Comments on: “25 to Life” http://www.stonesand.net/2005/08/08/39/ Geektime Mon, 21 May 2012 10:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Diablo http://www.stonesand.net/2005/08/08/39/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Diablo Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:32:42 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~brewsteb/2005/08/08/39/#comment-434 Once again, on the curtails of Mr. Caulder, I would not mind a government study to help dissuade any more arguments like these. The drawback are people like Devon Moore who, after stealing a car and shooting 3 cops, refer to the a game as the motive behind the act. Eventually it starts to make enough noise that a politician sees it as a viable angle to enhance his/her persona as "caring", and then it hits the fan. Of course, Rockstar didn't help by leaving that "hot coffee" crap in their game either, slander for the gaming community. Anyway, expect more stuff like this in the future, until someone can nail down just how influential video games are, and whether they contribute to voilent behavior. If anything, people who perpetuate violence (and I trust no one is suing <i>25 to Life </i>at this point) see gaming as a perpetrator and themselves as a victim. Quite frankly, I would use it too, if it kept me from being "Bubba's" cell mate. But, even if we did get a government inquiry to state that there was no relation, I am sure the battle would rage on. Once again, on the curtails of Mr. Caulder, I would not mind a government study to help dissuade any more arguments like these. The drawback are people like Devon Moore who, after stealing a car and shooting 3 cops, refer to the a game as the motive behind the act. Eventually it starts to make enough noise that a politician sees it as a viable angle to enhance his/her persona as “caring”, and then it hits the fan. Of course, Rockstar didn’t help by leaving that “hot coffee” crap in their game either, slander for the gaming community.

Anyway, expect more stuff like this in the future, until someone can nail down just how influential video games are, and whether they contribute to voilent behavior. If anything, people who perpetuate violence (and I trust no one is suing 25 to Life at this point) see gaming as a perpetrator and themselves as a victim. Quite frankly, I would use it too, if it kept me from being “Bubba’s” cell mate.

But, even if we did get a government inquiry to state that there was no relation, I am sure the battle would rage on.

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