scottyskater77

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When/if I ever have kids, I won't regulate what they play because I grew up being able to play and watch what I wanted. I remember my father and I watching Terminator 2 when I was 8 years old: It was a bonding experience. I hope to be able to play my kids in a deathmatch one day.

Solori

This is a good point. Too many people try to condemn tv and video games as simply being electronic babysitters. But not everyone sits little Johnny off in a dark corner to play tv or video games on his own.

Your post made me laugh because it reminded me of the time I bought Fur Fighters because I wanted a FPS to play with the kids. It was a great bonding experience. [So I don't offend the anti-violence people too much I will note that Fur Fighters has no blood and you basically play as cute little stuffed animals.][And for the gamers out there I will note that its gameplay is pretty terrible so don't run out and buy it]

Your post made me laugh, too. lol. As soon as I read the words "Fur Fighters" I laughed out loud. I totally forgot about that game, and I completely agree with you on it's gameplay.:lol:

Mabye they should make Fur Fighters a movie and Hostel 2 into a game?

If it seems ridiculous for me to say that playing non-violent games will turn a violent person into a non-violent person, why doesn't it seem ridiculous for others to say that playing violent games will turn a non-violent person into a violent person?Solori

Very good point. I completely agree. 8)

The problem is a lot of parents use video games as a cheap babysitter to avoid actually spending time with their kids. And god forbid you should sign up little johnny to play some t-ball, just let him sit in his dark bedroom by himself all day playing grand theft auto!UT_Wrestler

When/if I ever have kids, I won't regulate what they play because I grew up being able to play and watch what I wanted. I remember my father and I watching Terminator 2 when I was 8 years old: It was a bonding experience. I hope to be able to play my kids in a deathmatch one day.

How is it a gross generalization? I've seen many videos, shown on television and the internet, of soldiers laughing while they shoot and kill people off in the distance. Making a "game" out of it. I've also seen many American soldiers do great things for other people. I was not generalizing or demonizing in any way, I'm just saying the techniques used by the American military training that desensitizes their soldiers to violence in such a way that it makes some of them inhuman is what needs to be fixed. I don't care if you can end up making a mistake on the battlefield, brainwashing people into thinking anything is wrong. They should be encouraged to fight to help people and save them from the actually inhuman enemies, not to play a videogame.foxhound_fox

I think that Solori was just trying to point out that it's not just the American army that reacts this way.

Check this out: http://www.ketv.com/news/15249738/detail.html

Yet another article trying to make games look bad. At least they give both points of view on the issue, and state that parents are the ultimate control on what their kids should play.

Ya momentum is key but Sony is just dumping the 60gb model rather than making it a real price cut on a permanent sku. I personally think the current sales are people going and rushing out to get the 60gb so they can have backwards compatibility with the ps2 chip. Once they run out of 60gb models it's back to 1 sku at the higher price where i'm sure sales will slump unless they start cranking out games.

I predict they'll go back to their old sales figures in a couple months when they run out of the cheaper sku

karmageddon2k4

That's one of the main reasons I went out and bought one. I never owned a PS2, so there are still a lot of games I want to play.