Take that!

Long have I had very strong feelings about video games and the way some people attack them. Just like guns don't kill people, people kill people (a completely different subject) but a video game has never hurt anyone. Parents who allow their children to play violent games might be raising their children incorrectly, but the solution is not to get rid of the video games. Might as well just get rid of the child. If not violent video games it will be something else, violence is a human characteristic and as far as i'm concerned it is a creative outlet of violence as opposed to I don't know...kicking puppies or terrorizing other kids on the playground.

Your Mom Hates This

I'm not a huge fan of horror games, but they did a really good job on the trailers for Dead Space 2. Just watching all of those moms get completely terrified by the game just tickles me. A fun way to advertise a game.



I can just imagine my mom watching these in that situation. She would probably squeak and get scared like all of the other moms, and then after admit in a sort of defeated tone "I could see my daughter playing this" and shaking her head. She hates gory/scary things and would always walk into my room and go "EW WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING" but she would never make comments on how the game made me a violent person.

On that subject, a lot of people still try to argue that games encourage violent behavior. I would like to argue my own case. I play more video games that most people, hours a day even. I play primarily violent games. Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War, Left 4 Dead, all of the Bioware games are extremely violent and Dragon Age: Origins has great blood spatter effects. Am I a particularly violent person outside of the gaming world? No. I contribute to society in a completely normal manner. I don't steal, I have never been arrested, I only attack when provoked. Some might argue that it is because I am a girl and it isn't in my 'nature' to be violent but I believe this applies in general. I use games as an outlet. I can rip heads off and brutally murder aliens, zombies, more aliens, other people. Laugh maniacally as I do so, and then I don't feel so stressed any more.

Just a thought.