Violence in Games

Jack.Sparrow · 05-05-2008, 07:49 PM

Hi Guys

I was just going through a few lectures slides (the unit is called Computer Games Studies

) about violence in games and I was just curious about what you guys here thought. We always get people saying it's bad in some way but I'm curious as to what the gamers (who play the games the most) think about the violence in games today?

**pharoah** · 05-05-2008, 09:24 PM

well its no worse than what ya see on the nightly news.with the game its not even real violence.so i dont have a problem with it.i think it comes down to the individual if they are going to commit violence,or not.

dxj · 05-06-2008, 12:42 AM

Yeah as Pharoah says it no bad than what you see in the news, it is no worse than what you see in films aswell. But the reason people probably see it as bad is due to the fact you are controlling the violence.

With the realism of the body physics in GTAIV actually has me avoiding killing people, (well, inocent people anyway) the first time i shot a person in the game and they dropped to the floor with, what i would imagine is startling realism, made me feel really bad.

1 g0t 0wn3d · 05-06-2008, 05:48 AM

oooo more violence gta4 is now on the top of my to get list

Jack.Sparrow · 05-06-2008, 05:57 AM

It's indeed a fairly violent game, if you choose to make it so, but I was never tempted to kill innocent people in the previous GTA games and I don't in this one (unless I'm running away from the cops) But I know for certain that should a need arise in real life for me to run away from the cops by killing an innocent person, I'd go in quietly. Personally I don't believe violence in games makes any impact on the gamers as some reports would have you believe.

Thething · 05-06-2008, 10:22 AM

Seconded as im a massive FPS fan and have played a lot of FPS games from the original doom all the way to Crysis and it hasnt affected me at all.

IMHO youd have to be a pretty screwed up person to start with to get so influenced by violence in games that you start to copy it IRL.

ebackhus · 05-06-2008, 11:16 AM

Just like pharoah said, the violence in games is just as bad as what you'd see on the news. Actually, things here in San Antonio are FAR worse than things are in Liberty City!

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pharoah Super Gaming Mod Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,699 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Violence in Games well its no worse than what ya see on the nightly news.with the game its not even real violence.so i dont have a problem with it.i think it comes down to the individual if they are going to commit violence,or not. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

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dxj Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 189 OS: XP Pro, Mac OS X	Re: Violence in Games Yeah as Pharoah says it no bad than what you see in the news, it is no worse than what you see in films aswell. But the reason people probably see it as bad is due to the fact you are controlling the violence. With the realism of the body physics in GTAIV actually has me avoiding killing people, (well, inocent people anyway) the first time i shot a person in the game and they dropped to the floor with, what i would imagine is startling realism, made me feel really bad.

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Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 11,874 OS: XP/Vista Blog Entries: 6	Re: Violence in Games It's indeed a fairly violent game, if you choose to make it so, but I was never tempted to kill innocent people in the previous GTA games and I don't in this one (unless I'm running away from the cops) But I know for certain that should a need arise in real life for me to run away from the cops by killing an innocent person, I'd go in quietly. Personally I don't believe violence in games makes any impact on the gamers as some reports would have you believe. __________________

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Thething Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 155 OS: Windows Vista 32 Bit Home Premium	Re: Violence in Games Seconded as im a massive FPS fan and have played a lot of FPS games from the original doom all the way to Crysis and it hasnt affected me at all. IMHO youd have to be a pretty screwed up person to start with to get so influenced by violence in games that you start to copy it IRL. __________________ Asus maximus extreme motherboard, Intel QX9650Quad Core CPU 3Ghz, Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro CPU cooler, 2GB Corsair DDR3 1333 RAM, MSI ATI Radeon HD3870x2 Graphics Card, 3x 320GB Hard Drives, 1000Watt Coolermaster M1000 PSU, Coolermaster stacker 830 Case, 24 Inch Monitor, Creative Itrigue 2.1 Speakers, Vista 32bit home premium.

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ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,050 OS: WinXP Pro SP2b My System Blog Entries: 9	Re: Violence in Games Just like pharoah said, the violence in games is just as bad as what you'd see on the news. Actually, things here in San Antonio are FAR worse than things are in Liberty City! __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.