Violence and Video Games?

video game debate

The parents of a 14-year old boy who was murdered, believe he died because his killer had recently been playing a violent video game.  They think that the killer acted out scenes from the game in real life, leading to the stabbing and beating to death of their son.

Just recently Manhunt 2 has been banned in the UK because censors believe it is too violent and could have very bad effects on young people who play it.

The argument goes that acting out violent action leads to real-life problems. And now that you can get even more involved physically with machines such as the Wii, some people say games are getting one step too close to the real thing.

Could violence in a game make a person violent in real-life? What do you think?

Post your views by clicking on the button.  All sensible comments will be added.

COMMENTS FOR COMMENTS AGAINST
Even if video games provoke violence, look at the people FOR, and look at the people AGAINST. Notice the people on the for side of the discusion have an education xD The people against do not. This MUST mean people who play video games sit in their house and do nothing but that, but people who DO cause crimes, happen to have a very low level of education. Look at CHAVs for example. This must be enough to strongly suggest people who play video games rarely commit crimes because they're too busy playing they're games XD, People who actually LEAVE their house are the ones who commit the crimes. I'm FOR it, thank you
L.O.G.I.C
i think that video games do not make you violent. I play loads and I have never killed somebody. people dont kill people just because they play games more people kill poeple over money and money hasnt been banned! also the same goes for religion. so tbh games shouldn't be banned.
Queso?
I Dont Think It's The Video Games That Cause All That Rubbish. I Think It's Some Kind Of Mental Illness That Makes People Think That Games Are Real. Not Trying To Offend Anyone, But Health-Problem-Free People Arent Very Likely To Go Around Killing People After Playing Something Cruel. I Mean, It Sometimes Happens That I Play Those Things [Not That I play Violent Games All The Time!] But, I Feel All Normal! So Why Blame Games?!
BlueberryPanties!
I am for violence for games because they ARE entertaining and i'm not pyschopath. THE GAMES THEY ARE NOT REAL.
King Prawn
i think if the game can do that the person that played it the person must have a problem to begin with
scotty
I think film are much worse than video games because the normal involve real poeple and games are games plus only a demented fool would kill some one because of a game
man hunter rulz
I dont agree. I play violent video games (and im 14 to tell you the truth) and ive never felt like going and murdering someone. It SHOULD only be banned to people if they have a known case of psychological problems
and im 14 to tell you the truth
I think that Tv effects more than video games...heroes for instance...very violent! BUT I LOVE IT! but that dosent mean that im gonna go out and kill someone.
LUCII Lou
I play quite a few games but i wouldnt go and kil sum1 about it i mean that boy was like crazy or sumthing
xB.p.Jx
I think there is nothing wrong with killing games, some people just take it way to seriously. I mean no one went around shooting people when Halo 3 came out. They just need to calm down and realise its just a game!
GameOver
look the goverment is just finding an easy way to explain the killing. if computer games influenced children 90% of people would have died violently. has that happened yet
harry
i think violence on games are great and are not a bad influence for young people . They are fun and they don't make us do the bad deed in the game, people choose to. They are fun and safe and there is nothing wrong with having a bit of fun .
B@by T.T
I think the game ratings are nothing... there are a load of games that people can borrow off older friends... the person who murdered the boy was insane.. this is just my opioion howeva and other people may disagree with this but i cannot see how making video games bad can make people bad
Woodski
Games had nothing to do with the murder, if the parents/guardians can't control the child, it's their fault
GOD
What's sickening is that half the people who say violent games are bad for you have never played these games, and have no idea what the effects actually are. I played a game of God of War, does that mean I intend to chain blades to my arms and run down the streets searching for monsters to disembowel? If you consider just how many people out of all those thousands of people who play violent games and do go crazy, that's no means any statistic that can prove anything. Violent games are used as a scapegoat, violence has always existed, and banning games will solve nothing. Any serious gamer can tell the difference between life and a game. True, death and gore is a bad influence, but that is the meaning of ratings, and these games are created for people old enough to understand what real life is. Gaming companies are trying to make profits, not turn people into psychos. And if you believe that people can go crazy, you're just as mad as the ones that do.
P
there is nothin wrong with games but the person what killed the kid just probably got out of jail or a home. nothing wrong with the game tho
spaka
i think that it has nothing to do with playing a game the person who killed him was probably just a complete nutcase any way so u cant say that
thorny
if video games influence children then surely tv, books and other media influences children in the same way. You cannot just isolate one form of entertainment. If people let their children watch and play things that could possibly influence young children then the parents are to blame, not at all the game developers, it would be as easy to blame eli roth or quentin tarantino for their gory and influencive work upon our youth. Most video games are fun anyway, doe smario make you wanna live in brooklyn and make a living as a plumber saving princesses?
#9 baller
Violent video games don't make people violent. This is just what politically correct morons who don't actually play the games believe, and they believe they need to force their opinion on everyone else.
Valku
Games can't hurt people, only retards who already have some sort of issue can be violent, also, movies are a lot worse - take Saw as an example, its disgusting, worse than manhunt, no one cares..
Calasmere
As again, the paranoid press is hyping up links that are tenuous at best. Back to my reference to Columbine. The Shooter apparently played the 1994 game "Doom", and had modfied the game with his own levels. Chilling yes, but not, as some news sources reported, recreations of his school. More lies by the media.
