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Oh look, it's the people that want to ban the sales of violent video games to minors.
by baggy_trough 1y ago
Oh look, it's the people that want to ban the sales of violent video games to minors.
- imachine1980_ 1y agoits not, it like saying microtransaccions are bad, they are, they predate on you and if you get hookup as teen , you probably gona get addicted. https://automaton-media.com/en/news/almost-19-of-japanese-people-in-their-20s-have-spent-so-much-money-on-gacha-they-struggled-with-covering-living-expenses-survey-reveals/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/almost-19-of-japanese-pe...
- autoexec 1y agoDo you have a source for that? They seem to take a pretty reasonable approach here: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/whats-the-impact-of-media-and-screen-violence-on-children https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/whats-the-impact-o...
- baggy_trough 1y agoRead the Wikipedia article on them. It's a large section.
- arresin 1y agoThis is totally, totally different.
- doright 1y agoI've wondered why, and what societal shifts in the world led us here. Maybe the "violent video games cause harm" narrative didn't work out in practice because the types of console video games that tend to become popular don't have the harmful engagement elements being talked about now? Propaganda as a concept has existed far longer than video games. But mere depictions of violence don't incite behavioral change in the way that "social optimization" elements do? (Example: treating lootbox items not as bits of fictional lore the player's hero character finds in mythical dungeons, but as a set of items the person playing has invested their real-world shillings into according to predefined economic rules set by the designers, such that their livelihood becomes enmeshed with the game world)
- emorning3 1y agoWell, I think this is a really good point. I'm not in favor of banning games but I really cant discern the difference between a playing a game and interacting with an AI.
- emorning3 1y agoI just noticed that all my interaction with HN always takes place at the bottom of the page :-)
- nickthegreek 1y agoIn the near future I could easily imagine most games involving you interacting with an AI.
- SirFatty 1y agoYou say that like it's a bad thing.
- baggy_trough 1y agoYes.
- sieabahlpark 1y ago[dead]