Video Games & Violence

[RobinHood]

Came across this and thought the sport analogy was quite interesting.

For those confused about the kid at the end:
Harrison was a nine year old kid who frequently played video-games such as COD and other first person shooters. Penn and Teller argued that evidence suggesting that violent video-games made otherwise non-violent children turn aggressive was unsound and inaccurate. Harrison (along with his mother, who consented of course) was invited to a firing range where he was given a brief lesson on how to operate a rifle before being given the opportunity to fire it himself. He was given three shots at a target with a picture of a man. After he fired the first shot, he was asked if he wanted to have another - He flat out replied 'No'.
You can see how uncomfortable it made him, and really highlighted that he (and the vast majority of other children) can differentiate between fantasy and real-life violence, and how despite his enjoyment of first person shooters, he was absolutely mortified by doing it in real life.

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[supertom44]

I mentioned this series to someone in TS not long ago. It was one of the best shows on TV I think.

They covered a whole shed load of subjects, balancing the comedy and seriousness very well.

This is a very interesting topic, obviously we are all fans of gaming, but I am of the view that gaming does not lead to violence.

I beleive its much more to do with the personality of a person, yes some people might get ideas of how to inflict violecne from games, but these people will also get ideas from tv and film. But thats more to do with the person than the games etc.

If anything I think gaming might prevent some violence in a sense, as you can act out your violent tendencies in a safe legal manner by gaming.

Anyway thats just my rambling uneducated opinion lol.

If you take anything from this post its that you should go and acquire all seasons of Penn and Tellers Bullshit, did I mention there are often boobies in it!!! lol.