06-05-2005, 03:10 AM
Quote:I absolutely agree with you, but the government will never ban those games out of respect, because those games are their #1 recruitment helper. Kids play them, and then they sign up for the army thinking that it'll be just like the video games.
Government should ban them? Why is it the government's responsibilty to make sure people make a choice which you think is right?
Quote:he heard about them and passively sat by and allowed them to happen because he saw an opportune moment to grab power.
It couldn't be he didn't take it seriously? Isn't incompetence much more likel than such a sinister motif?
And why are you stopping at WWII shooters? What about games that take place in Roman times? Or Medieval times? Those are probably the worst offenders. Hell, I own a fabulous game calle Rome: Total War. It's fun, but bodies just fall without any blood, the soldiers do not get horrendous injuries, and it makes it look like fun and games, when they were more horrifically bloody than WWII (and it gives WWI a run for it's money). Hell, you can even destroy whole cities of it's civilian population (and when you're doing it as a Roman, a graphic of civilians crucified lining a road appears under a red sunset). You can replace their religion with yours, you can supress their national identity ete. And no one gets upset about that. I guess killing maybe 100 Nazis throughout the game is more horrible than killing literally thousands, sometimes with just one battle.