Want to interview few CAGs on violence in videogames

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.:YoUnGLinKiE:.

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For a school assignment I chose to do some investigation on violence in videogames since this is an extremely hot topic nowadays. For my project work I would like to know what you gamers think about violence in videogames. Here's a few questions, you can answer as many of them as you want and I'll use them in my project work.

Interviewing gamers about violence in videogames:

1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?

Thanks in advance! CAG rocks ^^
 
1. Most games have violences in it, rpgs with the killing or beating of random people and animals, fighting games, shooters, even sports games are violent to a degree. Just like most movies and tv shows have violences in it. Some examples would be GTA4, MGO, CoD4, WoW.

2. Doesn't matter to me, I love MGO, and put about 30-40 hours or more into the online of CoD4, my favorite games are usually adventure rpgs, like Dreamfall, Shenmue, Chrono Cross, games that have a town where I don't need to worry about being attack or whatever, though I absolutely love the Metal Gear series.

3. Nope, little to no influence.

4. Banning is censorship, the rating system just needs to be enforced and parents need to watch what their kids play.

5. Yes, they sell. One of the best games last year was CoD4, GTA4 has sold like six million copies or something and my game of the year is MGS4. While violent as they may be, they're not any worse than what hollywood produces.
 
[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?[/quote]

I generally like violent video games more, but not because they're violent. They tend to have more mature stories and themes. Violence is just part of the package.

[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?[/quote]

No.

[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?[/quote]

I think they need to realize that video games aren't for kids anymore. They need to realize that it's not the games fault, it's poor parenting. People just stick their kids in front of a screen without actually checking to see what's on the screen. God forbid they do any parenting.

[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?[/quote]

Yes. It's a huge market, and I don't think they'll just bend over to people like Jack Thompson.
 
Just reading these questions makes me want to steal a car and run you over or shoot you with a plasma rifle.

1. Any with a gun and no moral clarity, that is, anything where you're the "bad guy" or there is no clear "bad guy" (see: GTA) or anything with violence simply for the sake of violence (see: Soldier of Fortune, Punisher, Mortal Kombat).

2. By my definition, no.

3. Behavior no, thoughts absolutely. Anyone who says they feel the same way about violence after being regularly exposed it as they did before is a psychopath. I'm not nearly as affected by it now.

4. I have no proof that he or anyone wants to ban violent games so I think your question is loaded. The Thompsons and Hillarys of the world have every right to argue violent games should not be sold or marketed to minors if that is the law the people of their state have decided upon.

5. Yes, of course they will. Developers who want to be "edgy" will push just like movie directors do. They will claim they are providing what the market wants as cover like they always do.
 
[quote name='kev']1. Any with a gun and no moral clarity, that is, anything where you're the "bad guy" or there is no clear "bad guy" (see: GTA) or anything with violence simply for the sake of violence (see: Soldier of Fortune, Punisher, Mortal Kombat).[/QUOTE]
To quote Sinatra:

That's Life!
 
[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']

1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?[/quote]

Well almost every game out there is violent by normal standards. However, whether they are harmfully violent, that is a different story.

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?
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No, however I do like mature Storylines and they tend to come packaged with Violence.

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?
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Nope, absolutely not.

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?
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I think they are idiots who are blind to their personal hatred of Video Games. They look at everything and interpret all bad things to video games.

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?
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Of course they will. Not only is it a big market in sales as well as an edgy front. But by slowing down the productions of Violent games, they are only letting people like Jack Thompson win.
 
1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?
almost eveyday out there has some violence in it

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?
yea

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?
nope

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?
they are fucking retards who are trying to excuse themselves for being bad parents. there are ratings on games for a reason. i dont get y they bitch about video games but not about porn (since everyone has EASY access to it), their friends, or the shit thats on tv.

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?
yes, it sell and lots of people love them
 
[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']For a school assignment I chose to do some investigation on violence in videogames since this is an extremely hot topic nowadays. For my project work I would like to know what you gamers think about violence in videogames. Here's a few questions, you can answer as many of them as you want and I'll use them in my project work.

Interviewing gamers about violence in videogames:

1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?

