2011-08-04, 09:42 PM
However, military service is not as easily obtained by citizens of all ages and mental states.
Ultimately it's an issue of information availability. However, I doubt that games should be persecuted for portraying real-life objects and situations accrurately. A large factor in enjoyability is the realism of the game world, and taking that away simply reduces the item's saleability. (lol nerf guns and brighly coloured poo grenades, notmanly) It's the individual that chooses to use or abuse the information they are given. The game companies should not have to suffer for the crimes of a man who played their video games and liked them.
Especially since many parents who cite video games as causes as violence over here where I live do it out of a desire for the industry to dissipate. Simply put, their children ask for money to buy their games, and given the general scrooginess of most parents here, they are unwilling to purchase anything for their children. Rather than come out and state their real reasons, they choose to cite violence issues in a bid to stop their children from spending their money. Videogames end up being scapegoats for society's failures, and is an easy target because of such people.
Ultimately it's an issue of information availability. However, I doubt that games should be persecuted for portraying real-life objects and situations accrurately. A large factor in enjoyability is the realism of the game world, and taking that away simply reduces the item's saleability. (lol nerf guns and brighly coloured poo grenades, notmanly) It's the individual that chooses to use or abuse the information they are given. The game companies should not have to suffer for the crimes of a man who played their video games and liked them.
Especially since many parents who cite video games as causes as violence over here where I live do it out of a desire for the industry to dissipate. Simply put, their children ask for money to buy their games, and given the general scrooginess of most parents here, they are unwilling to purchase anything for their children. Rather than come out and state their real reasons, they choose to cite violence issues in a bid to stop their children from spending their money. Videogames end up being scapegoats for society's failures, and is an easy target because of such people.