Bob
that is rubbish i think that games have no relation to real life i play 18 year old ones an im 14
super sxy
I Think video games are quite cool, however when you say they lead to violence, i agree some people become more violent if they become addicted to the game but overall i think they are great fun to play and are not harmful, those who say violent games make people want to murder someone, well thats just a load of **** and we all know it is
Read this morons!
Sum kid got killed cuz sum dude was playing manhunt. yeh... i'm a freak who likes to play real life manhunt. its just parents who can't control their children because they don't believe in punishment, who dont want to blame themselves for letting the children terrorise the streets, so they blame computer games. Lol TAKE OWN BLAME, dont try and pin it on something completly erelavent.
Concerned Citizen
Lol Only Unpredictable, People with issues, like child abuse.... have reactions to computer games, for example, that kid, who killed his friend cuz of manhunt, it aint manhunts fault, its the kids fault for being such a ******
Go Die.
If a video game affects you so much that you have the urge to kill people or in fact do kill people then you must be currently metally unstable or extremely vunerable, perhaps video game killers are feral children.
( . Y .
I play video games Regularly and yes they can be extremyl violent but the people who act out the scenes from video games are morons, and give those with enough sense to leave video game violence in video games a bad name!
Gamer 4 Life
just because you play on a violent game doesnt mean you want to hurt someone because you saw it, theres violence in film an TV, they dont get banned. normal people arent influenced by violent games, only psychos, an thy will probably do somethin crazy without the influence.
Chris Woosnam
video games are played by hundreds and hundreds of people, there is no way that they make anyone more violent than they are it is stupid that people can think this i have played "violent" games all my life and im not violent
greg3000
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Pppls dat tink violence in video games is bad are wrong, just because you shoot some body in the head doesnt mean the somebody will think that they should do the same and shot their friend are expecting the very unlikely. Manhunt is l33t and i am only 12
JucyLucy
I think that it depends on the person not the actual thing, I play lots of violent games but I dont enjoy them for the violence but because they are good games
kavar
how dare you accuse games of making people violent =O that is proposterous , 1 in 1000 people that play games are violent and they would be if they didnt play games..
kiss my ***
i cant seem to understand why adults think that it is possible for someone to cause chaos due to a video game when for years there has been rapists, paedophiles and murderers runnin free on the streets. well they have to blame something dont they.
zakk
I think that its stupid how many people think games can hurt people, you must have some kind of an issue to want to murder someone. I know no one who I know has ever even thought about it. I only ever hear a few cases on news. I think that if parents see odd behaviour from their children or they are constantly on games, then the parents should prevent it. In some cases its bad parenting, but some times its impossible to stop. I used to have a friend who was addicted, but he soon got un hooked and was fine after that. Don't belive the MPs!
Calasmere The God
games can only make people violent if said person already has some sort of mental issue
cloud128
not a chance!! games cant hurt people, its people that hurt people. they just use games, music and films as an excuse to be violent. people will be violent with or without these things.
Rep
it cant just be that the person is playing games there must be other reasons, or the parents give there 2 yr old son an 18+ game
lol
Well after playing gears of war i dont exactly feel like getting a chainsaw attatching it to a gun and ripping my friends to pieces with it. And i dont feel like eating dots after playing PacMan. People who are already mentally disturbed and are prepared to kill may take influences from video games, but no one will just snap after playing or watching something violent
Delta 38
I really really really disagree about having banned any types of game including all violent games. This is very bad for most gamers as it is a thrill for them to enjoy the new and improved, real life games. Even the cartoons are violent like the Simpsons and sometimes even Tom and Jerry but u dont see them cats and mouse holding knives and even dynamites and ROCKETS DO YOU ??!!! Tell me how is it possible for someone to gain chainsaw and kill people right in the open and get away with it. Gangsters do this maybe but cmon CHILDRENS of the age of 7 ??? they cant lift up a chainsaw properly wats more trying to kill with it...no chance u know, no chance... tell this to YOUR MOM/DAD
Maniakman_0
i tink it is really stupid to banned a game in ps2 or computer game just because they are violence. Some people wont even care about it. For example the movie that might contains lots of violence well at first they only allowed 18 years old and above but eventually wen they have it in a disc or dvd every body gonna buy it anyway but if it would affect them everyone in the world whould be very violence right now why would they even create it in the first place
Spi Boyz
I think that video games are really unlikely to cause murder just because they have violence.Lord of the rings is violent but you dont see people going around with axes and chopping off heads.
Swordman cxx(;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;>
Violence only exists in the minds of people and parents who want to blame them for kids actions. It is both stupid and pointless to blame something fun and harmless for murder.
Jaii Chippy
If someone is sad enough to actually kill someone beacause of a game then should the parents of the child or friends nnot notice a change in behaviour and take some kind of action!
Santonio
what a load of rubbish you have do be a realy deluded idiot to be influenced and actually think you are the people in tose games u wud have to be derranged
natnat
i think video games can be violent i mean u have to be demented to go and kill someone besides films are probably worse!!!
ninjaman
I have recently bought an xbox 360 elite and have been gaming since i was very young, i think it's just silly to think that games influence people. you will only be influenced if you want to be.
M
I think that games can be violent but that shudnt have an influence on a persons behaviour, its not the games fault its the criminals choice to do it, dont blame the manufacturer!
Son Of A Para
video games influence me 2!!!! when im playing pro evo and i smash a overhead kick into the top corner, i go and practice it. but any1 who kills sum1 frm wot they seen on ps2 should have it done to them!!!!!!
