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In reply to the discussion: Hollywood?? WTF? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)You also know the Aurora shooter did not play video games?
We have no idea about this one yet.
Laughner did not either.
They are part of the culture, but they are not the originator of the problem. Silent scope, one of these games, has not even been in arcades for over a decade. (Lousy game too)
And I am, when I buy am m rated game for my husband, carded...trust me, my 18th birthday was a few decades ago.
We need to have a serious conversation, but these same video games are sold and played around the advanced world. Explain why different cultures do not go there.
You made the point that the rating is not working, yet it is. Unless parents willfully buy it for their kids they can't get a copy of wolfestein 3D. (New iteration, sucks as a game). They are to the point that a creative writing tool on iTunes, is rated M.
There are no images there, except the ones in my mind. Granted, some are disturbing, but when writing horror, which at times I dabble in, it's disturbing.
You are looking at one thing you don't like. Well, let me tell you, not a single solution.
And banning computer games is not going to happen. The content WILL CHANGE if people stop buying the material. You believe that strongly, go ahead, organize a boycott. They will respond to market forces.