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> doesn't it seem similar to past "moral panics"? No I don't think so. I've played lots of first person shooters and it's harmless. But social media causing
by cutemonster 5y ago
> doesn't it seem similar to past "moral panics"?
No I don't think so.
I've played lots of first person shooters and it's harmless.
But social media causing damaging self worth worries, I slightly experience myself, sometimes. It's a real problem, in my eyes.
(Loot boxes, and computer gaming addiction, are real problems with the games though.)
- Apocryphon 5y agoI don’t even think that violent video games are harmless. I just think the desensitization is more insidious and longer-term, maybe something with cultural and spiritual ramifications, but not something that’s as immediately harmful to public health like depression caused by social media social stresses.
- cutemonster 5y agoHmm. I'm thinking that if there was a graphical video game based on the book "American Psycho" where one was playing that character, maybe it could be damaging to some. I never saw such a game. -- The FPS games I've seen, I'd compare them more with looking at a ww2 movie. "The last of us" -- that game maybe that one can cause, like you wrote, a bit desensitization. It's more realistic brutal violence in that game than what I saw in the games i played as a kid. Any games come to your mind?
- Apocryphon 5y agoManhunt jumps to mind. There's a few games, some of which from Rockstar, that aims to be edgy and gratuitous for the sake of it. Maybe the Hitman games, since they are literally murder simulators?
- cutemonster 5y agoI had a look at Manhunt, it's an a more brutal game than what I would have thought. For sure I wouldn't want military or policemen to play such games, and not kids either