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What Came First, the Violence or the Videogame?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-think-the-muffins-came-first dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Another wave of video-game-violence panic is upon us. The pressed suits who read the pop news on television are wagging their so-called neutral fingers at an industry they have never understood. Planet Xbox 360 considers the many games they have played and the real-life murderers they have known in their own lives, and how little the talking heads know about either."

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  1. Re:wtf? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm relatively sure the crusades came before pac-man. . . So my guess is the violence, just a hunch though.

    Yeah, they intentionally phrased the question so as to mislead you. The crusades were started by people influenced by the graphically violent board game chess, which has since become a video game. It is games in general that are the root of all violent behavior, not just video games.

  2. Oh man, by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    What was the name of that video game Hitler used to play?

    1. Re:Oh man, by Zardus · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it was called Daikatana.

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  3. Oblig Simpsons: by Volante3192 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meyers: I did a little research and I discovered a startling thing... There was violence in the past, long before cartoons were invented.
    Kent: I see. Fascinating.
    Meyers: Yeah, and know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance. Tremendous violence, many people killed, the darned thing went on for thirty years.
    Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented?
    Meyers: That's right, Kent.

  4. wait wait wait hold on there back up by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you insinuating that World War II was more than just a game?

    I thought it was a "genre".

    Wow.

  5. Re:wtf? by (A)*(B)!0_- · · Score: 4, Funny
    "the last time I held a loaded AK a little cross hairs didn't appear in my vision and I couldn't do a headshot at 100 yards just by tapping a mouse button."
    Maybe you need the latest patch?
  6. Re:Chess ruined me by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's the game's fault. I'm just a pawn..."

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