Steve Fletcher
is itchy and scratchy on the simpsons not the most violent (but funny) thing on tv? they will ban that next!!!!!!!!! the child was obviously not in a stable state of mind!!!!
but funny
I dont like violent games apart from ones like gta but i dont see the point in banning them, this is supposed a free country but these people keep finding new things to blame problems on, just let it be and that, its gonna happen if you've got violent games or not so just for gods sake dont start blaming stuff, bye:)
hmmm...
I think tht people who kill people after playing video games are mentally deraged
CUTZ
i thin thAT people would have to be mental and its there choice its not because of a violent game
jim bob ballo bob
well i think that games have little to no effect on people .games are not the only one that is bad volent movies are more volent and have more sex in them and music hase swer words but my point is that on the streets there is volice AND around the world so dow t just blam video games for vilent behaveyour more poeple reant movies than games but manhunt is the wost for games.sorry for ratting on but video games are cesored even more then flims so is it that the nany state "knows whats best" that the games are going to "get band" and besides games bring people together like buss eca so yes sume are bad but it is about 1% of gamers that do this so a worry but the RATING SHOOD BE USED 15 RATED 15 YEAR OLDS GET IT OLAY ECA NOT 18 RATED 7 YEAR OLD GETS IT!!!!!!!
snakeboy742
I think violent games are alreet like, a quite like a bit of GRAND THEFT AUTO VICE CITY is propa lush. me lil brother has it and he is 10 so a doubt me ma would have let him have it if it was thaaaat bad like..
katie rr.. <33
People may take influences from tv and video games but just playing them wont make you go out and kill someone. You have to be genuinely disturbed or broken already.
Delta 38
dont you just hate EVERYTHING? people always say things like "games are a bad influence" theyre not its the parents fauls games have a certificate on them, 12, 15 18 u, all those things , so parents chould kinda be able to tell these things. also, paul street loves me. :]
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I wonder if the person who wrote this article has even played a 'violent video game'. And usually the people complaining about violent games are the retards that buy 15s and 18s for their 7 year old children. The ESRB put the ratings there for a reason, and it's not as if they're difficult to see. They also show the criteria that make the game the rating it is - violence, language, peril, discrimination and sexual content.
The Joker
If people want to put violence into video games then it's their choice and its the parents choice if they want to but their children those games. I am not for or against violence in video games but it should be up to friends and family to discourage people from violence.
Nick
i fink tht games rnt responsable for murders at all. murders happen bcuz ppl are sik in the ed nd if games are banned ppl will jst copi frm t.v or films, wt are we ment to do cut owt frm sociaty bcz theyll jst copi frm sumfin else.
Shannon..||..<3
i luv video games! however this does not make me want to do killings (murders, cause deaths)
murders, cause deaths
games are cool! leave them alone.kids have ***** all to do anyway let them have their games. if u are that concerned with violence don't buy them for your kids, don't spoil the fun for the rest of us.
QWERTY
If you are stupid and evil enough to kill someone just because you did it in a game, then in my opinion you are a no good oxygen thief
Silas Perrak
video games are good! if they were not there for me to virtually kill people i would have to do it in real life do you want that? if you are bothered about violence in video games then don't buy them.
spidey
Video games come with disclaimers and have a certificate. If parents don't want underaged children playing games that are too old for them the answer's obvious- DON'T BUY THEM!! And for any adults who are soo stupid they can be influenced by a game- seek help.
bobbytheroomofdeathcadaver200676542
I Think They Should Grow Up! You can Play on The Video Gamesnow and then not all the time.they should know its not reall
Liv George
People who think video games should be banned are lame faces, only crazy people act out video games they should still all be sold in shops.
Quitner 15
If your too stupid to tell the difference between real life, and a video game, then you really can't be helped. Just because someone plays Pac-man, doesn't mean they go around flashing corridors chasing ghosts...
Tom!
well i do think some games are violent, but its only like manhunt thats violent. There is no harm haveing fun with your console, HALO 3 !!!!!!
ACH 17
I know that there has been a lot of commotion and contriversy caused over the Manhunt 2 game. Having played the first game I must admit it was not going to be an eagerly antisipated game anyway but because it was banned stopped all of the ani-gamers having even more ammo to try and ban possibly the most sucessful form of home entertainment that has ever existed.
Sno
i think video games are awesome and everyone plays em so even if they do make people violent there never going to be taken off the market because the government make so much money off em.
dude who knows
dont be silly, games dont make people violent, people are born violent or from there surroundings.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
i think that saying violent vido games leads to violent behavior is the bigest pile of ****** ever anyway these thing that are on the games happen in ral life so you eill just hear about it on the news
the devil who likes games
it depends.some kids like me ;) know not to copy the game but just enjoy it like halo 3!
Clayman
Whats the point of getting rid of violent games as the people who aint mentally deficient will not have any fun when playing computer games, I WANT MY VIOLENT GAMES :)
Rayarded
I think there is an element of society that will always be violet and playing violent games or watching violet movies will make them more likely to carry out horrific acts. However for a lot people games or movies do not trigger these types of behaviour, most people would be dead by now it they had the same effect on everyone. BUT I don't think there is any need for them.
