Videogames are effecting peoples lives causing them to get fired at jobs effecting kids grades. Now I am not against videogames at all I play them more thanthe average person but do you think that they are out of control.
video games r'nt doing anything, u cant claim them if people dont have any self-control
I read that video games make you smarter in some ways...I guess I read wrong xD
You can't blame something for decreasing grades, or causing a car accident, or anything. In the end it's all because of one person's decision.
But it is proven that videogames have an addicting quality do they not.
but thats a matter of restraint, theres nothing physical in the video game, such as caffeine or tobacco, that causes an addiction.
Quote from: cobragamer on March 13, 2007, 02:06:18 AM
But it is proven that videogames have an addicting quality do they not.
Yeah, you know what ELSE is addicting? A good book. Good food. Love. You wanna argue against those two? Blaming objects and activities for your own actions is a poor excuse for weakness.
Yes, everything is addictive to some degree.
And videogames can be better than school, I learned most of my english from Ocarina of Time. ^_^
A videogame is like reading a 1,000 page book.
How come every time a kid does something someone is blaming it on video games? It is true that some kids play video games more than they should, but you can't blame the games. Their parents should limit the time they get to play each day, if the kids are unable to control their playtime.
Quote from: Irockman1 on March 13, 2007, 09:30:21 AM
How come every time a kid does something someone is blaming it on video games? It is true that some kids play video games more than they should, but you can't blame the games. Their parents should limit the time they get to play each day, if the kids are unable to control their playtime.
Seriously...
And oddly enough, the people that I know that are ultra gamers are lazy but get nearly 4.0 GPAs.
Craziness...I'm not sure how it happens but...
A videogame is an expansion of the mind, just like books, or it's a way to waste time, just like books.
I promise you they have violent books too. How about we discuss their evil?
How can you say something that's not physical can't be addictive?
EX: Pornography
Yeah, I think the people who actually let videogames matter so much in their life are at fault. So let them get fired from their job, or what have you. It'll teach them that there are more important things in life.
How about we, as a nation, stop catering to the stupid people, eh?
:darwinism:
Quote from: arl on March 14, 2007, 03:24:43 AM
Yeah, I think the people who actually let videogames matter so much in their life are at fault. So let them get fired from their job, or what have you. It'll teach them that there are more important things in life.
How about we, as a nation, stop catering to the stupid people, eh?
:darwinism:
lol +rep and agree!
i did a report on video games a violence....phsycolgists blame video games for violence in society today. friggin r-tards >:(
Quote from: arl on March 14, 2007, 03:24:43 AM
How about we, as a nation, stop catering to the stupid people, eh?
:darwinism:
Couldn't have said it better myself.
lol its true i mean when rockstar with there line of 'evil' games manhunt, GTA and bully when an accident that killed a kid they were blamed without notice i just find it funny that people can think games can influence kids and when somethings thats completely different the games get blamed.
Only way im gonna believe it is if kids start stealing random cars, able to fly planes without practice and die when jumping into water.
So, I'm just gonna go out on the street, shot somebody in the head and say "It's GTA's fault! GTA made me do it! You can't put me in prison! It's discrimination!" :-\
you do that and ill say video games are evil
You do that and I'll say "lock him up for libel/psychosis."
You see where this leads? People are using games just as an excuse. And I don't mean only in situations like that. =/
well people eat mushrooms ( the magical sense) but were not blaming Mario are we?
Quote from: Arrow-1 on March 14, 2007, 05:42:49 PM
You do that and I'll say "lock him up for libel/psychosis."
Quote from: Blizzard on March 14, 2007, 06:06:08 PM
You see where this leads? People are using games just as an excuse. And I don't mean only in situations like that. =/
I mean I would have you locked up for being psycho enough to do that just so you lie about a game's effect on people. Psychosis+Libel. Unless you weren't referring to me?
Lol, I'm not refering to you. You said exactly that what I meant with that. It's better getting into a psychiatry than prison.
Did you here about the guy in L.A. that the police department layout was almost exact and so what he did was he took the guards gun and keys and did the same exact thing as the game in GTA. He ended up shooting like 5 people
Thats an example of a retard
look guys we can't say video games effect who we are....
if they did then the entire generation who grew up on pac-man would be hanging out in dark rooms popping pills listening to techno music....uh...wait a second...
I heard from somewhere that humans can become, in a way addicted, to the colours of TV/Screens etc. or the emissions given out by them. The apparant reason why people stay glued to screens or playing games is because these emissions replace a daily requirement in our bodies. It was shown that males require more of this than females.
Regarding lunatics that are apparantly 'affected by a game/movie,' it is weak will power, and those individuals must have already been mentally retarded in some way before playing or seeing a game/movie.
So I am going to go a play a lovely gory game now...Fear? I like blood...how about Prince of Persia. These will give me great ideas!!! mwahhaha! :tpg:
Quote from: cobragamer on March 14, 2007, 09:32:13 PM
Did you here about the guy in L.A. that the police department layout was almost exact and so what he did was he took the guards gun and keys and did the same exact thing as the game in GTA. He ended up shooting like 5 people
Now that's one thing I would say was bad. You supply people with information like THAT, and there's obviously gonna be at least one dude that does something like that. DON'T GIVE PEOPLE THAT KIND OF INFO!
Quote from: cobragamer on March 14, 2007, 09:32:13 PM
Did you here about the guy in L.A. that the police department layout was almost exact and so what he did was he took the guards gun and keys and did the same exact thing as the game in GTA. He ended up shooting like 5 people
This TIME I AGREE WITH LINK.
