So here we are again hmmm. Do any of you out there play any of the online fps ( first person shooter) style of games? I know I do and I LOVE the Half-life games and thier mods; particularly Team fortress. I like the team aspect of it and the different classes with thier own unique skills. I tend to prefer the engineer,demo or medic classes myself, cant snipe to save my life and the heavy machine gun class is just way to slow. pyro is ok as well as the soilder class but I have my three favorites and tend to play as them mainly. I saw a talk on T.V ( thats the other glowing box in the house for all you hardcore webaholics out there :-) ) wanting to know if computer games were getting to violent and if violence in the games can cause violence in real life. My personal opinion is unless your a bit unstable and are prone to that sort of violence in the first place then anything can probably set you off, but as for the rest of us I say a resounding NO!!!! I mean look at the old cartoons like the bugs bunny roadrunner shows. Now dont get me wrong I enjoyed watching them too so I'm not bashing them in any way but in them I have seen charectors shoot each other with shotguns but tht isnt considered too violent. and what about Tom and Jerry I was watching it with my young son yesterday and Tom clobbered Jerry over the head with a hammer. Now wht do you think would be easier for a child to get ahold of a phase induction plasma cannon or a Hammer? Yes I think children should be a little older before they are allowed to play some of the more graphic ganes out there and I personally think all games should come with settings to adjust the gore content to suit personal taste and the childrens age and emotional development but do violence in games cause violence in real life? NO!!!
Now having said that I feel much better and can get down off this soapbox and go play some games. have a good day everyone.