They actually raise a good point - video games can and probably will be used to gauge people's sense of morality.
How can a video game be used to judge a persons sense of morality? Just because someone has fun shooting civilians in GTA, doesn't mean they're going to go out and have fun shooting civilians in real life. That's one of the biggest parts of video games, they let you be someone who you normally couldn't be and act in ways you normally wouldn't.
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They actually raise a good point - video games can and probably will be used to gauge people's sense of morality.
How can a video game be used to judge a persons sense of morality? Just because someone has fun shooting civilians in GTA, doesn't mean they're going to go out and have fun shooting civilians in real life. That's one of the biggest parts of video games, they let you be someone who you normally couldn't be and act in ways you normally wouldn't.