It's a problem, todays games whether you realize it or not, games like GTA IV are not good for future society. Brains of kids today are shaped by these games, millions of them will be playing this and it will be part of their reality. Maybe for FlameDuck who is man of 30 years this is escapism, but for someone young who's parents don't have time to baby sit him or pick his games this will become the reality because he was trained and society accepts it, next time he goes on his raping and killing spee in real world, he will quote FlameDuck "it's entertainment, its esapism but on a higer level, I decided to take it to the next level, it's all fun and games few people of flesh and blod got hurt but so what, I'm cool... I am escaping this boring reallity, etc...". As the reporter said these kids are training in virtual reality to become societies worst nightmares.
Sure you can say every parent should do it's job and not allow kids to play these games, but we know that millions of kids will be playing these games, and blame should not be put on unknowing parents, it should be put on people making these interactive games which allow you to "become" not anymore watch but you "become" and you pull the trigger and kill policemen, rape woman, do hit jobs, etc. Our societies are turning into zombie societies, and here is FlameDuck calling it "escapism". Good book or movie where you are third person watching or reading something that touches you, that moves you emotionally or stimulates your imagination is escapism.
GTA4 type of games is not escapism, it's a frigging training simulator that will be destroying entire generations of young unsuspecting minds who think its fun to kill cops and rape woman. By destroying I mean it will be acceptable in these kids mind to have these thing which they did in game do in the real world, when the trouble comes they will do what they have trained for decades, hit, run and rape. I mean it's fun in games, entire generation spend they time in front of computers no real interaction with human beeings, so what If I kill and rape someone, it's accepted, it's funwhen done in virtual environment, why whould it be different in the real world? It's slippery rope, maybe our generation is doing ok, but next 2-3-4 generations will be doing worser if these kind of games continue to be produces in future without much tougher control :) my 50$
Sure you can say every parent should do it's job and not allow kids to play these games, but we know that millions of kids will be playing these games, and blame should not be put on unknowing parents, it should be put on people making these interactive games which allow you to "become" not anymore watch but you "become" and you pull the trigger and kill policemen, rape woman, do hit jobs, etc. Our societies are turning into zombie societies, and here is FlameDuck calling it "escapism". Good book or movie where you are third person watching or reading something that touches you, that moves you emotionally or stimulates your imagination is escapism.
GTA4 type of games is not escapism, it's a frigging training simulator that will be destroying entire generations of young unsuspecting minds who think its fun to kill cops and rape woman. By destroying I mean it will be acceptable in these kids mind to have these thing which they did in game do in the real world, when the trouble comes they will do what they have trained for decades, hit, run and rape. I mean it's fun in games, entire generation spend they time in front of computers no real interaction with human beeings, so what If I kill and rape someone, it's accepted, it's funwhen done in virtual environment, why whould it be different in the real world? It's slippery rope, maybe our generation is doing ok, but next 2-3-4 generations will be doing worser if these kind of games continue to be produces in future without much tougher control :) my 50$