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Columbine Student on VG Violence
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.
Who cares what some bozo with hiw own blog thinks... Just becuase he went to that high-school doesn't mean his an all-of-a-sudden-expert on the impact of violent games on our youth. I play violent games, but not the disturbing ones. I get disturbed when part of the game involves hurting innocent people. Hurting the bad guy? Go for it. If we can't be honourable in our play, can we really be expected to be honourable in our lives?
"GTA isn't about fucking hookers or killing cops."
Really?! Shit! Then why do I and all my ADHD friends just fuck hookers and kill cops? Oh wait, its about seeing who can punch in the cheat codes fastest too right?
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It's worth noting that Michael Moore did make a serious attempt to figure out the context of Columbine, and he took a lot of flack for it from the right wing. Ironic, since he had some criticism of Clinton in that movie. I guess the neo-cons will never be happy until Moore does a feature-length film of his lips attached to Tom Delay's ass.
And it was a really good movie. Yeah, he did a bit of gotcha-journalism by ambushing Charlton Heston and Dick Clark, but other than Katz, he was probably the only guy to make a serious attempt to figure out what the heck is going on with gun culture in the U.S. as it related to Columbine.
And no offence to Katz, but neither he nor Moore are big shots in today's media environment. It's one of the reasons I laugh whenever the phrase "liberal media" is used.
Lol, your opinion is one deluded by the NRA I bet as my Uncle used almost the same words when we were talking about Columbine and he has been a member for decades. Fess up, you Heston-lover.
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