Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill" [View all]Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)He didn't. What?
Is that even logical to say that? Was that off the cuff or has he taken any time to look into the phenomena and culture of both game creation and play? There are good and bad sides to it, as with any cultural phenomena to some degree. That's a big of a backwards and rather conservative view he is espousing because...
There are many TYPES of video games, so a blanket statement is ridiculous. What about all those horror movies? How about all those demented authors who write gruesome, disgusting stories that people love to read? Are they learning to be monsters and psychos, maybe serial killers? Watch out for Grandpa, he likes those movies and books, so he must be an old creep! Of course, that is not to mention the biographies and documentaries about serial killers, bloody wars, an a host of atrocities. People who make, watch and read that stuff are, well, creeps and could be dangerous.
What VP Biden is missing here, and it really should be a glaring issue is that the USA has been and is a rather violent culture. We may present a nice facade of civility and reason, but that's maybe our wishful thinking. We are getting better, but the violence is in the culture and what games, movies, books, etc., provide is a mirror, if anything.
There is the old question as to whether art mirrors reality or reality mirrors art. We need to ask that question again collectively here in this country and consider it to be important and vital that we get some insights for a change.
Is Biden going to be an old fuddyduddy? I would have preferred he just skirted that one if he is going to reflect the thinking and morality of the good old days, because I see that's where that sentiment is coming from.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided