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DTVuser2009

Heck in my day (1980s) Nintendo's Duck Hunt was a 'violent' game due to the nature of shooting alone, being a First Person Shooter, albeit a primitive one. but in the list of #1 violent games Doom was king. but it didn't make me want to go shoot people. i think a lot of that nanny crap from parents has no real purpose. better to have the kids shoot digital people than get out and on drugs and shoot real people.

TonyT

I've got kids so I look into these things a bit more.

Does game violence make teens aggressive? - On the Level- msnbc.com

We have a few games that might be considered a bit more violent, but nothing like the Grand Theft Auto series. Mostly karate/fist fighting games. Just my thoughts here, but as long as you have some kind of a moral structure at home, and the kids understand that they're playing a game, most video games are not any worse than TV on a Sunday night.

stevezachtech

I have to agree with you on this one TonyT especially being a parent myself. As long as our children grows with the right morale and principles and they will always know what is right and what is wrong (I know this is probably impossible but at least on the level of killing, it should be fairly easy to decide), then a certain degree of violence in video games should not hurt. I just can't imagine seeing my young one play GTA though. That would definitely put me to shame if that happens anytime soon.

cronus

I don't have any problem with violent video games. This supposed violence will always be present somewhere, and children cannot be shut off from the world. Part of a child's development is the ability to seperate fantasy from reality. Let them play!

DTVuser2009

The world is violent. if kids don't learn at a young age that it's not all Sesame Street and Unicorns, they might as well not learn at all. they need to be taught young that the world isn't the peaceful utopia that preschool PBS teaches them. be prepared. through games, TV, or reality itself.

When i was young i was taught the worst thing a parent could ever do to a child is denying them that knowledge.

homebrewer

I love violent games. I was used to it. With a common sense, you should know what is real and fiction. Been playing since i was 3 and still a gamer. Never did i try to shoot somebody just to justify i saw it on a video game lolz.

Aaron62

Anybody remember Wolfenstein 3D? First person Nazi shooter, lol.

DTV, it's not that I don't agree with you somewhat, but I just don't think it's a good idea to teach kids about violence by having them act out to it in a video game. Teaching them about it in school (ie WW1, WW2, etc) is much different.

That said, I don't think violent movies or games should be cut out completely. If I had a kid, I wouldn't want him playing Grand Theft Auto. That's for sure.

DTVuser2009

Heck i'm 30 and i won't touch GTA with a 10-foot pole. but i have no problem with a kid wanting to play Deer Hunter 5 or Doom 2.

Or my favorite sim, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. back before the World Wide Web, i could easily kill 24 hours playing that game lol of course those three games today are ancient compared to new ones.

But they were fun. i just never could get into those MMORPGs for many reasons, one as i hate the stupid 'leek speak' (like pw3ned) and the immature attitudes. i played games to have fun not be an idiot over the wire. plus they always cost money to play, considering the game costs about $59 it seems hard to justify paying $12/mo just to be in a game's version of Myspace.

jerseygirl

Yes, violence is always there- I agree.
But that does not me wanting my kids playing such aggressive games.

I am on the lucky side with this. Because my kids play settlement games. Building up new colonies and working as a farmer are the games they like most.

And paying fees for an online game was easy to get by. We told them to pay it theirselves. A month without money in the hands took this problem off