The Theme of Violence
A common thread in everything these 'days'
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Violence!
That word is loaded with meanings that all, seemingly, worm there way in to the games we play, movies we watch, stories we tell each other, etc... WHY? Are we so undisciplined that we resort to a basic impulse to entertain ourselves through the suffering of others (imagined or not) or entertain that PART of us?
I am a fully thinking intelligent human being, so I know all the social engineering arguments and biological arguments as to why? Thats not what I am asking... I am asking because I can't answer the question without going for the simple answer = because we like to "win". I would have said a stronger word (kill), but I am trying to keep this pinned down to a "computer game, RPG, board game level".
Just about every computer or console game has violence coded into it now days... I remember when games were 'games' like checkers, chess, Kings on the Corner, etc... Oh, you might be thinking that I have something against violence in games but I don't, I play the same games we all do, and excel at FPS to be quite blunt. But, there are days when turning on the TV, or listening to a Podcast of the news that my mind tends to lump it together with my game playing... kind of an overload of violence and information, I suppose.
So, does the violence in computer games also bother you guys/gals sometimes? Or, on a small tangent, are games too complex anymore (GalCiv 2, Civ 4, etc...)and really are more "war situation simulators" instead?
What are your thoughts?
That word is loaded with meanings that all, seemingly, worm there way in to the games we play, movies we watch, stories we tell each other, etc... WHY? Are we so undisciplined that we resort to a basic impulse to entertain ourselves through the suffering of others (imagined or not) or entertain that PART of us?
I am a fully thinking intelligent human being, so I know all the social engineering arguments and biological arguments as to why? Thats not what I am asking... I am asking because I can't answer the question without going for the simple answer = because we like to "win". I would have said a stronger word (kill), but I am trying to keep this pinned down to a "computer game, RPG, board game level".
Just about every computer or console game has violence coded into it now days... I remember when games were 'games' like checkers, chess, Kings on the Corner, etc... Oh, you might be thinking that I have something against violence in games but I don't, I play the same games we all do, and excel at FPS to be quite blunt. But, there are days when turning on the TV, or listening to a Podcast of the news that my mind tends to lump it together with my game playing... kind of an overload of violence and information, I suppose.
So, does the violence in computer games also bother you guys/gals sometimes? Or, on a small tangent, are games too complex anymore (GalCiv 2, Civ 4, etc...)and really are more "war situation simulators" instead?
What are your thoughts?
