Anyhow, in case you didn't hear last weeks news, there was another school shooting in America (Washington). Fortunately the situation was not as bad as Sandy Hook. Now, there have been a lot of speculations as to why this happened again and I do not know if my most dreaded one came up yet...Video games are the cause of it. I absolutely hate that statement and I hate it even more when the media uses it. I am a gamer by heart and I game a lot, that includes violent video games. But lately I have become more afraid for gamers as I fear that laws against games might be raised due to simple assumptions. The media always targets video games first since they do display graphic violence and think that kids are mentally affected by that.
I have two comments to say to that:
- First: It is stupid to think that kids who play games get so angry form playing the games that they start killing people. Yes people rage at video games, and smash they controllers and consoles, but that is usually followed by instant regret. If a kid/teen gets so angry from a game that they kill someone I think its more of a mental problem rather than with the game.
- Second: This is what bothers me the most. Video games have a fairly big indicator on the box that indicated what age it is permitted to be played at. If parents or relatives are stupid enough to buy their kids an 18+game - the prime example here is Call of duty (I do not mean to bash on the game itself), when you play online you can hear 11 - 12 year olds playing the game and being total assholes - than its their own fault if their kid is being violent. This of course is not good and that leads to the media blaming games for making kids violent. I hate that so much. DO NOT BUY YOUR KID A GAME THAT ISN'T FOR THEIR AGE GROUP....SERIOUSLY. And if a relative buys it for them, take it away.
To finish, I just hate it when the medias first blame falls on video games because it ruins the fun for those gamers who just want to play.
Control your anger, control your kids and game on ^^
