On Monday
Washington Post op-ed columnist Sebastian Mallaby wrote about his 11-year old son, videogames, and maintaining
a clear parental consience. To the claim that videogames cause violence, Mallaby counters with examples from games that
teach: America's Army "includes an opportunity to learn how to be a medic" while Age of Empires
3 "conveys a sense of history." His son, who plays the MMO RuneScape, described "a classic
boom-bust cycle" while discussing the economics of the game. It's great, however rare, to read stories in the mainstream media praising video games instead of vilifying them. It's especially great when they're written by parents of gamers who understand and can communicate the unique capabilities video games offer.
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the game teaches kids to hate "people who dress funny". it doesn't do anything but spread hate and train brainless killing machines.
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the game teaches kids to hate "people who dress funny". it doesn't do anything but spread hate and train brainless killing machines."
Oh...give...me...a...break...
So I guess Super Mario Bros teaches everyone that all women are damsels-in-destress and in capable of protecting themselves right?
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Plus the fact that you basically bashed the military is downright disgraceful. The military's purpose is not to ""hate people who dress funny" and if you think that is what their is then you have some major issues.
The military are made up of people from ALL ethnicities and they VOLUNTEER...there is no draft...and no one forces them to sign up.
Go back in your cave you troll...
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It was made by the army to attrack potential recruits, and to give some insight into the workings of the army.
I'm a major player in the gaming world, but I'll say I'm pretty damned sick of the reactionary BS on both sides.
Games... YES GAMES... do indeed influence people for good or ill. People... YES PEOPLE... however must be responsible for how they respond to that influence.
It's nice to see some positive press. But I hope people will stop this either/or crap (causes violence vs. totally inocuous) and start talking about the influence of games and the responsibilities of the players.
-Pie
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Just b/c it was funded by the military doesn't make it a bad thing either.
Games are not the only thing that influence people...plus if people are influenced by a game, movie, TV show, etc. then that person has issues.
I question your "I'm a major player in the gaming world"...b/c if you won't reveal who you are then we can't really believe it.
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That's based on a matter of opinion and not proven fact...
"but if you ever play these games online and hear the kind of horrible things that i do, you'll realize that some people ARE influnced by these games."
I haven't used a headset when playing some games online simply for that purpose. Plus to put the blame on the games for those people talking that way is irrisponsible. The game didn't teach them that how to talk that way...those people were already like that. Saying that the game influenced them to talk like that is like saying Doom caused Columbine.
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