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Toronto Sun Writer's Reply to Need for Speed Article

Virgil Tibbs — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:55:30 MDT

Pretty smart reply. I have to agree.

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Toronto Sun Writer's Reply to Need for Speed Article

_skitzo_ — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:27:19 MST

Well, atlest they took notice to this.

_skitzo_

Toronto Sun Writer's Reply to Need for Speed Article

Snowrunner — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:23:07 MST

> A major review of the last 20 years of research on > violent video games and behaviour published last > August by the American Psychological Association > found a definite link between such games and > increased aggression. In one study of more than 600 > Grade 8 and 9 students, the more kids played video > games, the more likely they were to be rated by > their teachers as hostile. I am not sure it is the games that are to blame here. I am a pretty active person because if I am stuck in front of a Screen all the time without "time out" I am getting pretty antsy, and that also has an impact on my mood. So maybe the games (or rather the type of games) has not so much to do with it than other factors surrounding it, for example the physical activity level? Of course our overall lifestyle has greatly been reduced to pushing buttons all day long...... Just a thought.

Snowrunner

Toronto Sun Writer's Reply to Need for Speed Article

Zoglog — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:20:25 MST

It's the damn point i've been trying to make all along. Gamers are too quick to shift blame away from games and politians/parents are too quick to shift it to it. Games do affect people whether you like it or not but it is not the total cause. There's been an interesting article in the washington post that contasts what games like GTA:SA mean to kids in Suburbia and kids in the ghetto. In the ghetto these games actually reinforce bad influences around them. Suddenly gangs are suddenly cooler and gangbangin is more tangible. The popular argument is putting the sole blame on parents but that's not the entire case. When kids are set on playing something they will go out and do it. This does not excuse parenting negligence but there are circumstances. This is reality we're working in and not the ideal. There are plenty of single parents out there, or kids who have parents that are rarely there. You can't expect parents to be super heroes all the time. In the end it's a group effort folks. I don't mind rating systems like the ESRB (despite obvious favoring). I don't want kids under 18 to be playing GTA. I think it's a horrible influence in the wrong hands. But I don't want gaming to be restricted to kiddie land where spongebob, mario, and pokemon reign. So in the end, shit happens but do your best =p. But really, this kind of media is expected. No need to get worked up about it

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Toronto Sun Writer's Reply to Need for Speed Article

albo — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:55:29 MST

The man's got a good point.

albo