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Columbine Student on VG Violence

Posted by Zonk on from the say-on,-brotha dept.

Sophia wrote in to mention some discussion of Video Game Violence on 1up.com this week. Brooks Brown had the experience of attending Columbine High School around the time of the now infamous shooting incident. Via his blog, Brown goes into a detailed discussion of Why Violence in Gaming is a Good Thing. From the article: "GTA isn't about fucking hookers or killing cops. It's a story of a guy who got screwed trying to get back on top. It is, by nature, a story game. Postal 2 may let you kill anyone you want in bloody and disgusting ways - but that's not what it is about either. It is, by nature, a tech demo in the abilities of programmers and AI. it is WE - the gamers - who change what the game is about and determine what happens. It is the person playing who determines what the game contains." Jane Pinckard has a quick reaction to his post. More commentary on this subject is available via John Davison's Blog, who met Brown at a taping of a news program which was ostensibly to be about gaming in general. Instead he was ambushed about violence in games and ended up walking out.

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  1. Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Postal 2 was all about who could get the SECOND POST!

    1. Re:Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you have won!

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  2. Thank you Zonk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For making Slashdot's frontpage unreadable in front of my children. Was it really necessary to include expletives?

  3. Re:Grammar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    However, if you plan on using capitalization, for G-d sake, do it right
    Of course capitalisation should be done right, but who are you to complain? You can't even get "for god's sake" right.
  4. Re:Grammar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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