Me
well it depens on how responsible the parents are because sure a bit of a small age gap on games is ok but a boy playing something like far cry is baaaaaaaaaad
spex
I think that games have hardly any influence on people. I've been playing violent games for a long time and I don't feel like killing anyone - it simply has made hardly any effect. I think that violent movies have had more of an effect on people
Nixot
The argument goes that acting out violent action leads to real-life problems. And now that you can get even more involved physically with machines such as the Wii, some people say games are getting one step too close to the real thing.... the real thing is just a tad different i mean... actualy killing someone vs waving a plastic stick around. you have to be evil to kill someone.. the wii is designed for familys and fun.. not to train killers.
thomas spavin
if you play a game then plan to kill someone because of it.. your clearly mentaly unstable. you cannot blame video games for you being a ****.
OIOI
Wh should "normal" people who can play a violent orientated game and not go out "acting it out" be punished? To be fair, if you are that mentally unstable to want to carry out monstrosities just because of an overstimulating game - you shouldn't be out in public. Television is a lot more graphic anyway,
mrapoc
The problem is in the person, not the game. You'd have to pretty unstable in the first place to go out and kill someone because you saw it in a game.
Gordon
yo dudes games are totaly harmless, remember games don't kill people we do.
James Aki
If you ask me, there is no problem with violent games as people like me get the exitement of beiong able to "kick a**" and yet o not harm anybody, on the other hand parent should look at the rating before letting the kid have the game as if a 6 year old grows up playing a violent game, it could well influence how he acts in the future.
Daniel Vernon
I play manhunt all the time i mean i dont try and kill sum1 wiv a plastic bag do i! its just a game and if some ppl take it personally then they to get a life its ment to be for entertainment, and its not like without the games there would be no violence. so its pointless,
MANHUNT ENTHUSIAST!!
well they're just really silly, I'm on games all the time it doesn't mean that i go on a manhunt do i? norrr lmao i don't go casting spells around, shouting wingardium leviosa about the place, and besides little kiddywinks should be looking at the game rating before they pick it up, ayeeee ;) ....parents even whatever. :)
KiRBYCONDA;
Its obiously the players fault i play violent games all the time it dosnt mean im goin to suffocate ma best mate with a pillow. its up to the parents to have responsability on what children play thats what the age limits are there for so if the parents buy the game for them its there fault
Mondy
This is complete TOSH! The idea that games induce violence is an obsurd moronic notion. The Nintendo wii for instance is the incurs fitness and joint mobility. Other consoles, such as the PS3 or the Exbocks three sixtee obviously are worse for you and incur illnesses such as RPAE and DCK. Joint and finger illnesses are no joke. If you own a standard "gamepad" like controller then the risks are increased. But let's look at the facts. OVER NINE THOOOOOOOOUSAND Gamers vs 2 Criminals? Fail more people? Games do not incur violence, Rap music does! BLAME THE RAP MUSIC!
L. Urkeremaor
Oh noes! Imah playin' wario ware, and now I suddenly feel the urge to batter someone todeath with a hula hoop! Those games have CORRUPTED MY LIFE! But seriously, let's look a how many gamers there are, then let's look at how many of tbhose gamers are criminals. Since so many people play them, you're bound to get some crazy ones. Those people would just watch violent films or other types of media if they didn't have acess to games.
YSOTRYGUISE
violent video games are the best games you can get in the world of video games.if you didnt have the likes of grand theft auto and all the rest then people would stop buying video games as a whole'
belbaby
The idea that a violent game makes a violent person is a riduculous one the age certificates are there for the very reason that games are too violent for them. And the wii is a family console, there are very few violent games and just because it is hands on does not mean it encourages people to kill this is a pathetic subject with one simple answer... blame the people not the games!
Angry Phil
Why do they allways need something to blame?? Its a VIDEO-GAME! Why do people need to attack it? Its pretty silly! Its the person's fault. Its stupid to blame something else. Everyone plays video games and we dont go out and stab people. GAH!
Kssssara
i think this is silly if people a stupid enoght to attack people like games it is there fault and tere fault only!
jord543
The age certificate is there for a reason. It should be the parents getting the blame
Ben Thomas, Maesteg.
I agree with this. Although everyones opinoin is fine and lots of people like video games and lots of people don't, its a two way thing you see. I think if you wanna play them, then go ahead, it might influence violence, it might not, who knows.
Big B AKA brandon broughton
I agree with all the comments. Some people like video games, and some don't, thats life. Thankyou for letting me put my view across.
Ice Cubes USA
I disagree as the video games are based on 15 to 18, and whether the age group of 15 to 18 decides to go out and cause havic on there city, then so be it, but it was only 1 person who killed someone because he thought he was still in the game, he was just to addicted to it. Thank-You for your time, Gemma Winterton
x..gemz..x
Yeah, some games are quite violent, like Manhunt or The Suffering. But first off, they're 18s and 15s games, so young people shouldn't even be playing or buying these games. Second of all, if a child can't tell the difference between the game world or the real world, then they need help, or it's a game with really good graphics =/ But I don't really see someone killing someone because they've seen it on a video game. It's just the government trying to blame anything they disapprove of for things that happen that could be slightly related to that. So yeah, games do not cause people to kill other people, so if you think they do, you're just a silly sausage. Oh and HADOUKEN !!
jack :o
Violet games don't encourage people to kill. The boy probably had something wrong with brain.
d.c
just because one person killed some one does not mean that everyone whith a violent vidio game is a murdering phsycopath!!!
-_-
When was the last time a sencible grown up has played a video game??? ye never so by looking at some gorry screenshots they believe that they know what it is?? DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. P.S. when was the lats time a kid tried to imitate a spiderman game and jumped off a building. Yes there are violent video games but that does not necceserally mean that someone people who play video games are stupid enough to act them out. C'mon give us some credit.
