Make Some Suggestions on which parks should be recreated in the game
But just think about being able to go into an amusement park on GTA, I think it would make the game unbeatable!!!!!
*** This post was edited by Sweetspeed 2/21/2003 9:58:35 PM ***
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I do agree but as long as the violence stays INSIDE of you its just a little harmless fun on video games.
As for the morality issues, I am old enough to see a rated R movie. I should me able to play a mature game if I so desire. Do I want to go on a killing spree nope. I am a very calm guy and a little fake violence is better than real in my book. In the words of Dennis Miller, "Thats just my opinion I could be wrong"
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I will admit that I have been entertained by games like Mission Impossible and 007, but those are strictly bad guys verse good guys, I'm not saying that's good, but unless your a spy, you really don't have any relation to that. In games like Grand Theft Auto and The Getaway, you can go up to any old person on the street and literally blow their brains out, it's ridiculous. People at my school talk about it and laugh and think it's the coolest thing, and with the graphics those games have, I feel the line between fantasy and reality has become dangerously thin.
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I don't think kids should have this game that's for sure. It is made for people mature enough to handle it and yes some people aren't. However are you telling me that someone crazy enough to copy what he does in this game in real life wouldn't do it eventually anyway?
EDIT: Sorry, alright as for the idea I think it is great. Will we see a Pilgrim World which the lady on VCPR describes? I'll doubt that ;) Maybe a mock Disneyland or something like it.
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*** This post was edited by ClarkChavez 2/21/2003 10:30:40 PM ***
Give me a break! If a person is violent, they're violent. No video game will make them that way.
It's the same as blaming games/music whatever for school shootings when it boils down to a child being backed into a corner by bullies and the administration turning a blind eye because (usually) the bullies are the precious jocks. I was bullied throughout high school because I was a small kid (you wouldn't know it now by looking at me). I had thoughts of going after the bullies and making them pay. But you know what? My inner morals stopped me. The video games had no effect on me, because they are just that - games.
Nowadays, people look to blame anything and everything on someone else. If someone's fat, sue McDonalds, they made me eat french fries until they came out my ears. If someone murdered someone, blame the music they listened to. If a guy rapes a girl, blame her because she dressed sexily.
You and only you are responsible for your actions. People like you SFGAm DieHard, are what piss me off. You don't like whats on the radio or television, change the channel - plus there's always the power button. But, if you don't agree with the game, don't buy it and don't go passing you morality off on me.
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The problem and confusion is, that, because you are not effected by violence in video games, you assume NOBODY is. That is where the problem lies, everybody is different and everybodies brain see's and interprets things differently. I may be a young high school student, but I studied a whole semester in a class on how vidoe game and movie violence effects the American population and I myself shunned off the statistic before-hand. The truth is, if just ONE person is provoked to kill another human being and some of the ideas/reasons for killing came from a "silly video game" and a person dies from it, that game that may have made the creator millions has just been the major cause of the loss of a priceless and innocent life.
I have a quote from a poster in my Honors Western Civilization class. I am very offended by your comment Redman on me pissing you off because my opinion varies from yours.
"Like all of you I have an opinion. Listen and be respectful towards mine and I will do the same for you."
Edit: BTW, I didn't go into this thinking I'd be on the upper half of the opinion. If everybody went with the flow of thought of the majority, boy oh boy, there may not even be video games today.
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*** This post was edited by SFGAMDie HARD 2/21/2003 10:43:34 PM ***
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I believe that there is some degree of violence in every living person, heck, animals too. To act out violence in real life is a sign of a serious problem, which should be addressed accordingly. However, I do not believe that TV, Music, Video Games, etc. are a corrupting factor in this. If people are so worried about their children accessing innappropriate/violent material, then they need to take control, and stop letting the internet and tv raise their childen. Also, I agree that with improving technology, the line between fantasy and reality is becoming alarmingly thin and combined. However, it returns to the parenting bit: If a parent will spend the time with their child, explain the difference between fantasy and reality, and set things right, then I think we would see a decrease in violent crimes being committed. No matter where we look, violence is present. Even the most seemingly harmless video game, like, The Sims for example, allows people to torture their Sims, starve them, and let them die, but not before they soil themselves. To me, this is slightly more disturbing than the glorified gore and violence in games like Grand Theft Auto.
I'm speaking from experience, when I was a kid, my parents made darn sure I knew what was right and wrong, and what was real and what was not. Today, I play games like GTA and The Sims, and I'm able to play with a certain level of maturity, knowing that this is indeed, fantasy.
Honestly, I feel sad when a nation has to blame its child problems on little pieces of plastic and electrical impulses, and flat discs with laser-engraved bits, it shows a total lack of maturity and responsibility.
There, I think I'm done :)
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