Comments on: Violence In Video Games: Modern Warfare 2, The Latest Scapegoat http://www.couchcampus.com/lecture/violence-in-video-games-modern-warfare-2-the-latest-scapegoat/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Living with Balls http://www.couchcampus.com/lecture/violence-in-video-games-modern-warfare-2-the-latest-scapegoat/#comment-881 Living with Balls Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:32:13 +0000 http://couchcampus.com/?p=3649#comment-881 The media is always looking for someone to blame. Movies, music and other forms of entertainment get blamed as well. I remember Eminem getting a lot of flack after Columbine because the two killers were fans of his music. The media is always looking for someone to blame. Movies, music and other forms of entertainment get blamed as well.

I remember Eminem getting a lot of flack after Columbine because the two killers were fans of his music.

]]> By: Sorrows http://www.couchcampus.com/lecture/violence-in-video-games-modern-warfare-2-the-latest-scapegoat/#comment-742 Sorrows Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:37:34 +0000 http://couchcampus.com/?p=3649#comment-742 I couldn't agree with you more, and I, like many of you, are tired of the Video Game Industry constantly being labeled the "cause" of these violent outbursts, when movies like Saw (all 6 of them), Nightmare on Elmstreet, all the Friday the 13th street movies getting off scott-free. Not everyone has a video game system with violent games, but almost everyone watches movies. I think it's bull shit anyway, I've been playing games since I was three (A Link to the Past anyone?), and violent, hackem/slashem movies since I can rememer. Hell, my first memorable nightmare was because of Nightmare on Elmstreet. I don't go around blowing people up, shooting them, hacking limbs off, and other such violent/gruesome means of violence. Sure, I'll get upset in a game online, and talk some serious smack to them. I may threaten to find them, and show them how that scenario should have played out, but, even given the chance to meet them, I wouldn't kill them. It's just a game. It's a passion. A hobby. A lifestyle. I couldn’t agree with you more, and I, like many of you, are tired of the Video Game Industry constantly being labeled the “cause” of these violent outbursts, when movies like Saw (all 6 of them), Nightmare on Elmstreet, all the Friday the 13th street movies getting off scott-free. Not everyone has a video game system with violent games, but almost everyone watches movies. I think it’s bull shit anyway, I’ve been playing games since I was three (A Link to the Past anyone?), and violent, hackem/slashem movies since I can rememer. Hell, my first memorable nightmare was because of Nightmare on Elmstreet. I don’t go around blowing people up, shooting them, hacking limbs off, and other such violent/gruesome means of violence. Sure, I’ll get upset in a game online, and talk some serious smack to them. I may threaten to find them, and show them how that scenario should have played out, but, even given the chance to meet them, I wouldn’t kill them. It’s just a game. It’s a passion. A hobby. A lifestyle.

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