Bobby Joe
just because one pshyco killed some boy because of his wii games dosent mean you should stop people from having their fun violent games are very popular look at halo 3 for example thats the biggest game release ever and thats violent
ATF
I think violent video games should stay, although I think they should cut down the realism. Games are usually made to allow the player to expand their imaginations, to accomplish grand feats and just to generally have fun. Violence can be a lot of fun, as long as the player realises that violence should stay in the game world. Playing violent games, I find, is a great stress reliever and I believe if we were to take away these games there would be more acts of violence in the real world.
Blockhead
there is nothing rong whith vileot vidio games there just a bit of fun
derrie_mack
I THINK THAT THE BOII DYINN IS SAD :( BUT THE GAMES WITH TOO MUCH VIOLENCE HAVE GOT AGE RESTRICTIONS SO KIDS SHUDNT BE PLAYINN THEM ANYWAYY. THE BOII WHO MURDERD THE OVAA BOIII MITE NOT EVEN LIKE GAMES HE SHUD GET PUNISHED BY POLICE BUT THE OVA KIDS SHUDNT GET PUNISHED AS WELL. X
sharn_x
Im 15 and people my age have watch violent films such as Hostel and Saw, if they ban violent games, why not these films. Age rating dont really help, but do not stop people from aquiring these things. I play violent video games and watch horror films. But im not violent at all. This arguement has been going on for years because of Mortal Combat and the big up roar it cause in north america. In my opion its up to parents to devide wether to let their children play these games, and not the BBFC. Im more affected by the news than any game ive played. That would make me more likely to commit acts of violent than a game, when i can commit these acts in a virtual world, even doing this online on games such as gears of war have no affect, and people who are affected shouldnt be allowed to play these games and it should be up to the parents to decide.
Flynn
no i dont think it should be baned because the kids will get to play them any way :)
derrie 9lc
i think that some games can be very violent, but i dont think that vidio games did this to that person
tez
the people need to be able to realise whats real and whats not so its not our fault if they cant control themselves wwe should still be aloud to play them jus cuz sum syco went on shot
richie boyyy 9a4
i think violent videos have no effect on poeple. i think that the has a problem with his brain. it is up to the parent to stop them from playing the game seen as they will know about any condition da kid had
tom nagle
i THiNK iTS UNFAiR THAT HE DiED AND THAT BUT BANNiNG THE GAME AND STOPPiNG OTHER KiDS FROM PLAYiNG THE GAME iS RAViN,iF THEY WANTS TO PLAY A GAME THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY iT,NOT EVRiONE iS GOiNG TO MURDER SOMEONE BECAUSE OF iT.
Jenny =] x
i think it couldnt make people violent because games are harmless and they couldnt inspire people to go out and kill people!!!!!!!!
ash 9el
no games do not make u kill people its the person themselves.
J J
i think that its stupid becuase a person would not take a video game and perform in it real life. I also think that the video game should not have been banned because it does not affect other kids in the uk. As i am a teenager and if i played a video game i would not perform it in real life. You would have t be childish
jennie
i yhink that it is not the childs fault it is the parents for buying the game
duneson
vlioent video games are fine as long as you dont repeat of the viloent clips from the game..
Parents are just looking for an excuse not to buy their children consoles, because of increasing prices! I'm 14, and I worked that out -_______-
ollliii
its ok 2 be violent in games, & i dont think that video or tv or radio (maybe terrorist websites encorage violence, but not game websites)
maybe terrorist websites encorage violence, but not game websites
i totaly tink that who ever killed your son is not a game freak and dose not play to many games but was just been totaly sill and diffently stupid and we should be aloud to play them because most of the people who play games are not thinking of a masterplan to kill the world!!!!!!!!!!
abby 7a2
games are harmless man no wayyy!!! they dont inspire to kill
matt lawlor
i dont think so. only some stupid little miners would do that!!!!!!!!
lil _buff peter ekemba
i fink that computer games are fine and they is no way u would go pshyco and kill someone i play games which have 12,14,16 as there rating
tom 7a2
Not all people act out what they see when they're playing, probably it's only the people that has problems do it so don'y band anymore games
Mouldy bouldy 7KSU
i think that video games are not that violent and wont harm any people because video games arent real
mr senser 7COR
Violent games are ok if only they dont repeat the viloent clips in real life from the game.
dylan downing.
no way games dont make u go killin or atacking people i have a shooting game which i often play and u dnt see me shooting others i think that games dont make people violent they just choose to be
Mr R
i think that no game are to violent
callum 7a2
i think its a load of **** because no kid in the rite frame of mind wud do anyfin lyk tha
Gary F
I think it is alrite if kids no the difference between virtual reality and real life...
UZZI
well im 1337 so people like us will not be affected itdoes not case themto be violent! fight for ur right! weee
Ben Finnucane : Candy Cane Master
I think that violent games should not be banned, as they do not encourage or condone violence. Many people can play such games and not go and be sombreros on the streets. Love form Sausage.
Juan Junagi
oh good theres nothink rong with the games or the wii. it the parants falut for letting them play them to much. so they shouldn#t band it.
