Poll | 2008-05-06: Are you offended by violent video ...

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	Poll for May 06, 2008

"Are you offended by violent video games?"

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2,404 (85.9 %)

yes

395 (14.1 %)

total votes : 2,799 | 49 reaction(s)

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+1 @ 06-05-2008 05:15 mebee4
358 posts	Not sure - I generally stay pretty clear of them - give me 'Disney Magical Racers' or 'Bugs Bunny and Taz's Time adventure' any day ...in fact, I think I'll go play Toy Story 2 right now.
+1 @ 06-05-2008 05:20 andro
42,248 posts	I'm not offended by violent video games. I quite enjoy them, in fact. Humanity is violent by nature anyway - violent video games just allow us to satisfy those urgings without having to harm anyone else in the process.
0 @ 06-05-2008 05:42 diudiu
86 posts	not really. i don't play them though.
+1 @ 06-05-2008 06:19 ItachixSakura
2 posts	Nope I play them... mwahaha [offtopic] Who makes these polls anyways?
+1 @ 06-05-2008 06:49 geopan
176 posts	No i'm not..In fact i don't play video games..They don't interest me at all.. PS lease give us more interesting polls!!!
0 @ 06-05-2008 07:45 Joeyy
3,392 posts	If you have poll suggestions you consider interesting, submit them. "Anyone thinking that they encourage people to do stupid things or act the way they act are stupid and should realize that if this person is acting in a way that is bad, it's nobody else's fault but their own." Although I believe it's not the case for the majority of people, I think you're wrong and are being a little ignorant by saying this, at least in calling people "stupid" for thinking that the violence in media like video games isn't somewhat responsible for the actions of some criminals. There's been at least one study I know of directly linking to video games and you hear of individual cases on the News and such. Of course, I think there are other factors involved like someone's background/upbringing, personality, morals, beliefs and maybe mental stability but sometimes all they need is to see the violence in a game or programme and see that, in it, it's encouraged and/or perhaps doesn't have consequences, feel the pleasure they get out of performing violent/criminal acts in the game and then know they want to act it out for real to gain more satisfaction or because doing it in the game isn't even satisfying enough. Like a stimulus-response thing. I pretty much agree with Behaviourists in those cases.
0 @ 06-05-2008 09:21 llcm
1,201 posts	maybe if they were really violent games
0 @ 06-05-2008 10:13 Pop_killer
6,729 posts	Not really. The whole point of a game is that fact that it isn't real. What does annoy me in games are things like Racism; as if the fact it's a game gives it some kind of excuse to do it.
+1 @ 06-05-2008 10:58 Dagor
33,442 posts	I am not offended by them, but I don't agree that humans are violent by nature and that games satisfy an urge (they do in a way, but the dosage is getting too high) The abundancy oversaturates your natural senses which numbs you and influences your natural instincts (which goes for every stimulant: alcohol, smoking, chocolate, working out, porn) and eventually disables your natural protection against saturation. That leaves you with a more or, in most cases less, out-of-order social behaviour. This won't change most people, but there are some whose social behaviour is going to be severely damaged. Not all are going to become serial killers .. to say however that there is no connection at all is putting your head into the sand (as several studies have proven). It's actually the same as with all other stimulants: it all depends on the right (individual) dosage. Some become alcoholics and some not .. some shovel tons of sweets into their body and some not
0 @ 06-05-2008 11:50 Kristha
336 posts	yes
-5 @ 06-05-2008 12:13 Kristha
336 posts	Yes there's just entirely too much trash and low-class laughs
0 @ 06-05-2008 14:17 Zombie1
82 posts	nope violent videogames are the best games.
+3 @ 06-05-2008 15:47 RandmBiskit
235 posts	I don't personally find them offensive, but I think there is too much violence in games etc, as it numbs people to things like killing. As Dagor said, it doesn't affect everyone, but it seems to me that if someone is used to seeing people in video games die without caring, they'll find it harder to care about people in general. Also, I dislike video games in general, as too many people become unhealthily obsessive (excellent video). Although, I can't really talk as I'm a computer addict, but I at least amn't on it all my free time However, I don't personally find video games offensive, unless they're racist, or really too far. * offtopic : Lol at TheAnnoyance's comment...
0 @ 06-05-2008 16:07 Diamondprincces
19 posts	definetly not, it kind of the only way to go crazy without goin to jail...I LUV IT
-1 @ 06-05-2008 16:15 welshgirllowri
153 posts	They don't offend me, but I am incredibly squeamish and I disapprove of swearing and miscellaneous violence.
0 @ 06-05-2008 16:23 grounded_angel
5,917 posts	I don't like them, but they don't offend me.
0 @ 06-05-2008 16:39 elito00
177 posts	no absolutely
0 @ 06-05-2008 17:59 spook88
58 posts	no... first person shooters are the best games
0 @ 06-05-2008 19:53 purelica
131 posts	Nah. I'm only offended by dumb teenagers!
0 @ 06-05-2008 20:21 paynie
5,647 posts	Not got time to be thinking or caring about video games
0 @ 06-05-2008 20:30 berryschels
21 posts	no... me no offended by violent video games.. g2g.. bye!
0 @ 06-05-2008 21:19 valdez
41 posts	Offended ?? Not at all Why should I ??
0 @ 09-05-2008 09:56 mikey_boy
20,467 posts	i hate bringing back old polls, but this is only a couple days. considering the last 2-3 months all i've played is Call of Duty 4 and more recently Grand Theft Auto 4, i'd say no. however, recently since playing Call of Duty i have noticed myself being a little more on edge when out places, almost like paranoia looking around to see where people could snipe me. i feel almost like JFK. i blame the game, however, i could just be going crazy.
0 @ 24-05-2008 14:49 sugarxsplash
63 posts	nope