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> That's something I don't think the people who freaked out about kids making their house or school in Doom or Quake ever really understood. We made maps of ou
by diggan 2y ago
> That's something I don't think the people who freaked out about kids making their house or school in Doom or Quake ever really understood.
We made maps of our school(s) to play in Counter Strike, I understand people freak out if they don't really understand what video games are. Especially when it was around the time when people were starting to freak out about if video games make people violent or not, because some school shooters in the US had some violent games they presumable played before their attack.
- ziofill 2y agoI always found the argument that shooters played violent video games extremely weak. Of course they play video games, like most people their age.
- mikechalmers 2y agoSame - I wanted to recreate my school for Counterstrike because I knew the building so well and if I played it with schoolmates we'd all know it like the back of our hands and associate different areas with different memories etc. leading to a more unique (and probably funny) experience. It had nothing to do with violence in reality.
- josefresco 2y agoUnreal Tournament level editor was the easiest for a noob like me. We created our dorm rooms, campuses, our houses back home. That being said, this was 25 years ago (in the US), not before school shootings but certainly not like they are today.
- highcountess 2y agoVideo games and guns themselves being the cause of shootings are just typical unhealthy excuse making in order to avoid having to actually address the real issues that would require consequences or accountability for and by people who very much do not want any consequences or accountability to affect them in any way, whether that is individuals or groups.