MEEEE_Z_Z
riiiiiiiiiiiite so people think that playin video games makes em go out and kill people? next people will be like errh..'revealing yur body a bit as in wearin a mini skirt means ya gonna take nude pics'? i mean..i dow think soo frend! muchh loveeee ox
LOL at the answerz! _xo
people should play the games when you go home then when you go out with your mates and play as you normally do but just don't bring the game into it kk :)
Peta
i think that it dont efect you if you play violent games beacase you can control your self
yhamaha pw-50
games should not be banned tv is more worst
pezaAAAA 9js
violent g@meZ should not be banned tv is more likely to be a bad influence
perrie
i think that video games are briniliant to play on console because people will not get bored with there life
Azza
violence in games is alright the cover and the age rateing shows you want sort of violence is in it so if your under age and you parents buy it its there responsibility for trusting you with this game. After all not everyone who plays videos games that are violent act them out therefore violent video games should not be banned becuase it is un-fair on other children i like violent video games but im not silly enough to act them out so it would un-fair to ban them.
Shibby Maria Tee .. x .. (9LC
I think that video games are brilliant to play but sometimes not for some people.
MC Rowan
only if the person is a bit messed up in the head in the first place most people who play violent games are not violent in real life.
hayley 9ee
no i dont fink the computer games make u do thm at home he should of hav been more senable not of buy thm sort of games
PADIE BOY
video games are fine, its just up to parents to teach the kids morals, and stuff. Its up to parents to judge wether the kids are gonna be stoopid about it
O_O
Loads of other people play violent games and they're not mad killers. If someone's mental enough to kill someone because of a video game, then anything could influence them.
Manhunt 4 eva
If we take a deep look in to this topic, some things arouse to the old mind. I have played on vilolent game that have age restrictions on and to be honest in the modern era they, in my opinion , don't influence vilonce . Howver on the other hand as games become more realistic they inhance graphical details and make situations more lfe like, and look real.
Dave?!
I am very strongly against people controling what we do, I dont think people should have power over what we buy or do. If you do play violent video games then go out in real life and recreate them there has to be something wrong with you. Games are left on the screen with the console.
Raven
they shoudnt blame game consoles for voilence it is people who have a problem and lose control.
lil-liam
Er people r pretty stupid to consider this to be true it is actually unbeliveable that someone played a video game and then killed somone do people to that after they watch a violent flim i dnt think so, so how can a video gam do this
G-TOWN
i think that people who blame video games for their violence are lying. I think they have always been insane and just got the game and found ideas to try on people. If u research a bit, it hsows that people who "claimed" to have been influenced by video gameshave commited many offences in the past. this shows that they have always been insane.
Dean V
Man hunt is the most insane game in the history of the world. But it shouldent b baned cos its quality!
WooT Matt
i dont really think that video games influence people to go out and kill people! but the games should have a age rating soo little kids dont play them. but tv and games always gets blamed fo violence when really its peoples decisions and thei own motives
rebecca
I don't believe that violent games makes poeple violent because other people and i play fighting games but we'd never copy them.The games that are violent have age limets and parents should pay more attension to them.I think people do these attacks because they think it would be cool copying a game but it's NOT! Children have responsiblities and should use them to make the rght choice about violence. The game is violent to entertain but people take it the wrong way which they shouldn't!!
Maria O'Sullivan 8a2
i think that violence in a vidieo game is not harmful to a mentaly stable person and should only be played with parents permission.
ciaran (zup
i think its ok to play games it gives children a thing to do if they dont like playing outside. violent games are alright to play as long as people dont try to act it out like this person has maby the guy was just crazy its good to play video games but just not to much games can be educational i think it should be up to the parents if there children play violent or not violent games
8A3 matt s
i think that people who play violent games become more violent because they are looking at what the person on the game is doing and they think that its alright to act that way.People dont really understand what they are doing they are just trying to be like the people in there game. The game puts idears into peoples heads but dont show what happens if you actually it.
Kirsty Smith
i fink that violence on games isnt a influence to people its that there mad and havent got any thing else to blame
kane duffy 8a2
i have played this game and am not a murderer or associated with any.i am conviced that this person is a drug addict or a metaly chalanged and a person unable to control his mental movents.
lewis mcmahon
NO! ido not believe that a game makes people do things. People act under there own actions and i do believe that man hunt 1 and 2 are brillient games just some parents give it to under age children so it is the parents falt not the games.
I do not belive that the violence in the games has nothink to do with his actions i think nearly evryone with a console has violent games
Matthew Taggart
i dont think a game would make a person violent. i think that its just that they have played the game to much and should just have a rest and play a different game. i sometimes play violent games but i take a rest and dont think about it as proberley killing someone.
kyle twist
i think that it doesnt make people volent in real life its just that they make the decision to be violent
Daniel
While they have run tests to prove that video can reduce emotional reactions to violent scenes, there is not enough scientific evidence to comdemn the existance of violent games. Violent games can be an outlet for anger and can even cause people to abhorr violence.
Mmmm...Violence
tv is probably not a bad influence, children always get blamed because of something they watched on tv, what is the problem??
im not an emo
I think that if you play a video game then you shouldn't get the impulse to go out and kill people. Also, I think that the governments are trying to keep the public in fear so that they can control them more.
:D
i think all that stuff bout games being the reason why people kill other is rubbish! i love violent games and never have i ever thought bout stabbing someone. iv completed manhunt and its a stealth game. if you think bout killing someone you are wrong in the head. these people who do kill might get the ideas from the game but they are already wrong in the head!! its kinda like giving a mad man a idea. its not the games thought. its the person who plays it . so normal people shouldnt be denid great games like manhunt 2 just because some weird peolpe get a thrill out of killing people!! so get all the violent games out there for us to enjoy !!!!!
my view !!
