Archive: 19 posts

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State legislators are debating on whether or not to regulate games due to violence. They believe that Nation wide issues are being caused directly by them. They do not realize how much more chaos regulating video games would actually cause. Video games can relieve stress and cause so much enjoyment around the globe. Do your part and take action! All you need to do to take part are these two things: Go to this website "Video Game Voters Network" and send an email to your state legislators about why you think games are so important to the way we live. https://secure.videogamevoters.org/speakout-now Your second task is to spread the word! Thank you for taking the time to read my message. I will always support video games. I plan to turn my career into Programming and Designing Games by going to college for Computer Engineering and a few other things. My life would perish if I could no longer create what I wanted. There's more to games than just violence. Gaming is an art form. It lets the creators and players be creative. That is what Little Big Planet is all about. Thank you again. This is what the email reads, it proves great information about how the people should regulate their own games, not the legislators. I am writing today to respectfully encourage you not to allow video games to become a scapegoat in the ongoing national debate over violence in the United States. As a voter, constituent, and avid video game player, I am concerned with the efforts of some to paint my choice of entertainment as the cause of recent tragic events. I would like to share some key facts about video games and those who play them. The average video game player is 30 years old and the average game purchaser is 35 years old. In addition, women 18 and older represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (18 percent), and 29 percent of game players are over the age of 50. I believe that parents, not politicians, are in the best position to determine entertainment choices for their families and, according to the Federal Trade Commission, parents are involved in the purchase and rental of their children's games over 89 percent of the time. Also, according to the Entertainment Software Association, 91 percent of parents monitor the content of the games their children play. It is very important to help parents and caregivers ensure that the computer and video games children play are appropriate and parent approved. However, the video game rating system is already doing a great job by providing parents with detailed video game content descriptors and parental controls available on all video game consoles. In addition, through partnerships with retailers across the nation, the video game industry has the highest level of retail enforcement of any entertainment form. Instead of blaming video games - which numerous studies have shown do not incite violence, but instead help to advance technology and society - we should be discussing new solutions that strike at the heart of the real problems we face. I completely stand with the American people who are rightfully demanding action in response to recent tragedies. What these events require is serious debate and serious solutions, and blaming video games and gamers is neither. Thank you. Sincerely, Yourself

2013-10-24 22:18:00 Author: MusicMan234 Posts: 82

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Video games don't need help saving, they've made it quite clear that they auto save.

2013-10-24 23:00:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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I made a thread about it a long time ago, Unless they want protests, assassinations, etc. they wont do it. trust me.

2013-10-25 21:33:00 Author: Seant1228 Posts: 348

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I can guarantee they won't either. I still wanted to let anyone who didn't know that they are still trying to.

2013-10-25 21:48:00 Author: MusicMan234 Posts: 82

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I made a thread about it a long time ago, Unless they want protests, assassinations, etc. they wont do it. trust me. Assassinations? I don't think people would go as far as forming a pro video-game terror group.

2013-10-25 22:00:00 Author: Shooter0898 Posts: 996

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Assassinations? I don't think people would go as far as forming a pro video-game terror group. *Hides kunais*

2013-10-25 22:17:00 Author: flamingemu Posts: 1872

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Saying that video games cause violence is like saying that rap music turns people into gangsters and rapists or that using Facebook causes people to become antisocial. It just doesn't add up.

2013-10-25 23:35:00 Author: GreatWhite000 Posts: 673

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Assassinations? I don't think people would go as far as forming a pro video-game terror group. They probably would. Some people go that crazy over games, you know, not me, but i would hate to see violent stuff die just because of 1 shooting.

2013-10-26 21:13:00 Author: Seant1228 Posts: 348

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Why are there debates about getting rid of games that could simulate violence, instead of debating over gun laws? I don't think that games cause violence, I think it's a stupid idea. But if you're going to go down that route, surely you'd look at things that people may be tempted to use in replication of the games. And like someone already said here, it's like saying rap music makes you a gangster, utterly ridiculous. However, I wouldn't think too much of it, when the government has a sour reputation anyway, the last thing they want to do is pass a bill that will aggravate so many people, especially when many gamers are relatively young. It could mess up their presidential campaigns for years to come.

2013-10-26 22:03:00 Author: craigmond Posts: 2426

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It's the scary movies. I'm sure of it! ..and yes that was a joke!

2013-10-26 23:04:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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Why are there debates about getting rid of games that could simulate violence, instead of debating over gun laws? I don't think that games cause violence, I think it's a stupid idea. But if you're going to go down that route, surely you'd look at things that people may be tempted to use in replication of the games. And like someone already said here, it's like saying rap music makes you a gangster, utterly ridiculous. However, I wouldn't think too much of it, when the government has a sour reputation anyway, the last thing they want to do is pass a bill that will aggravate so many people, especially when many gamers are relatively young. It could mess up their presidential campaigns for years to come. Not even gun laws, that aggravates hunters like myself. I think the whole idea of cutting back ammo or making it harder to buy a gun is stupid. We already have them, making it harder is just going to make people mad. They should be fixing our government instead.

