Video games cause violent behavior

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No. It's that your dislike doesn't give you the right to tell anyone what kind of games they may buy or sell. Yours is a common mentality. "I don't like it, so it doesn't deserve to exist." You are WRONG.

They're FUN, man! Haven't you ever wanted to take a starship out and bust some torpedos on some fools? Go psycho killer with a lightsaber and force powers on a base full of storm troopers? Plow through rush hour traffic in a stolen army tank?


It's a harmless release, as long as you differentiate between fantasy and reality.

 

Quite the opposite. My mom was a fitness nut and even to this day nags me because I don't want to get on the treadmill after being at school and working eight hours at goddamn work.

Point is, this country as a whole can do a lot more to take initiative to lose weight. Taking PE two days a week in grade school won't do fuck shit when the parents at home insist on filling their kids with fatty and carb-heavy foods.

I sucked big time at softball myself. In sixth grade, our teacher would take us out to play baseball on occasion, and I never so much as hit the ball in a foul until mid-March (And then was truck out on the technicality that I "threw" the bat. Like a kid's gonna gently place a bat down when they hit it. DUUURRRRR )
I was a bit better when I did it in High School, but not by much.

But getting back to video games, the Wii has a great library of family-friendly games. Most of them are almost too friendly, especially that "Endless Ocean," where all you do is pet animals under the sea (big whoop! ), but stuff like "Wii Play" (Which I bought mostly to get another remote) and Cooking Mama cook-off is pretty My brother and stepfather could barely tolerate each other, but they can play for hours on that "wii Play" pool game. It's the only thing I've seen the both of them take an interest in since we met our stepdad four years ago.

 

Well this thread is about VIDEO GAMES.

You can get crackin' on those other worse habits, pal.

 

i hear about that problem alot, but i have yet to see kids being fed McDonalds every night. and kids aren't being forced to play as hard because they don't want the fattys feeling left out. that's a result of schools being bitches when a fat kid fails a run and complains to his parents.

 

I read books. And I also leave the house and check out stuff. Like at Disney, I really love the Star Wars ride. And at Universal, the Terminator and the Spiderman rides are fantastic. They might be done with the Terminator thing by now.

I've also done the paintball thing. And I get a big kick out of The Bumper Cars and various amusement parks.

 

different people get thrills from different things. i personally don't like extreme sports like rock climbing or sky diving to get my kicks

 

I was all power and no stamina or coordination. Kinda like now, actually. Just to lesser degrees. Those sports are all acquired skills, and I never bothered acquiring them. I just didn't give a shit. Still don't. Also, I absolutely fucking despise the "posturing jock egomaniac" personalities you encounter playing sports. But what I was slow to realize is that there are other things you can do to stay in shape. Things that don't involve pointless fucking games that I hate anyway.

I bet I'll never find out, because I still have no interest in lame-ass sporting contests.

I've learned that I'm just not a naturally graceful person. I can learn conplex skills by emulating things I observe, but I'm not what you would call "gifted" in the physical arena.

 

My pet chimp used to say the same thing.

 

Okay, not McDonalds. Some of them prefer Burger King and KFC.

But kidding aside, it can even be a case of not cooking the *right* foods. My friend, whose Hispanic, has to eat salads from outside places because her mother is set in her ways and refuses to buy food that everyone else won't eat (and it's VERY fatty stuff). My friend's been big since I met her nine years ago, and her younger sister, who was stick thin when I first met her, is now getting the same saddlebags as my friend and their mom.

When you get a car, you can make your own choices, but young kids are stuck with their parents' bad eating habits. My aunt purposely made her youngest fat because she thought it was cute. He's slimmed down a bit, but he's still heavy, when he didn't have to be.

Can't argue that. Bunch of pussified ninnies.

 

Every kid on my block learned every major sport. we even got the recent immigrant kids to play. They learned and played.

I can't even recall one kid who DID'NT play sports with us. Even the ones that weren;t good at it played. Good at it???? Most kids weren't superstars.

I was a baseball champ in the street. Joined the Little League and sucked. But I still played the whole season.

 

Maybe being a fantastic player isn't a requirement, but enjoying the game is. Why the fuck should I participate in some sport I don't like? I can get exercise other ways.

 

You can blame public education and parenting on over weight kids.

Not video games.

Its not politically correct to tell a fat slob to quit eating fast food. Nor is it politically correct to tell a flat slob to quit drinking soda at lunch.

Its easier to take out the soda machine.

 

I think it is hilarious that Mewa admits he hasn't played videogames since 2d black and white graphics were state of the art, then says he can't understand why adults play them.
Personally I feel like I have wasted my time after sitting on the couch and watching tv.
Videogames shouldn't rule your life, but they are a fun hobby and I'll be damned if I let anyone take them away.

 

I don't like violent video games.*

So I don't buy or play them. Not rocket science.




*With the exception of Kitten Cannon, possibly the greatest game available online.

 

I do believe that violent video games can desensitize impressionable, young minds with certain predispositions. Games are rated, but too many parents heed too little attention to what their kids are watching and playing. It's called "bad parenting".

 

mewa you think dnd is evil?

 

It's worshippin' the Devil!

 

So does that mean you went out and ate white dots and blue ghosts after playing PacMan or went out and shot at insects after playing Centipede?

 

I ate some mushrooms and felt bigger.

 

Awwww.... How can you say that riding a cute little chocobo makes you violent?

 

Most of the guys (and even a few girls) my age play some video games. But almost all of them still get together to bowl, play some football, go out and watch movies, date girls, etc...

It's just another sort of activity. One that can be enjoyed with friends, I should add. Halo is popular because of it's easily accessible multiplayer... not because it has an amazing story.

I do think getting caught up or obsessed in any one thing can become a problem and lead to antisocial behavior. But it isn't just video games... it could also be a TV show, movies, music, books...

John Lennon's assassin was just some nut who was obsessed with The Beatles and Catcher In The Rye. No video games to blame for that one.

 

Anybody here play Counter Strike?

I just got back into it after about 2 years. Still haven't killed anyone IRL yet but I'm working on it.

 

Shit.

I shot a man in Reno......just to watch him die.

But, then again, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keep draggin' on.....

So I don't think it really counts.

 

Or read Voyager novels.

Like Voyager novels.

And reading Voyager novels.

 

You're drunk.

It doesn't count.

 

Try The Club...

 

if you ate the white dot, chances are you'd be seeing blue ghosts and insects...