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Salon On The Anti-Gaming CSI Episode

Posted by Zonk on from the we-also-kill-goats-in-alleys dept.

On Monday we mentioned an upcoming CSI episode using GTA as a prop in a tale of violent gamers on a murder-spree. Well, via Gamepolitics, Salon has a feature on the episode in all its game-hating glory. From the Salon piece: "In conjunction with the venom and disgust that infuses the word 'gamer' when it's spoken by star David Caruso, aka 'Horatio Crane,' it is made clear... that people who play games are but one step removed from pedophiles or suicide bombers in the social hierarchy of evil."

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  1. Re:Why should we care? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If seeing stuff on a TV screen influences your behavior

    I've never really questioned that. My little brother would watch some power ranger or ninja turtle junk on tv then come and try to "ninja kick" me. No, what I question is whether what we see and do in game worlds trains us for violence in the real world.

    Does pressing WASD over and over while pointing a gun using a mouse and clicking to fire anything from blobs of slime to nuclear warheads actually teach anyone how to kill anything? Can a mal-adjusted 13 year old really run around with a full-size chainsaw without cutting his own legs off thanks to years of experience with chopping up demons? Can anyone fire a heavy revolver for the first time without having the gun fly out of their hands?

  2. "I love having this cake... by jeblucas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and eating it too! Heaven forfend someone pick up and play one of the 5 CSI games (for three platforms mind you). The ones that have been rated by the ESRB are all rated Mature(17+) and feature healthy things like Bood and Gore, Violence, and , ooh hey, Sexual Themes if you pick up the CSI:Miami one.

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    blarg.