Gaming is Satan!

Like I said at the end of the last blog, violence in video games is often in the eye of the media, after the 2011 Norway attacks carried out by Anders Behring Breivikand 69 people were massacred, the reason why gaming was involved in this is that this fool stated that he practiced using Call of Duty: modern warfare 2 "for training sessions". Twat. This caused uproar (again) that these games are far too violent, blah, blah, self righteous kitten cuddling blah.

                                                                                                                           

On the other hand It is fair to say that some games are a little too violent, manhunt for example is a game that has been banned in the UK - amongst other countries - due to just how jaw droppingly violent it is, game play includes decapitating your fellow man with tennis rackets where you get more points depending on stealthy, violent or brutal kills and it shows you how to do so in extensive detail. Yes, this is violent and if you get your rocks of this way then you are undoubtedly already messed up in the head so hardly a headline act, just another nutter who wants to kill others around them and are undoubtedly one of the mad house retards the game is based upon. To which case it isn't the fault of games per say just that you've mental issues and should be sectioned.

Where Breivikand (choosing the hardest part of his name to pronounce of cause) starts things off with being the exception to normal gamers and flies off the deep end, the other example of this is the recent Batman film massacre where, a fellow rocked up; masked and clad in black, hair painted red and stated he was "The Joker" before tossing a gas canister into the crowd (much like with the first seen in The Dark Knight) and opened fire upon the crowd, he killed 12 and injured 58. Due to his young age the media decided, it must be the result of video games and that he was a bit of a loner, but is that ever blamed? Maybe he wouldn’t have gone bat shit if he actually had friends? I would say the same for Breivikand but he was off the wall, Hitler style crazy and there’s a difference between misunderstood and fucktarded.

Though I’m getting away from things here, and should probably ground myself with some facts – maybe that would set me apart from any other person getting annoyed that news papers, and columnists wait for a massacre before latching onto it and blaming game developers and the general desensitisation of society. If you’re reading this then I hope you are an intelligent person who can read, preferably write and know the difference between reality and VIDEO GAMES! 

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The hint is in the title of them, anyone who sees a 2x4 rammed down the throat of a clown suit wearing zombie and then decides that, that looks like a good idea you’ve clearly missed the plot that this is a game. The developers allow you to do it as you would in reality – I wouldn't mine into the centre of the planet or command an army into a war, firstly because I’m lazy, and second because I’m a pussy. Game creates escapism where you can do all these things but are returned to the normal, non pixel filled world at the end.

If I’m honest the real world is boring and in desperate need of the occasional checkpoint or reload, games mostly have both of these and are created for entertainment purposes (and in terms of sequels to make more money). Much like where weapons of defence can be used for offense, things created for entertainment can be used as “training” and/or rein acted –by morons with the social skills of a squirrel, but apparently all gamers have the social skills of Squirrels and can be brainwashed by violence at the drop of a hat, or acorn.

A few years ago when the latest GTA came out someone waiting for it stabbed someone who had the game already, shock and outrage ensued – what was often left out was that the person who got stabbed was being a cunt and mocking those who were still waiting in the line, the guy didn’t even steal the game off of him, just stabbed him because he was being a dickhead. Okay there’s a fine line that shouldn’t be crossed - although the guy most likely deserved a good hard thumb, stabbing was a little over the top.

At the end of the day, when the zombie invasion takes place, you are going to want the help of gamers who have spent hours removing the head and destroying the brain, but much like adding a kitten and blender together I'd question the guy rocking in the corner to maybe tone it back the laughing with glee a little.