To be honest, its not completely the games fault. A certain degree of the blame can be put on upbringing, environment, financial difficulties and possibly things like bullying. The games just provide an outlet for built up rage -- They don't put the rage there in the first place.
Pimpin'stick
I Am Totally Against That, It Could Be Much Higher Rating Where None under The AGe Of A c ertain Age Is Allowed To Buy Games, I Do Not Belive That Violent Games Or Movies Can Make A Person Violent...
Wassabi
Well to be honest if you can be influenced by a video game and feel the need to go and kill someone. Then anything you see that has violence in is going to make you feel that way, weather is televeision, films, games or real life. Seriously how many people or children feel the need to go and shoot someone after they have pladed Grand Thef auto. The child clearly had issues...
Sony
Erm your all a bit stupid to believe the game casued it, there obviosuly demented in the ifrst place to try sometyhing liike that
James
I think it is not true that you will be violent if you play games
Sidarth
I've played games for years and have tried all styles. I don't believe that they have any effect on you as a person unless you are already like that.
Jim Bob
TV is more likely to be a bad influence...
GOD
I think that you have to be that way inclined for a game to have an effect on you in real life. Some people enjoy playing games to relax but it doesnt mean that they are going to go out in real life and kill someone. Most people can tell the difference between reality and fiction
Luscious Lemon
i dont agree with violent video games, and i do think the parents are to blame because the video games have age limmits on them and if parents want there children growing up to be acting like one of the peole off the video games more fool them theyll regret it
Spicy C
i reli do think that wah eva games you play will make you violent and therefore i iam against all video games aspecially vilocend ones lols
liccle princess emma
games are violent , makes people violent , makes people kill , makes people die. end of , thank you for reading.
costas
i think violence games are rediculous because its inflencing people to be violent
juicy jess
It really depends on the person,children who watch wrestling are constanly acting it out in schools its been wrote about its been seen,but on the other hand games come with age restrictions to censor kids from such things,a childs brain is not fully developed enough for adult content e.g movies,games,music,at the end of the day its the parents fault if there kids are exposed to such content,kids pick up on everything around them,they find it cool to see people with guns and swearing etc,they are only kids.the root of this problem lies with the parents who allow their kids to view such content.
HIM
In my opinion people who already have mental issues will be more vulnerable to violence in video games
Jocasta Devilleneve
I play Dragonball games.(Rated for 12 years or above) And yes, I sometimes get bit of a Violent because the whole series/games are based on fighting. I can control it, and I am a person who does not hurt people without reason!
Rated for 12 years or above
i think video games make people violent , its a fact , but everything has bad side effects , its not out of control so people should let it go.
runescape user
i think video games are great, but they could cause murder because many ppl get into the game too much!
costas
i think they should be banned because theyll just stir up more violence and antisocial behaviour and if we don't stop this now it could get worse and out of control.
jay
Tbh, I think it depends on the person playing the game. If that person is an already violent person then yes, a computer game could make that person violent but then again, if the person playing the game is sensible and not violent they could probs handle it. =]
Joules
ok i agree with both of the opinions the ERSB Ratings are there for a reason they are there for a reason to protect. Consider this after playing something like Grand theft auto or Manhunt Wouldent it make you want to go out and hurt some 1 cause to me it probobly would
Hariy
Well to be honest i think there shouldnt be so much violence in the world to start with, it was a perfect world then SOMEONE became naughty.
Katie Rowsavitch
video games make people violent but not nesecarily kill people, i think video games should be banned and people should spend more time with there families.
costas is my worst enemy
i think it is bad that games are coming out that have killings in that use what children can get their hands on. make sensible games for the children and more advanced for the older ones. video games are good to play but arent for others,the might do what it does in the game
tom bomb
well im against sum games r gd buh like if dere relli gory ad stuff it can lead ppl da rong waii so lyke if u do have like a shooting game they should have the end as they die bcoz dey killed sumwunn or summin
ellie-boo
violent games make people violent if there realistic enough
slipknot
umm, i not really surebut i think it should have an higher age group or not make it so violent!!! thank u for reading xXxDANZxXx
I agree as within this world we do not need violance. with this war on terror, video games based on this topic are not the best object for our furture generation. Thank-You Kindly, Vicky Lill
Lill 4 Carlton
Violent games are ok, but people have to know when to stop. It's not the fault of the game makers, it's the people who take the games for more than they are and act them out in real life.
Sir Jackington
i think video games are a bad infleunce on children and can lead to bulling or reall life situations and can mess with you r kuids minds
aisling k9a4
yes i think that violevce in a game makes someone violent in real life
millie
i think that the game could be a bit too extreme for people under a certain age but a warning should be posted somewhere on the game. banning a game that could be entertaining could be unfair to the people that play sensibly and have fun with it
Sarasidal
Some games do encourage violence. Games have age age ratings on them. If they're stupid enough to play something they're not supposed to, the only people who will suffer the consiquences are themselves.
Aliiiiice_x
yes i do think that voilent vidio games should be band because if a smaller chield got to play it some how than they would absorb evrey thing and that would be a bad influence
derri_mack
i think that it was the parents folt for gettin him the game.
mike L
i think that video games can be violent buh people shouldnt act on wat they see or play =]
SHANNON =]
i say that the parentes should have better bounderies of what there children could play and play it before giving itof check its ratings because you never no it could be scary or violent so yes !!!!!!!
aisling kiely 9a4 9sh
i think it is bad that games are coming out that have killings in that use what children can get their hands on. make sensible games for the children and more advanced for the older ones. video games are good to play but arent for others,the might do what it does in the game
jack walshe 9a3
i think that games like manhunt should be banned but when you think about it what world would it be like if childeren didnt have imagination and some unrealistic things to do in there life
lew0o 9NR
The game shouldn't have been published in the first place
Nommy 9a4
I think parents are scared about their own children becoming voilent on games!! games can be a bit graphic but if the child cant be trusted with a game then they shouldnt be bought in the first place!!!
