Why video games are bad influence

@pooty: So long you can set apart fiction from reality, its not a bad influence. With that said, they aren't meant to be thought-provoking or ingenious works like some other games I will not compare to, and also not being for everyone's enjoyment.

Far Cry 3: you disturb local uhmm "farmers" and cut off their main source of money.

@CaioTrubat said:

@joewell said:

@Walzo said:

At first, I looked at the title and then the creator, became confused, and then actually read it.

this

I bet you guys thought "Oh no, Caio just went crazy." xD

I was first like not sure if Caio or John.

Aliens:Colonial Marines is a bad influence.

@pooty said:

@mrdecepticonleader said:

@pooty said:

@CaioTrubat: @jeanlucpicard: @Highlander_615: @SC:@DarkKnightDetective:

I have played most of these games and loved them. Let me ask a question: Videos games have massive violence, drug use, dildos, swearing etc. If they are not a bad influence. Are they a good influence? Can you really look at something for hours and hours and it has no effect at all?

This came in my inbox but my name is not there are you asking me this as well?

yes. please answer. i thought i responded to everyone on the first page.

Okay

First I liked how you highlighted dildos that made me chuckle I think I might have an idea as to what game you are referring to.

Secondly I don't agree that video games make people violent,we are all naturally violent as humans to an extent I think people who do violent things because they have been playing games or watching films or cartoons with violence in them and they cant understand their context then that is the problem.Parenting I watched violent action films since I was young same with video games and it never made me violent because I understood it was fictional.

So it is more to do with the parenting I mean if this was thirty or so years ago we would be talking about the same thing but with comics instead.

@pooty said:

@CaioTrubat: @jeanlucpicard: @Highlander_615: @SC:@DarkKnightDetective:

I have played most of these games and loved them. Let me ask a question: Videos games have massive violence, drug use, dildos, swearing etc. If they are not a bad influence. Are they a good influence? Can you really look at something for hours and hours and it has no effect at all?

Honestly, the only thing that I can say about Video games that has influenced me in a bad way is swearing but that's about it, I've never been violent, used drugs or dildos (Why did you mention dildos? Just curious) They are a bad influence if you let them be, if not they are just neutral, but puzzle games are a good influence because you exercise your deductive skill such as Portal.

@DarkKnightDetective: Why did you mention dildos? Just curious

If you have never beaten a person with a dildo, then you are missing one of my Favorite series: Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3 !!

@pooty: I haven't played saints row but I have seen the gameplay, hell I was the one that mentioned saints row and dildo, but I don't think someone would hit a another person with a dildo. (At least not on this site)

This might be the best thread I've ever seen in the Offtopic section.

THIS. IS. GLORIOUS.

@CaioTrubat:

Age of empire: You are a ruthless dictator who sacrifices and enslaves his own people for his warmachines and global domination.

Cabela's big game hunter: You hunt and kill animals for sport.

Halo: You're a fascist soldier who wipes out an entire colony of aliens so the galaxy can be purified.

Any influence can become a bad influence.

Far Cry 3: You can f*** around walking through a island procrastinating the rescue of your friends at the hands of psychopaths.

@CaioTrubat said:

@joewell said:

@Walzo said:

At first, I looked at the title and then the creator, became confused, and then actually read it.

this

I bet you guys thought "Oh no, Caio just went crazy." xD

@CaioTrubat Funny thing I actually thought you had. I read everything in your post except for the lets go crazy...pretty weird right? Drove me nuts! Especially the Uncharted bit. Right now I'm laughing the hardest I have for months.

Need for Speed: You are constantly driving past the speed limit, and ignoring red lights.

Crazy Taxi: Same as above.

Galaga: You're killing aliens. For no given reason.

Sly: You're playing as a thief who constantly flirts with the police woman trying to catch him.

Prince of Persia on the Hard setting has definitely made me want to kill people