Rockstar, Sony, and Take-two in $600million lawsuit.

[Dreddz]

Gamers are just as ignorant saying video games have no impact. I do think violent video games do influence people ( usually kids ) to do bad things. But so do most media. It depends on the situation, Jack Thompson does seem to always blame video games though, but he has got a point.

Right. And there are people who say the Bible/religion inspired them to kill thier fellow man. I guess we should sue Jesus Christ or something.

I dont think you knew what I was saying, I dont mean that Video games are always the problem. But in some cases, yes, I do believe that video games are the cause. Its people who say that Video games have no impact at all on people, who I think are very mistaken.

[Carl the Llama]

Well i used to suffer from emotional behavioral difficultys and used to have to go to anger management classes because whenever I gat really wound up I would hit doors/walls etc... well anyways whenever i got so stressed I would fire up the ole PS2 and have a good long bash at Devil May Cry and i would always feel moderatly calm after (instead of the burning rage i felt before i played the game) so, in short yes, video games do have a profound effect on people and anyone dissagrees I think is not admitting the truth or doesnt play them

on a side note I personally think this thread should be in EOEO

[Rocket Edge]

A person who claims their actions are based solely off a video-game isn't in a stable mind in the first place. He already had a motive, this case was a farce from the start.

[Gnostic Yevon]

I think video games can affect people. It's probably no different than any other media -- and it depends on just how violent the game is in what context. You could say the same for books and magazines. Violent, hardcore porn is probably more likely to cause a person to rape a woman rather than a romance novel. Sure, there's sex in both, but in the first case, it's violent, nonconsentual and graphic, in the other, it's a relationship that builds through the novel, it's not graphic, and not violent.

I see the same thing with games. If the game glorifies killing and rewards the player with graphic images of decapitations and shattering bones, etc., it's more likely to cause violence in the real world than say Suikoden III, where the combat is turn-based, not graphicly violent, and the context given is "save the world".

I've never been a huge fan of Rockstar, they seem to be making games in the violence porn style -- games that are graphicly violent for the sole purpose of being graphicly violent. They seem to do this more for the purpose of fame than anything. I don't think they're neccesarily guilty -- the main cause seems to be an abusive father, not GTA.

[Dreddz]

Well i used to suffer from emotional behavioral difficultys and used to have to go to anger management classes because whenever I gat really wound up I would hit doors/walls etc... well anyways whenever i got so stressed I would fire up the ole PS2 and have a good long bash at Devil May Cry and i would always feel moderatly calm after (instead of the burning rage i felt before i played the game) so, in short yes, video games do have a profound effect on people and anyone dissagrees I think is not admitting the truth or doesnt play them

on a side note I personally think this thread should be in EOEO

Its not about whether games get you into the mood for violence, its that they give people ideas on how to express violence.

[Rase]

Its not about whether games get you into the mood for violence, its that they give people ideas on how to express violence.

As do all forms of media. Heck, real life itself gives you tons of ideas on how to "express violence". Just watch the news on any given night.

[Sephex]

Gamers are just as ignorant saying video games have no impact. I do think violent video games do influence people ( usually kids ) to do bad things. But so do most media. It depends on the situation, Jack Thompson does seem to always blame video games though, but he has got a point.

Right. And there are people who say the Bible/religion inspired them to kill thier fellow man. I guess we should sue Jesus Christ or something.

I dont think you knew what I was saying, I dont mean that Video games are always the problem. But in some cases, yes, I do believe that video games are the cause. Its people who say that Video games have no impact at all on people, who I think are very mistaken.

Okay, I wasn't exactly responding to you, though. I was just responding at the idea of banning/regulating stuff that supposedly causes poeple to act out. I was pretty much saying by that logic you can tie human violence to just about anything.

[Bloodline666]

Basically, Jack Thompson stereotypes people who play violent video games as murderers. I'm so sick of his bull[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]! He should have been disbarred last year when the Florida Bar Association investigated his ass for the Penny-Arcade.com incident. He should've REALLY been investigated for his unsympathetic letter to a Metal Gear Solid fansite about a member of their forums who committed suicide.

I listen to Slayer, Cradle Of Filth, Lamb Of God, etc. I play Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto, BloodRayne, etc. Do you see me killing anyone? Hell no! And if I did, I'd have a DAMN good reason to (such as threatening the life of one of my family members or my girlfriend/wife, or pure self-defense)! I'd never hide behind the excuse of "the games and the music made me do it!" If I had a damn good reason to do such things, I'd stick with that reason all the way to my grave!

It's time that we start a petition, to be sent to the Florida Bar Association, to have Jack Thompson disbarred. Any volunteers?

[Ashley Schovitz]

I agree with The Jackal and Lunarweaver it's just absurd to sue for that much, and to blame the game for the son's actions when it truly was the parent's fault for not raising him right, like Lunarweaver stated he was abused. Oh and to the above post, I'll sign it if you make it.

[Captain Maxx Power]

One of these days I'm going to go around doing community service, and when people ask me why I'm doing it, I'll say it's because I played Harvest Moon too much.