away to even be considered right now.

[xinname 1]

I dunno... I see all this crap on the news, and I think a lot of video games are a factor.

[Aqua7KH 5,395]

well i play violent video games and im not a violent person...

[jmcmillan317 0]

Not really, i think video games may influence a person to be violent, but it does not make a person go and do something bad. It's just a reason for overprotective parents to say their children shouldn't play certain video games.

[Amon 4,279]

I dunno... I see all this crap on the news, and I think a lot of video games are a factor.

 

 

When was the last time the News wasn't all lies or major exaggerations?

 

The media is nothing more than a propaganda service for the highest bidders.

[Ventuswind 4]

I say no cuz i played Saints Row 2, Call of Duty, Bioshock and alot others and im one of the funniest nicest guys on here.

[FireStorm 162 23]

well, it depends, when people are playing violent games like 29 hours a day, then maybe it could be a factor, but in normal circumstances, hell no, I play games where people die all the time, and I don't think I've killed anyone yet *cue Law and Order "dun dun" noise* But seriously, in 99.9999% of cases, violent games don't cause violent people, that's just silly, it just sounds like the government trying to place the blame on something else, which is fail IMO

 

So to conclude, my option is "No, thats the biggest load of triangle banana penguin waffle killers i have ever heard"

[Think Pink 1,967]

I think that there's not a decent change the video game will make a kid do something horrible, but it may affect how they think. I guess they're alright if you turn off the blood and stuff, but I think some of the things will stick with them. If you listen to "bad" music, though you might say you're not really listening to the words, you still hear it and it influences you.

 

But that's just my opinion.

[ObsidianEagle 103]

I think that there's not a decent change the video game will make a kid do something horrible, but it may affect how they think. I guess they're alright if you turn off the blood and stuff, but I think some of the things will stick with them. If you listen to "bad" music, though you might say you're not really listening to the words, you still hear it and it influences you.

 

it may influence you, but you may be influenced, but it never changes your natural instincts

[Think Pink 1,967]

 

I think that there's not a decent change the video game will make a kid do something horrible, but it may affect how they think. I guess they're alright if you turn off the blood and stuff, but I think some of the things will stick with them. If you listen to "bad" music, though you might say you're not really listening to the words, you still hear it and it influences you.

 

it may influence you, but you may be influenced, but it never changes your natural instincts

 

I think sometimes it can. My little brothers were finally allowed to play a Modern Warfare or Call of Duty or some type of warfare game, and they ran around the house shooting me all day with Nerf guns. And that's just on the scale of ten-year-old children.

 

I also find your second poll option slightly offensive. Everyone has their own opinion.

[HelpMeRan-Sama 141]

Depends. If the gamer is stupid gets engry easily its likely he would resort to violence when he's pissed by someone. But if the gamer knows what is wrong and what is right, I won't be 100% sure it won't make the gamer violent

I just finished Ghost Trick recently and man it completely brainwashed me like how Inazuma brainwashed me 8D (Now I think that everyone has a "core" )

 

Just sayin'

[Patcheresu 8]

Tales of Symphonia has made me want to stab and slice people more. Does it make me want to kill someone? No. But does it make me see sillier, and more passive to the idea of harming others? YES. Also, I am no idiot. You're calling an idiot a person who's been in advanced school classes from 1st grade.

 

In conclusion, video games inspire killers as much as television and film do. Some really do inspire killers. But does it convince others to try more violent means? No.

 

I am merely stating evidence I have gathered over my life? Sources?

 

Dolan, Robert. Serial Killers. Chealsea House Publishers, Philedelphia.

Examining Pop Culture: Crime and Criminals. All 150 pages of essays. Greenhaven Press, Thomson * Gale

[HelpMeRan-Sama 141]

^ This

[tyriann 46]

My parents didn't want me to get Red Dead Redemption.... I'M F***ING 14!! I had M games when I was 5... my first game was Grand Theft Auto 2!

[ObsidianEagle 103]

lol.

 

my dad says when i'm 14 i'll be allowed any 15/16 games. that's ridiculous, i had 12 games when i was 7 so what's the difference?

 

it took heaps of begging just to let me get the orange box (15), and i'm 13...

well in america i got FFXIII which is a teen but in england it's a 16 (stupid rating, should be 12 at most) so i guess i managed to sneak that one in

[VANiTAS INCARNATE 1]

This subject has always pissed me off. Video games dont spawn serial killers and violent psychopaths. If someone is mentally frail then it means theyre just not cut out to be around that type of media, but don't blame the developers and industry because the people around them didnt handle them properly, this is why PTAs, church organizations, and politics fail. You shouldn't have the right to criticize something that you dont understand or even attempt to see from a rationalized point of view.

In fact, violent video games are necessary because were aware that its not real. By simulating this kind of violence, we dont have the need to commit it because we've already found a harmless, yet aggressive way to exploit these kinds of feelings and images.

People who blame tragic events on video gaming should be looking at a bigger picture and should recognize more factors such as the conditions someone may live in, their social awkwardness, medical history, and even background.

[Gameowner5 34]

well well well i dont think violent games make people violent it never made me violent and i played GTA when i was 9 or so and my little brother played it some weeks ago AND HE IS 5 but he was olny allowed to drive around in cars though

 

well the fact is i have never been affected huh oh.....that...you mean...well...I DID NOT KNOW THE GUN WAS LOADED OKAY!

 

just kiding i have never done something like that....or have i SCARY NOIE!!!!!!

just kiding or.......naaahhhh