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Zindela
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School of Applied Knowledge

Posted - 2011.01.15 05:16:00 - [1]

Originally by: Herr Wilkus
Wall Street Journal Article

This makes me wonder how many Eve players out there are ticking time bombs - just waiting to go off.

What steps should CCP take to tone down the hateful eliminationist imagery that can trigger troubled individuals to commit terrible acts of violence like this one?

Should gaming companies such as CCP be held partially responsible for the acts of marginal members of society - or will they hide behind concepts such as 'free speech' or EULA?

My condolences to those injured and killed in this terrible attack, and I hope CCP does whatever it can to prevent further bloodshed.

Short reply, No.

Longer reply:

Personally, I don't think that violent videogames have much of an effect on the human psyche. However, having said that, I'm not a psychiatric, and have never actually taken a psychology course. I am speaking from personal experience, and experiences with my friends. ALL of my friends, and I play some of the most violent games out there. The ones that encourage you to be a total *******, to lie, steal, cheat, your way to survive.

This could be influenced by the fact that we are above the general intelligence of the general population, and know the difference between real, and virtual, but I think it has more to do with other things. The only way games have influenced me in violent ways, has been to expand my knowledge about military tech, and possible future tech as well. I realize much of this is purely fiction, but I'm studying to be an engineer, and many of our discussions about the specific game are actually based around how it might be possible to actually implement the tech in the future.

If anything, games have furthered our curiosity into the unknown. I'm not advocating that people be incentivised (not actually a word, but I like the sound) to play games, but that games have become a medium for humans to expand on ideas, become more creative, and explore their own intellectual limits, purely from the perspective of their basement chair.
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