If i play pacman, i'm not going around eating cotton, the guy was mentally challenged.
And you never said that he played gta, he only acted like gta. There are criminals roaming round the street, ( just they dont shoot) just cuz he shot doesnt make him a gta type criminal.
You can't blame videogames for the actions of men, if a person can't control themself, then they shouldn't be allowed around other people.
Yes, I agree.
Videogames cannot be the cause of violence like you have said but the sense of joyment can be and addictive quality like gambaling it is that sensation
People will always find something to blame for the bad things they have done, if it will give them either freedom from imprisonment/prosecution, or freedom from conscience.
I have heard that there was this lady that was trying to get a wii for her grandsons. She entered a contest were it was who could not go to the bathroom the longest while drinking water. She ended up dying by water intoxication and as far as I know her family did not get the wii.
That's because of misinformation on the radio stations part.
Problem: What you have just made is an attempt to bring a shocking story that mentions videogames SOMEWHERE inside itself to defame videogames as a whole.
Solution: Stop it. I HATE THAT SHIT.
Kinda like how people see an episode of Sailor Moon and conclude that all anime ever sucks? Yeah, that stuff bothers me, too. :\
Quote from: cobragamer on March 16, 2007, 01:58:25 AM
I have heard that there was this lady that was trying to get a wii for her grandsons. She entered a contest were it was who could not go to the bathroom the longest while drinking water. She ended up dying by water intoxication and as far as I know her family did not get the wii.
truth, but what does that have to do with the effects? she just loves her kids enough to go and try and win it for them.
The Wii story is true, but as was said, I don't think that fits the topic. That's like saying that some girl got raped on the way to Gamestop.
sorry guys I did not mean that too start a debate I just thpught that was an interesting article. my bad
Just be cognizant of the way people will interpret you posting certain things. The context of the post made us interpret it that way. If you had posted it somewhere else, would have been different.
A kid who played world of warcraft, who was a japaneese by the way jumped from a cliff with boots that look like boots from the game, Goblin rocket boots as i recall .And he fell to his death with the blood and guts, He smashed his head first so they couldn't identifie the body until the parents were called in. Apparently blizzard was sued and surely enough blizzzard won.
the only death related to WoW that i heard of was someone who played for 7 days straight and hit lvl 60 and was doing a raid, told he group he was going to lie down and died of some brain problem. My personal opinion on that one is, what a twat
If you play a game continuously for 7 days( a week for you dumb ppl) then obviously you;re gonna get a brain storke, and 99% die.
But ppl who do such things are commonly known as idiots.
I'm sure there was another death that GTA was blamed for some kid shot the other with a BB gun in the eye and killed him, another managed to get his dads shotgun and shot the other in the face.
Quote from: Elegy on March 15, 2007, 06:34:07 PM
You can't blame videogames for the actions of men, if a person can't control themself, then they shouldn't be allowed around other people.
I AND ELEGY ACTUALLY AGREE TO THE SAME POINT :o
They should make a videogame about dying trying to imitate videogames. It would be like a digital Darwin Awards.
Its pointless to make a game where you just die, jsut click the play button and do some human stuff, like cook, and die @_@
Instead, there should be advertisements
Yeah then little kids will go out and eat/dress/watch what all the advertisments tell them to .... wait a minute
this is turning into a debate, just ask somebody with priority to move it. Video Games shouldn't be blamed for no apparent reason. I play them ALL DAAAAAAAAY, yet im scoring a's and b's in class. I think its how people look at video games. People shouldnt blame video games, because what is a video game gonna do? Beat your brain till death? Depends on the video game. theres millions of games out there. Some of them are educational, and actually has educational shit in it. Take a WWII games for example, teaches you part of what happened during WWII (Good examples is Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty). Even though it may have violence, it still teaches you something. Take notes, Video Games are made by college students, and other organizations of the like. Recently i played a MMO where you have to cure a disease in this city with my classmates, now do you think that is to be blamed for how kids are getting fucked up?
While video games and certain media may be another factor, the point comes down to if someone is going to kill a bunch of people after they play a violent video game then they where probably going to do it anyway. It may be an influence, but I can guarantee that ordinary, mentally balanced people are not going to commit suicide, or kill people solely due to a video game.
that just limits the mentally unstable people and stupid people not to play them, but i feel everyone has the rights to play video, they just need an understanding of them, and this is truely the reason why they have fucking ratings on them.
I agree, video game stores and book stores have a lot in common. They both have lots of material that can be learned. It just so happens that more idiots play video games then read books. I have learned a life lesson or two from Tales of Symphonia
believe it or not, every video game teaches something.
the infamous grand theft auto, teaches the different types of law enforcement, and what causing trouble could lead into.
medal of honor, call of duty, brothers in arms, show what was like back in WWII, i learned normandy was one of the few places that were invaded during WWII. They also teach you WWII weapons.
Need For Speed show you the different types of cars. I haven't seen a game where it teaches you nothing.
Heck, this IS the reason why they have disclaimers the games.
Video games affected my lingual skill.
Believe it or not, I can speak English this well at my age cuz I play video games since I was 7 years old (all RPGs).
And I guess video games widen up your imagination.
they're very useful if you're going to study in a career field like video game design, or graphics design, or anything else of the like.
Yup.
But actually I want to be a book author... ^_^
video games have interesting storylines, in which could help you become an author, heck Ghost Recon was a book before it came out as a video game.
Yea, that's why I said video games helped a lot at my lingual skills.