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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby shadylady » Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:47 am

Court: Calif. Can't Ban Violent Video Game Sales
Kids have the RIGHT to play violent video games! Of course, they still can't have access to pornographic material. Hmmm. That seems a little inconsistent. I worry more about teenagers committing violent crimes than about teenagers having sex. Oh well, score another point for stupid inconsistency!
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby desertrat » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:55 am

First Amendment Trumps California in Supreme Court Battle Over Violent Video Games
Yeah, Shady, it seems we have more to worry about from violence than from porn. Just goes to show that public officials have their priorities all screwed up! There's more evidence that violence is bad for children than that porn is bad for children. And yet obscenity laws remain and this doesn't pass. Go figure! I'm for the government not censoring anything and allowing citizens to decide for themselves what they consider to be obscene or violent. That would be what you'd expect living in the "Land of the Free" but obviously that's just a fairytale! So, I guess I agree with this decision and would like it extended to other forms of expression.
The debate about video games' effect on kids has raged since the '80s and intensified in the '90s with the creation of Doom and a spate of school shootings. After the turn of the century, states across America, including Illinois and Michigan, attempted to criminalize the sale of violent video games to minors. But each of these laws, usually promoted by Democrats, was found by the lower courts to violate the First Amendment, running afoul of the country's Constitutional protection for free speech. California's attempt to criminalize violent games got further than others. The law was written by California assemblyman and child psychologist Leland Yee and signed into law by then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Yee's law borrowed the language of the Miller Test, a set of criteria established by the Supreme Court in 1973 for determining if forms of speech are obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment. Short of establishing a class of obscene video games that would be illegal for any American, Yee's law would build on the Supreme Court precedent for allowing states to make the sale of certain kinds of pornographic content—adult magazines, for example—illegal when sold to children, while remaining legal if sold to adults.

LINK: http://kotaku.com/5795472/video-games-defeat-california-in-supreme-court-battle-over-violent-video-games
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby shadylady » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:11 am

Can Children Benefit From Playing Violent Video Games
Typical the-sky-is-falling attitude from psychologist lady, but still a reasonable discussion. Not a great discussion, but a reasonable discussion of video game violence. A few valid points were made and then there was also plenty of BS as usual!
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby a2z » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:03 pm

Call of Juarez Backlash? Trailer Released for Latest Version, The Cartel
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby desertrat » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:32 am

The Most Controversial Video Games
If violent video games are what you want, this list is for your!!! :pacman:
LINK:http://www.ugo.com/games/most-controversial-video-games
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby desertrat » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:47 am

Creator of Video Game Doom Says Video Games Not Responsible for Violence
Interesting article. The logical link between violence in real life and video game violence doesn't exist, but there are those who say that their gut tells them that such a link exists. I say in the absence of proof, no adverse action should be taken. :pacman:
In the early 1990’s the first-person shooter game Doom took America, and the world, by storm. Millions played the PC-based game that was initially distributed broadly by shareware. The game features the player in the role of a space soldier on the Mars moon Phobos who fights his way through a demon infested military base. Using a variety of weapons, the player must kill an increasingly violent range of demons. The game caused considerable controversy. After the Columbine massacre, it was found that killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold played the game. In one video tape made by the killers, Harris says, “It’s gonna be like f****** Doom man….” John Carmack, one of the creators of Doom, nonetheless maintains that violent video games are not responsible for real-world violent behaviors. “I never took seriously the violence in video games debate. It was basically talking points for people to get on CNN and espouse their stuff on there,” Carmack told Industrygamers.com.

LINK: http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/08/09/creator-of-video-game-doom-says-video-games-not-responsible-for-violence/
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby ziggy » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:23 pm

Bulletstorm Skillshots - Assplosion :thumb:
LEGALIZE IT!!!
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby desertrat » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:18 am

Man Sends Obscene Texts to Underage Boy, Video Games Blamed As Usual
There are two things we don't know based on the info presented in this article: 1) Did the 19-year-old know the age of the boy? Apparently all communications were text only and so the 19-year-old probably didn't realize that the boy was only eleven. It is extremely common for children to misrepresent their age while online. 2) Did the 19-year-old make sexually suggestive comments or did he make violent comments which included sexually charged language? (There is a huge difference.) This sounds more like a flame war between a couple of game players that got a little bit out of control. It also sounds like the authorities misinterpreted the exchanges. Most likely the boy's parents read some of the exchanges and complained. Clueless law enforcement officials then misunderstood the context and decided that the 19-year-old was making sexual comments to a child, when from the perspective of the 19-year-old he was engaged in a dispute with a peer. It is quite likely that the boy made the first obscene remarks and that the 19-year-old just returned volley, having no idea that the boy was a boy, assuming, based on anonymous interactions, that the boy was his age or possibly older.
While it's allegedly true that the victim and his abuser -- 19 year old Chris Buckeridge -- first met while playing Grand Theft Auto online, the victimization of the 11 year old continued outside of the game via Facebook and cellphone texts. Despite there being no evidence that the game caused Buckeridge's behavior, the argument still arose. "He was playing an online game where the character you control is immersed in a virtual world where you can steal cars, injure and kill people -- very violent," said Antony Hucklesby, mitigating. "He was immersed in a virtual world where anything went. It spilt over into his life and inhibited him in the way he communicated with other people."

LINK: http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/224111/man-sends-obscene-texts-to-underage-boy-video-games-blamed-as-usual/
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby desertrat » Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:57 am

Stop the Misinformation Campaign about Video Game Violence
If you don't like video games, don't play video games! It's that simple. When you start sticking your nose into other people's business, who are just minding their own business, and try to ruin their fun that's when you become an asshole! So, don't be an asshole and don't worry about what other people are doing in the privacy of their own dwellings! If they aren't disturbing the peace or destroying public property, then just let them be!
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The Congressmen promoting this bill are disregarding the 2010 Supreme Court case that emphatically rejected a similar attempt to unconstitutionally restrict the sale of video games. That's because the Supreme Court recognized that the emerging art form of video games is entitled to as much First Amendment protection as any of the mediums that have come before, and can't be singled out for stigma based on flawed science and a mob mentality: "Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books, plays, and movies, they communicate ideas through familiar literary devices and features distinctive to the medium."

LINK: https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8548
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Re: Violent Video Games

Postby cactuspete » Fri May 18, 2012 7:02 am

Diablo III EXCLUSIVE Gameplay Trailer
The people at Slatester have a sense of humor. Apparently people attempting to play this game can't get logged on to play it!
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After the release of the incredibly popular Diablo III this week, we decided to make a more accurate trailer based on our gaming experience.

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