Monthly rant: Video games makes us violent.

Sigh... I just... I just... I don't even know where to even start! Different things gets blamed for a genocide/murder/fights. But games, really? Hell I will be honest and say that I highly doubt ANYTHING "creative" like movies, music, shows and games do really make a person violent. If it does, then there is something horribly wrong with that person.

You hear it on the news, media and people who don't really understand it saying: "oh, so you're playing video games" in a voice that sounds like they're looking down on you. Like you're going to be a thug, murderer or anything bad, like you have nothing to live for, nothing to strive for. They make it sound like you're a "lost soul needing salvation from god".

Cut the crap, let's be reasonable now, if anything (or anyone for that matter) is to blame is how narrow minded, easy going, simple humans that can't tell PIXELS from reality. I mean, how can you even think that something like a racing game can promote ill-driving, or even how shooters "promotes" murderers. Doesn't that mean that other games should promote kindness, co-operation, love and that friendship is magic?

Media have claimed that a lot of crimes committed is promoted by video games. The rant video games and Gamers get from playing is (in my opinion) too much, it's like they think that most of the ones who play video games are retarded and can't see the difference between the Real World and a Fictional-graphical-made-world (a fake world, made up by pixels, a lot of them are truly beautiful.)

The stories in the games is really just a story, art if you like to call it. Some more cruel than others, some actually so sugarcoated with love that you don't even know what to do. Some even pretty close to the reality, but with a twist.



Just don't get me started on Religion vs Games. I just don't want to walk into that minefield and... oh heck, here it goes!

Religion Vs Games.

Newest information I got where religion is "attacking" a game is the one where Iranian tournament bans female champions in League of Legends, why?

Because the "Iranian government is enforcing the religious practice of forbidding the exposure of a woman's body other than hands and feet." as they put it nicely on their site.

Another strange thing is: In order to play Annie (a cute little kid who loves to fire on things, accompanied by her bear Tibbers), players must lower their headset volume. (WHAT?!)


Source: http://www.mmobomb.com/news/iranian-tournament-bans-female-champions/

Now to the "most violent games" in the early 2000.

Grand Theft Auto III, the most violent game. (2001)

If you remember the drama around GTA III back in 2001-ish, you'll remember how people actually said that this promotes criminal actions and was the most violent game in the world.

GTA III was attacked by mass media outlets for having excessive violence, allowing you (the player) to kill police officers, old women, and just about anyone else in the game. (it was close to the September 11th attack to, so that made it worse).






What people also reacted on was how you could pick up prostitutes and have sex with them (no, you couldn't see them do it, nor hear any "naughty noises"), and you could kill them afterwards to get your money back. This game got banned in Australia, and renewed the studying, debating  and decrying the effect of violent media on children and society at large. (WHAT ABOUT BLOODY MOVIES AND BOOKS? sigh... I'm so close to just... give up and just become a hermit!)

Soldier of Fortune (2000)

Truth be told, GTA-III was NOTHING compared to Soldier of fortune which came out the year before that (2000). But it didn't really get the same reaction as GTA did, is it because you're a "soldier for hire" to kill bad guys in Soldier of Fortune?

I was 9 years old back then when I saw those body parts flying around, gore all over the place in this game. Sure it scared the crap out of me, hell I think I had some nightmares at first too. 






But sooner or later I understood it was just a game and didn't think of those as living beings (I did already understand that since it's a VIDEO GAME and all, and it was not the "top notch" graphics either). And i know people think of it the same way, that it's a VIDEO GAME, fictional, not real! 

But there is one last thing I must agree on, Video games, movies and music (really?) in the wrong hands, by that i mean the ones who really can't tell the difference between it. Is a really dangerous person, it's not the game/movie that does it, it's the persons mind.


I am not a fan of violence, nor do I want to promote it. But the way I look at movies/shows/games is that it's purely fiction and I do understand it's not real. IT'S NOT REAL FOLKS!

And I'm out! 
KEEP ON GAMING!