Violent Video Games: First Person Murder Simulators

[Dash87]

31. This is so ludicrously wrong

People do not "identify" with shooting people in video games. I'm sure why that idea is so pervasive.

They are also not "murder" or "war" simulators. The example they used, "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3," is more like an arcade game than a real war simulator. There's score numbers constantly flashing on the screen, ridiculous effects (like money flying out when you shoot someone), and there's very little attempt at authenticity or realism. There's also a false rumor that the army uses this game to train its soldiers - that's flat out wrong. Playing the game, you would instantly know why.

Grand Theft Auto IV (a series universally hated by these types) is so ridiculous and humorous in its style that no one would ever take it seriously.

Even the attempted "realistic" war games aren't realistic at all, and would hardly desensitize anyone to killing in real life.

I've played both those games, and have no desire to actually touch a real gun. I'm afraid of them.