A German advocacy group called Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden, which is mostly composed of parents and friends of victims of the tragic Winnenden school shooting from earlier this year, recently attempted to host an event where owners of violent video games would dispose of their aggressive softwareen masse. The group rented out a sizable dumpster, hoping to fill it to its brim with Mature video games which people had spent their hard-earned money on.
We certainly sympathize with the horrible loss this group recently suffered, but even if they choose to vilify video games, asking people to throw their stuff away probably isn't the most effective course of action. The somewhat predictable results of this event can be found in a video after the jump.
they still believe that violent games lead violent people? what about lack of proper attention during childhood leads to aggressive people who would then favour to buy violent games over, well, not-so-violent games.
I'm all for the cause of reducing violence in different medias, but going against the gaming industry first is just stupid. Video games aren't the cause of it, they are just part of that culture that shows it.
Start with television, then film, then music, then books, and -then- you can go against video games. That is after you can stop violence in real life.
to be fair, violence in video games is interactive. in GTA, you're the one actively killing hookers. in books or movies, you're just watching someone else do it. video game violence is the closest thing to real violence.
Let's see, two unopened PS2 games that the organizers brought and a GBC copy of Small Soldiers, a game that wasn't legally allowed to be thrown out in the trash without a HazMat license, so the guy was just waiting for an opportunity to get rid of it.
