| Disclaimer | | | | 100. 100 incidents ( an exaggeration anyway ) |
| I'm not affiliated with rockstar games anymore, | | | | could have been caused out of 25 million |
| nor are any of the views herein anyway views of | | | | scenarios, which is ludicrous and hardly purports |
| rockstar or it's affliates. | | | | any futher inquiries, If the figures were closer to |
| Firstly I'd like to set out the foundation of this | | | | 10000 / 25,000,000, there would be a small case |
| article so you can appreciate the context it's | | | | for investigation. But the numbers ( cold facts ) |
| written in, bear with me here if you will. | | | | prove that computer games have no relation to ( |
| I'm neither for or against violence in video games, | | | | serious violent incidents ). It is possible games |
| and the context of this article is for you to make | | | | make people more violent, but I would like to put |
| up your own mind. | | | | the opposing point that games in fact reduce |
| Every argument has valid points and | | | | violence as a poor form of shadow expression. |
| counter-points, and the only way to gain a | | | | I'm sure in psychological terms repression is the |
| greater understanding is to analyse all available | | | | worst form of mental defense. |
| data and form your own conclusions. | | | | Repressing violent desires |
| Societies current stand-point - The basics | | | | Have you ever wondered why the news is full of |
| Video-games are violent, video-games are bad. | | | | murders, rapes and natural disasters? it's hardly an |
| Based on a moral-viewpoint you could suppose | | | | objective or even accurate view on the real |
| this to be true, but we must also take into | | | | world. Plenty of good things happen all the time, |
| account the fact that violence is generally | | | | yet people don't won't to read about that. The |
| perpurtrated by males and violence is an inbuilt | | | | truth is people have a psychological need to read |
| survival mode of adaptation. In that men are | | | | about death, murders etc basically anything that is |
| naturally violent as a mode of self-survival from | | | | prohibited in society. My point is people need the |
| predators, this should be fairly apparent to | | | | news, violent video games, violent movies to |
| anyone, but the logical conclusion is | | | | express their repressed desires, pornography |
| A:) Most video games are made by males ( I | | | | could also come under this category. The question |
| should know), and played by males. | | | | is without this outlet what would be the |
| B:) Hence most games will be violent, and are, | | | | consequences? |
| C:) Most games teach skills of self-defense, | | | | To the future |
| power games, basic survival instincts, | | | | As our world becomes better, safer, our media |
| Protect your family and ( your dna-line ) etc, but | | | | becomes more and more violent, as directly |
| is there anything inherently wrong with this? after | | | | proportionate. You can observe this for yourself, |
| all our natural violent instincts have gotten us | | | | by looking back over the last four decades. And |
| where we are today. I would like to at this point | | | | over the next, games, movies, and other media |
| redefine violence into further distinctions, natural | | | | will get worse to compensate. Is this the best |
| survival violence, and shadow violence. Natural | | | | solution we can come up with, I pose this |
| violence is apparent, and shouldn't need any | | | | question to you? |
| further discussion. Eliminating the violence gene | | | | My own solution |
| isn't going to happen anytime soon, and if it did | | | | I've just finished a game, which deals with shadow |
| what would be the consequences? | | | | projection and the meaning of war. It's hopefully |
| The Facts | | | | gives the player more insight into these issues If |
| If you look at sales of GTA San-Andreas you'll | | | | your interested you can get it from the following |
| find them in the region of 25 million copies sold | | | | address |
| world-wide. | | | | Conclusion |
| The number of GTA san-andreas violent related | | | | I hope I posed some questions? and thanks for |
| incidents, if there was any basis here which is | | | | reading. |
| unfounded, let's take a wild exageration and say | | | | |