NO!!!!!

I am already came pre-desensitized by movies made by Arnold, Charles Brownson, Jason, Freddie, Wes Craven, Clive Barker etc etc before I start playing the PC Prince of Persia, Mean Street, Budokan etc. Then came Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat... have you guys compare that to some 70's cult classic like "The Last House on the Left"? Of course that is not a movie for under 18.. but WTF? I saw it when I was 12! That is about the same age for some of our kids start playing GTA, Manhunt etc. I didn't say that all 12 yr old saw "The Last House on the Left" but hey same as not all 12 yr old played Manhunt at that age. For the record I didn't go postal and kill my wife, my sons, my parents, my boss, my co-workers etc etc. (The wife part is very tempting though....) Will I freak out if I walk down the street and see a chopped off head? Not anymore, but will I do that to someone? No, unless the dude owes me like a million dollars or something.

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The parents are correct. I have been playing violent games since I was 8 (I'm now 18), and I am just about the least violent person that I know. It's not the violence in video games that causes people to go shoot someone... it's the idiots who can't tell the difference between a game and real life that do.

yep

true that, i knew since i was 5 what was real and what wasnt, i always love the fictional stuff cause i knew it was fake and imaginitive, violence or not, it just mattered if it was quality gaming movies etc, violence is an aspect of existence, as much as sex, death, and birth, and when implemented in a decent manner will have a positive impact in terms of immersion quality and one step closer to realistic stories or higher level interactions. Its as it always has been, fear, people can not trust others with knowledge and self empowerment, i mean consider if all or nearly all the people in the world could see their standing, who they really are, what is real what isnt, imagine the power that would swell in each of us, the confidence, again this is current problem VS. a super-ideal. but i hope that makes a little sense as it naturally is, enjoy what you love, and leave it at that

LOL at biased science

I just wrote a response essay tearing an article much like this to pieces. These so called "experiments" cannot provide control variables, the players of the said game have no option but to became stimulated from a game because they only use a game like Time-crisis 3 (the game in the article i responded to). And heart rate increases correlated to violence? so I guess they're saying after I go running I'm more prone to kill someone than if I sit on my butt typing this review: on the contrary I'm more prone to kill someone now because of how stupid these so-called "scientists" are. http://www.springerlink.com/content/66217176984x7477/fulltext.html

people people...

It's a study in Omaha...a sneeze is violent in Omaha.

Interesting....

Although its nothing new its been going on for decades, why people would find this surprising in games is beyond me.