Does Gaming Kill?

Hello,

Do you think that gaming is causing more violence? More and more violent games are been sold now and some like grand theft auto really do advertise violence. Do you think gaming is killing? If you do can you think of a way to stop it? I myself play games like that but I do think that it does encourage violence to some people. They want to be like the game character so they start fighting and so on. One way to stop it a bit would be to make a violent game have a notice at the start telling them to leave the actions in the game, in the game and show what happens if they don't leave it in the game(prison). So what is your verdict?

Thanks.

i believe that really addicted people will become more violent and agressive but those who play for fun like me will not be. its been shown in a study that gaming is good for you as it activates part of the brain not normally used.

I believe violent games have a negative effect on society, but they're just too damn fun! Children should definitely not be let play violent video games, their perception of reality is still developing and exposing them to violence will not result in anything good. I talk from experience, I remember as a child I played violent (but not very realistic) games, and I ended up hurting my friends trying to mimic the game. In later years, I kept on playing the games, but they haven't affected me in a way noticeable to myself.

Adding a notice at the beginning won't do much good. People that have the slightest amount of common sense should realize this, and those who don't, will simply ignore the label. I've seen "do not do this" labels in racing games on many occasions, but if anyone wants to drive fast and does not have good enough moral not to do it for the sake of himself and others, a notice like that won't stop him.

These are my two cents.

Let's look at this from a historical perspective.  A hundred or so years ago, a rural child at 6 or 7, would be killing animals.  Skinning them and the whole deal.  They'd know about sex--from the animals.  And they'd also probably have watched some of their siblings die from various diseases.  An urban child?  At 9 or so, they'd have already been at work for a few years.  they probably would have been in real fights.  They'd probably seen a few major crimes.

Now compare that to now.  Fake violence. 

Let's look at this from a historical perspective.  A hundred or so years ago, a rural child at 6 or 7, would be killing animals.  Skinning them and the whole deal.  They'd know about sex--from the animals.  And they'd also probably have watched some of their siblings die from various diseases.  An urban child?  At 9 or so, they'd have already been at work for a few years.  they probably would have been in real fights.  They'd probably seen a few major crimes.

Now compare that to now.  Fake violence. 

Society as a whole wants to completely get rid of violence and crime, and video games contribute (however little) to that factor. Not making violent videogames readily available to minors, violence in reality will most definitely decrease, though doubtfully a large amount. There is no actual 'need' to play violent video games, so I have no objection to reducing their availability to minors.

Every little helps.

i believe that really addicted people will become more violent and agressive but those who play for fun like me will not be. its been shown in a study that gaming is good for you as it activates part of the brain not normally used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY

This also depends on the person who plays personality...

Annoying + humortistic  players(me :D) = teabags and alot of fun
Serious + depressed gamers(not me) = only kills kills kills to be the best and get the rewards...

there are more but i dont feel like typing them now

also. Games have a recommended minimum-age (12-16-18 etc..) if they think it that way you can actually disallow the childs to play those games.

Reminds me of an article about  Amnesia: The dark decent  That parents hated this game because their children got extremely scared and blamed the creators for making the game 
But the developers doesnt buy the games. the parents often do.

/end my case

Depends.

This situation is quite relative

There is a reason why games like GTA are Mature rated. Honestly, i say: throw a warning whenever you start up the game: "THIS IS A GAME, DON'T DO THIS IN REAL LIFE".
I don't mind these games, since i play them now and then too, but seriously, if people do stupid things because of those games, they should have known better, it's THEIR fault, not the company who made the game that 'inspired' them to do it.