Alex jane.x
people just want to find a scapegoat for the state of society, video games are just as influential as TV, radio and reading
haz
i think violent video games should be banned as they may influence some children. if you keep children in a pleasant environment, they wont think bad. but if you give them games to play which are full with violence, for example, people getting killed, bad language, nude pictures etc. the child might start doing the same things that are in the game. i know most people like to play those kind of games, but im sure we can live without them in a more pleasant environment. i also know that there is a chance of children might or might not getting influenced but why even take the risk.there are killers, rapists, man hunters, etc. out there in this world. how do we know if they didnt get influenced by anything like video games. the last thig i want to say is that, people who are saying that T.V is a bad influence, are right in a way, but i disagree that they are worser than video games. if you are watching a programme and you know its not good to watch, then you change it over. but once you buy a video game, you play it every day and it becomes an addiction. thank you. xx
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i think video games r playin with young kids minds but not take games out of the country because people older know whats rite from wrong
macauley jenkinson
i think that computer games are alrigh but to violent games are not very nice to see sometimes shuch as when you are killing someone in a horrible way
kieran clohessy
I think that some violent video games can lead to real life crimes and situations.therefore parents should take into account what they are buying before they give it to their child!
stephanie reaney 7a.2
i think that violent video games are a bad thing and they should be banned because if you play them you get more and more violent and you could kill someone
anthomy 7a2
i think that it is probaly da reason y people do it because it is really violant because theses cartoons could be the start of something i am not willing to view because it can destress sum people
eleanor 7a.2
i tkink that games can be violent and people shouldn't act on what they see
laura 7a2
I think that it is bad for people to act out things from violent video games because it could cause damage or even killing someone.
Lauren 7a2
it should be band because it can affect your mind and you could cause a bad death and u could get injured so u should play a game your age
andrew jackson
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KAZZYY BAB3Y
I think that computer games can be a bit violent and could one day become a real problem to the real world. At first video games were entertaining and some army and murder games are getting a little to violent, and thats why there is such a high crime rate, Because in stead of controlling the game. They want to do it in real life.
megan
yes i do agree that violent games can make people also violent and that means that they are showing the violent side of themselves.
becky 9EL
i think that it effects some people
emo and rocker allert 9ha
yes i do think that violent video games can make people become violent because there acting out the scenes they sore in the video game especially if it was made by there faviourite person
stephi 9ha
Violence on a game can be ok but the game tell you an 18 mean they lot of violence in a game. But by killing because of a game that just wrong is that mean will have to ban games that not right but it make an violence person violence that not right
Dan (sh
violence in games can sometimes affect children in ways. sometimes children think it is fun but other children sometimes take the violence out of parts violent games and act it out in real life. maybe some violent video games can be banned but keep the games to a less violent condition
Charlene 8A2
I think that these games should be banned because people who take drugs will act it out in real life and kill people.And younger children will act it out in real life and kill their parents
Khess
Violence in video games affects children in different ways most children think its fun and enjoy playing them but other children take it futhur and actually take it futher by trying it out themselves which could cost another pesrson their life.i dont think all video games should be banned but they shouldnt be so violent.
Rebecca 8A2
I think that people that play violent games or watch violent films they think that it is good and okay to be violent because if they can do it in the film or game then so should they, so that means people wil go round stabbing and murduring people and leaving friends and realatives realy sad and down because they have lost a big part of their lifes. The people who make theese games or games things too play the game on must want them to go aroound killing people and they might like to have someone in their life took away and killed but atleast they will be in a better place where there is no violence or killings or anything bad well hat is what i think but what do you think ? Do you agree with me ? Just hav a think would you like to be killed or a special someone killed and took out of your life
Jodie Fahy 8.A2
I think that these games should have never been invented because there are too many vilolent reactions from such people. Druggies could be mostly affected with these kinds of incedents, and could be much worse such as hiding and stabbing everybody they saw.
Joe
i think voilence games cause trouble out on the streets and gun crime. they people on games like 50 cent using guns and assualting people . so kids now think that it is appropiate to do these type of actions .
brandon kelly 8a2
I think yes some games are violent but that is why they have age certificts. what is the problem. I love games but its unfair when this is only one out let of entertainment and now they want to get rid of it. And i thought this country was a democracy? I think not!
JJ
If you play those types of games you have to admit that you will feel abit hyper afterwards - I think they do affect your mood and the way you can react
Wales 4 U
yea I agree that people probably have to be that way inclined to start with but I do think that playing violent games could trigger actions in them that they might not have otherwise done. So while the game isnt to blame per se it could have some effect
Clickin'
Yeah there was sommat on tele not long back that showed how this guy played these games for hours and then went and killed someone in the street. They said it was only cos he had played these games and wouldnt have happened if he hadent
who luvs u
I think violent games serve no purpose and that they are definitely a bad influence, especially on young people. I think that it makes people who play the games think that violence is acceptable, and it is not, particularly when people can get killed as a result.
Khialicious

 

 

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