Thanks in advance! CAG rocks ^^[/quote]

1. Not sure what you mean. A genre or specific games. Either way, almost all games have some manner of violence with the exception of casual/puzzle games.

2. Not necessarily. I judge each game on it's own merit.

3. Absolutely not.

4. They're from a different generation. They don't understand gaming therefore they fear it and want to give people a reason to think like them.

5. Of course. Why wouldn't they?
 
1. The ones where people shoot other people. Even if its fluffy bunnies its pretty violent.

2. I enjoyed N+ just as much as GTA4, different type of game but both are excellent at what they do. So no.

3. Sure but its always been in a positive way. Guess after work and you get stressed its good to play cod4 with some pals or now gta4 and pump bullets into friends. Painful crashes create laughter and happiness last i checked.

4. Don't listen to him. He obviously doesn't get it.

5. Yep, no reason to stop. It sells just like Rambo sells in the theaters & on dvd.
 
[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']For a school assignment I chose to do some investigation on violence in videogames since this is an extremely hot topic nowadays. For my project work I would like to know what you gamers think about violence in videogames. Here's a few questions, you can answer as many of them as you want and I'll use them in my project work.

Interviewing gamers about violence in videogames:

1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?

Thanks in advance! CAG rocks ^^[/quote]

1.Many games are violent in some way or another, even super mario bros.
was.

2. I don't really care one way or another, really depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

3. Absolutely, just yesterday i was outside and saw this turtle, i went over to it and stomped on it, then i tried to slide it around on the ground. It just laid there bleeding.

4. Crackpots who need to get over themselves.

5. Well GTAIV is selling like hotcakes, so probably.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Thought you might like to read this.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514213432.htm[/QUOTE]

That's a nice conclusion and all, and I'll have to hunt down the actual article. But this is actually a research project I thought of doing and stopped. More or less because the only way to connect these two trends is to make a huge leap of faith, something that is more or less a no-no scientifically.

Let me put it this way. The damning indictment of this line of thinking from Kierkegaard is to ask "yes, well, crime declined over this time span. But how do we know that it wouldn't have dropped significantly more in the absence of video games? Why do we assume that it contributed to the decline of violence, while it's just as likely, based on available data, to think that the decrease was actually slowed by violent games?"

Now, I don't agree with that hypothesis (games = slower decline in crime than we would have had otherwise), but it's just as plausible as Dr. K's conclusions.

Shame I didn't try to write that piece. Looks like it could have been an easy publication.
 
[quote name='.:YoUnGLinKiE:.']1. What games do you consider being violent in any way?
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Most of them.

2. Do you like violent videogames more than other videogames?
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I would say I enjoy video games that engage me on a physical and mental level.....sometimes those games involve violence, sometimes they simply involve being the first to cross the finish line. I dont like violence in a videogame for violence's sake, but if its integral to the storyline, then I'm fine with it.

Example: God of War wouldn't be much fun if you ran around handing out flowers to your enemies.

3. Have you ever had the feeling that violent videogame had an influence on your behaviour?
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No, because I'm a higher mammal.

4. What do you think about game-haters like Jack Thompson and others who want to ban violent videogames?
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I think Jack getting his name on the television no matter how he does it is good for Jack Thompson, Inc. However, I also think the guy has a point. I don't want my kids to be able to rent R-Rated movies without my consent, nor do I want them to be able to get a mature video game designed for adults (the same way R-rated movies are designed for adults) without me being there to buy or rent it.

As for banning violent video games, that makes about as much sense as banning violent movies and TV shows or action figures. And when parents try to blame videogames, the light of scrutiny should shine right back on the parents who obviously:

1) gave the child access to the system on which to play the game
2) didn't do their job monitoring what their child was playing/watching/listening to.

5. Do you think developers will still make violent videogames in the future?
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If the violence is integral to the story of the game, then yes. I think we have seen a peak in violence in videogames....violence for violence's sake doesn't really sell well anymore. Games that advertised themselves as being over-the-top with gore and violence (Soldier of Fortune 3, those ultra-violent fighting games with dismemberment, etc) have come and gone. I think we are really past that point, honestly.
 
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