2013-10-27 22:53:00 Author: MusicMan234 Posts: 82

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Not even gun laws, that aggravates hunters like myself. I think the whole idea of cutting back ammo or making it harder to buy a gun is stupid. We already have them, making it harder is just going to make people mad. They should be fixing our government instead. I am against the right to own a gun, even although I don't reside in America. However, the point I'm trying to make is that trying to regulate games is such a wild and stupid idea, that if they were to down that route, then wouldn't it be, in the best of the worst scenarios, to regulate gun control which actually has a proved correlation with violence. So in short, if they were to do some kind of regulation to try and stop violence , shouldn't they choose the one that is going to make a much bigger impact? Although I don't agree with stricter gun control either, well, to some extent I do. I think that while it would be helpful, it would cause way too much uproar and would be too difficult to enforce in a day and age when most Americans own a firearm. As would regulation of gaming, the difference being, I don't think it would make much positive difference at all.

2013-10-28 17:33:00 Author: craigmond Posts: 2426

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No guns = no people shooting each other No video games = no people shooting virtual people Ban guns not games yo

2013-10-28 19:42:00 Author: flamingemu Posts: 1872

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I am against the right to own a gun, even although I don't reside in America. However, the point I'm trying to make is that trying to regulate games is such a wild and stupid idea, that if they were to down that route, then wouldn't it be, in the best of the worst scenarios, to regulate gun control which actually has a proved correlation with violence. So in short, if they were to do some kind of regulation to try and stop violence , shouldn't they choose the one that is going to make a much bigger impact? Although I don't agree with stricter gun control either, well, to some extent I do. I think that while it would be helpful, it would cause way too much uproar and would be too difficult to enforce in a day and age when most Americans own a firearm. As would regulation of gaming, the difference being, I don't think it would make much positive difference at all. No guns = no people shooting each other No video games = no people shooting virtual people Ban guns not games yo First off No guns=House to House Searches (Illegal) No guns=Armed Attacks to defend guns (Illegal) No guns= We already have them and can not be taken from us (LAW) Our guns can't be taken from us, only restrictions can take place. The government thinks putting restrictions on guns will end the shootings. Well their DEAD wrong. The ONLY thing standing between shootings and stopping it is the operator. My gun will not harm something unless I am operating it or it is mis-used. Stopping video games isn't going to solve it either. People kill people because they dislike something about them or are just messed up in a sense. School shootings mostly result from bullying. That's a topic we can work with. We can only own semi-auto or bolt action rifles unless you have a permit of some sort. So only experienced people really have the weapons to cause mass chaos. Not every death you hear about is from a gun either. Americans use guns for more than just shooting people. We use them to go hunting, entertainment, and protection. We use guns for protection from animals, such as bears, or from humans causing harm. That is exactly the same reasoning with video games. The gun law is definitely more related to violence but in the end, it will end the same way with video games. But this thread is about video games not about gun laws so I will end my statement and not answer any more gun law posts.

2013-10-28 22:32:00 Author: MusicMan234 Posts: 82

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There is nothing about this thread that doesn't make me want to violently vomit out my own intestines. If permitted to do so I will find the houses of all who post here and build a house out of your bodies before painting said house will all of your blood. Now can we please get off such a pointless topic. :3 Edit: WHY IS MY ACTIVITY SO LOW! YOU'RE NEXT TAFFEY

2013-10-28 23:12:00 Author: butter-kicker Posts: 1061

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If permitted to do so I will find the houses of all who post here and build a house out of your bodies before painting said house will all of your blood. Plans horrible thing Needs premission first.

2013-10-28 23:19:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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Plans horrible thing Needs premission first. You remind of my Uncle Paul. Get outta here Paul.

2013-10-28 23:24:00 Author: butter-kicker Posts: 1061

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There is nothing about this thread that doesn't make me want to violently vomit out my own intestines. If permitted to do so I will find the houses of all who post here and build a house out of your bodies before painting said house will all of your blood. Now can we please get off such a pointless topic. :3 Edit: WHY IS MY ACTIVITY SO LOW! YOU'RE NEXT TAFFEY So violent... kids these days, it's because of all these darned violent video games I tell ya! Notice I said kids because you are all younglings mwahahahaha x Also side note intestines shouldn't really be full of blood unless you've been eating blood and if they are you should go to the hospital or something

2013-10-28 23:37:00 Author: flamingemu Posts: 1872

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So violent... kids these days, it's because of all these darned violent video games I tell ya! Notice I said kids because you are all younglings mwahahahaha x Also side note intestines shouldn't really be full of blood unless you've been eating blood and if they are you should go to the hospital or something Someone got the joke

2013-10-28 23:56:00 Author: butter-kicker Posts: 1061

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