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damnedifIknow

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9. I've played a violent game online

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:54 PM

Aug 2015

A match up between two players and some of the messages I have received after one has lost would send you into shock. Absolutely off the wall. It's just a game and I believe some don't understand that.

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Video Game Ratings Board Says No Changes Coming After Doctor’s Group Links Violent Vid Games [View all] Blue_Adept Aug 2015 OP

Yea - it's not like murderers have been de-sensatised to violence... jonno99 Aug 2015 #1

I'm no gamer. Anything beyond Minesweeper is too complicated for my dexterity whatthehey Aug 2015 #2

Which is why there were no murders prior to videogames existing. Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #3

I imagine there were indeed murders prior to gaming LanternWaste Aug 2015 #7

So how come murders, and violence, have decreased rapidly since violent video games existed? whatthehey Aug 2015 #10

There's a world of difference between animated violence in video games NuclearDem Aug 2015 #4

I was involved in a CPT direct action project gratuitous Aug 2015 #5

That works for some stores... Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #6

Videogames in general and Gamestop in particular aren't typically "browse" purchases. WestCoastLib Aug 2015 #8

I've played a violent game online damnedifIknow Aug 2015 #9