[bonbon123]

Recently, I have heard on the news how a gamer turned into a murderer as he killed a lot of people just like how he did on online games, Killing everyone until he is the only one man standing. What are your thoughts about this matter?

[mrki444]

This is not rare case. Problem is when people can't make anymore difference between world in game and real world. Game must be for fun, not for serious.

[Sojourn]

It is scary.I like playing games sometimes but this kind of people malign the image of gamers. People in general would hold a wrong image about gamers from this events.

[Netherrealmer]

Nope gaming will not make a person violent. Bad parenting is.

The latest school shooter's favorite video game is dance dance revolution. Dance revo is not violent

The ones who make these senseless accusations are people who don't play games.

School shootings only happens in the US. Other countries have violent videogames too. Guess what no school shootings.

These are just conservative wrinkly old politicians blaming a technology they dont understand.





Japan have a videogame where a child character can kill and can be killed yet their crime rate is so low, 6 year old children can ride trains alone without their parents.


The violence in my country is not cause by videogames, its caused by religion and fanatic belief in God. Religion is the real cause of all evils.

[bonbon123]

This is not rare case. Problem is when people can't make anymore difference between world in game and real world. Game must be for fun, not for serious.

True. But I think the difficulty of discerning reality from the game world is perhaps what the psychologists are referring to as game addiction. It is a mental disorder that is becoming serious, much frightening than drugs because our young generation's cognitive development are deteriorating as time goes by. I hope the government and the World Health Organization will have something to do with this before this is becoming an epidemic case all of the globe.

-- 18 Jun 2019, 18:01 --

It is scary.I like playing games sometimes but this kind of people malign the image of gamers. People in general would hold a wrong image about gamers from this events.

I am really sorry if you feel maligned or in any way offended by my post. However, being a gamer does not really mean evil. It is just that if it becomes addictive that a person cannot discern anymore with reality and the game world, then that is really a concern that must be called attention. I think we can both agree with the statement of Miss Universe 2018, in moderation, everything is good. wouldn't you agree?

-- 18 Jun 2019, 18:11 --

Nope gaming will not make a person violent. Bad parenting is.

The latest school shooter's favorite video game is dance dance revolution. The ones who make these senseless accusations are people who don't play games.

School shootings only happens in the US. Other countries have violent videogames too. Guess what no school shootings.

These are just conservative wrinkly old politicians blaming a technology they dont understand.





Japan have a videogame where a child character can kill and can be killed yet their crime rate is so low, 6 year old children can ride trains alone without their parents.


The violence in my country is not cause by videogames, its caused by religion and fanatic belief in God. Religion is the real cause of all evils.

Thank you Miss Fergal for your thoughts. Perhaps it is the parents who are supposed to be stewards of their children have forgotten their role to look over their kids. If children have discipline in screen time, play time and converse personally with good people, perhaps this demise would have been avoided. I am a believer of behaviorist theorists wherein we stand to acknowledge how the environment influences our behavior. If our parents who have a great influence on our behavior will mold us to practice discipline, give importance to morality and moderation, I believe this would never happen. Wouldn't you agree?

[Netherrealmer]

I had been playing violent videogames since I was 8 but with my parent's guidance, I get to differentiate fantasy and reality.

[bonbon123]

I had been playing violent videogames since I was 8 but with my parent's guidance, I get to differentiate fantasy and reality.

I guess it's just a matter of parents guidance with their kids. As HBO and other channels would say Parental Guidance is A MUST.

[Netherrealmer]

Mortal Kombat was one of the most violent videogames in the 90's. Instead of turning people into murderers, it made many kids practice Martial arts. It increased Martial arts schools enrollment. One of those kids is Ronda Rousey.

Aside from Bad parenting, Bullying also drives kids and teens to be murderous. Most school shooters are bullied at school.

[MysticMoons]

Yes I like violent video games. They relax me. They never had a bad effect on me.

[bonbon123]

Mortal Kombat was one of the most violent videogames in the 90's. Instead of turning people into murderers, it made many kids practice Martial arts. It increased Martial arts schools enrollment. One of those kids is Ronda Rousey.

Aside from Bad parenting, Bullying also drives kids and teens to be murderous. Most school shooters are bullied at school.

I have been bullied when I was in grade school, but instead of getting a revenge, they made me realize how revenge would never end the bullying. It ends when we stand up against them and fight our own insecurities. Too bad for those bullied kids that they have to end up as a murderer.

-- 19 Jun 2019, 18:16 --

Yes I like violent video games. They relax me. They never had a bad effect on me.

If my memory serves me right in my psychology class, when our unconscious self direct our negative emotions to something non-threatening such as playing games or karaoke, that's where our defense mechanism comes in which is called displacement.. Much healthier than punching people because of our frustrations, right? Hehe

[TimeRider]

Games and Real life are two different opposite side of coin. A gamer killing real people in real life sounds scary and not so right. It also seems like a mental issue.

However, in my home country, I had also heard game related to guns and killing to be banned because it had bad influence to children and they were becoming addicted to it.

[Netherrealmer]

Games and Real life are two different opposite side of coin. A gamer killing real people in real life sounds scary and not so right. It also seems like a mental issue.

However, in my home country, I had also heard game related to guns and killing to be banned because it had bad influence to children and they were becoming addicted to it.

The thing is only few of the school shooters are players of violent videogames. WHich means videogames wont make you violent. Those kids became violent because of abusive parents, bully classmates and America's not so strict gun laws. It has been debunked many times that videogames wont make you violent. Wrinkly old politicians just want something to blame. In fact violent videogames kills the aggression of a person because it relieves their stress.