Comment Re:Natural Born Killers (Score 1) 285
You're right, I have taken the example a bit out of context. It's a cause and effect thing - but sometimes it's hard to tell which is the cause and which is the effect.
I'm sure that, given the right guidance, your kids won't grow up to be idle, sadistic escapists. I am talking about an extreme situation here, a product of years of neglect, and as well, IMHO, one could argue that it is partly "society's fault".
The fact remains, many computer games are ultra-violent. When I played DOOM for the first time, with headphones on, I was quite shocked by the rattle of the machine guns, the gore, the screams of the dying monsters, etc. I don't feel that anymore - why? Possibly because I have been desensitised to violence to some extent. Which is not necessarily a good thing. And now we have even more realistic violence in computer games... where does it all lead?
I'm sure that, given the right guidance, your kids won't grow up to be idle, sadistic escapists. I am talking about an extreme situation here, a product of years of neglect, and as well, IMHO, one could argue that it is partly "society's fault".
The fact remains, many computer games are ultra-violent. When I played DOOM for the first time, with headphones on, I was quite shocked by the rattle of the machine guns, the gore, the screams of the dying monsters, etc. I don't feel that anymore - why? Possibly because I have been desensitised to violence to some extent. Which is not necessarily a good thing. And now we have even more realistic violence in computer games... where does it all lead?
