Ha. No. And yes, video games DO influence people, young people especially. Anyone who's taken a psych class could tell you that. The real question here is, should anyone do anything about it? In a perfect world, manufacturers would take some responsibility for a kid who carries out a copycat crime. But this doesn't mean the government should step in instead.Games, like any other form of entertainment, only influence those with weak minds.
Video Game Violence
Started by Channel28, Apr 29 2005 11:52 AM
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 03:31 PM
only some games..
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 09:05 PM
Anything you do influences you in some way, but in the case of whether or not it causes violence, only in children/people who are already disturbed. People have a problem identifying with the people who commit crimes and they always want to find a reason they did it. Blame it on parents, religion, society, tv, or games. The reality of the fact is you can't identify with most of them because they have serious mental instabilitys. Most of these people will have something that sets them off, a trigger if you will, but the trigger could have come from elsewhere. So a kid played GTA and then killed someone, he could have watched the news and decided to bomb a building. The idea, desire, or what have you will come from somewhere whether it be games, television, or their own little imaginations.
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 05:56 PM
Video games should not and in my opinion does not influence children in any way. First of all it's not real. I can see if the mass populus of people in the world were doing the things you saw on GTA or thingz of that nature but since rarely that happenz and it's just a game...I would say it doesn't. Only either simple-minded, real gullible, or real young people would even have an ounc of influence and in that case that's where the parents are suppose to step in. Me...being 15, have never had to endure any kind of ratingz or anything lol me and my family just ignore them because their stupid...meaningless letters for half-life children...that's how I see it.
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 01:26 AM
Personally, I dont think games promote violence in children. The only exceptions would be grand theft auto. I think you should be at least 18 to play that one. But all the other games are fine.
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WOW this poll is going far better then i had even hoped for and considering i havent looked here in probably 6 months i am impressed thnx people and keep it comin
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Posted 23 July 2005 - 03:22 AM
I think that only kids with real really bad mental problems (im not pinpointing any1down cause my cousin has mental problems) would play a game and then think its ok to do it in real life. Even so.... most of this violence is prompted from TV shows nowadays :hmmn:
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Posted 25 July 2005 - 06:56 AM
Just like to say that it really isn't video games that are affecting children as much as their parents are. Parents these days let their kids get away with a lot of stuff and don't really take the time to be parents. The video games the parents use to buy their kids love often hurt the child in two ways. First children get soggy when all they do is play video games. Second video games are often seen as a way to baby sit children in the sense that while you still need a person there to watch the child, no real effort is needed. Honestly it wouldn't hurt if parents took the time to explain to kids what they are seeing isn't real and educate on them on real life and stuff.What i'm trying to say is that video games don't hurt kids, bad parenting does.
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Posted 25 July 2005 - 01:35 PM
i don't think that violent games or movies cause violence .I have been playing violent games since wolfenstein and been watching violent movies for as long as i can remember, and NO game/movie has made me into a serial killer. But after hearin boy band/michael bolton few just aa few seconds it makes me want to go on a killing spree.
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 06:51 AM
yes, i think that everything in life has an effect on what we do.
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 11:37 AM
yeah, but only stupid games to stupid children with stupid parents who took stupid drugs during pregnancy..no offense 
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 11:40 AM
I dont really think it does (alot)
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 07:58 PM
I don't think they influence any kids, maybe those who can't distinguish real from fake. I've played grand theft auto when I was six, my brother showed it to me, and I didnt turn out wrong. I sill feel sad when i see bombings, and there are alot of them where I live, so maybe not that much but still.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 08:21 AM
I think Grand Theft Auto have the biggest infulence for stupid kids who can tell the difference with reality and video games bad parenting also effect what the kids thinks when they play an extremely violence game that envolve killing
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 02:45 PM
I think some games affect some kids only realy weak minded kids. And i also think its an excuse for politicans to look good(when they argue about what game is not good for kids etc).
Edited by haseeb, 27 July 2005 - 03:00 PM.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 06:17 PM
Parents influence children, not media. While media can lead people to specific types of behavior, it is ultimately the parents that allow this to happen. Therefore I blame the parents
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 10:50 AM
Yes, but only children who can't tell reality from fiction. It happened to my brother. My brother's friend kicked him in the mut everytime we went to his house, reason: because of King Of Fighters!!!
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 10:54 AM
I don't think violence influence kid but adult do influence a kid in his future.In the this is how parent choose to blame other while they never thought about them self first.
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 07:58 PM
In one word:(I don't k)No(w)
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 10:00 PM
there are some weirdo's out there that cant tell if they live in a dream or notand i think that if you know of you're kid or yourself that you cant tell the diffrence that you shouldn't play or look at those games(or is this too drastic)greets from me 
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Posted 29 July 2005 - 05:39 AM
Only for children who can't tell fiction from reality. But it depends on the age of the kid too, cause some kid whatever they see they'll copy it...
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Posted 31 July 2005 - 01:49 AM
A. No. I'll Pull my Plasma Rifles and Fuel Rod Cannons on you. I'll kill you all. Halo is my favorite game. I'll kill you all. (mmm... hypocritical)Answer: Disregard Answer A.
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 12:40 PM
Yes some games do.
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 02:40 PM
I think it affects children who are in that situation with someone else..in GTA it's not likely your gonna be in Los angeles and the whole towns gonna be rioting and aload of Ballas are trying to kill you while your best mate is working in a drug factory....But if your a child and you really wanna kill someone, I think it gives them ideas. If they hadn't seen any violence at all they wouldn't have a clue about killing someone or hurting them.
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Posted 02 August 2005 - 06:52 AM
No... u can get much more violence stuff turning on the tv.. or listing to a music...... If a kiddo start to kill ppl... blame his parents!!!
