September 6, 2004
Stop the Violence, I’m Bored
Idle Thumbs go to work and give us a great rant and follow-on discussion about the overabundance of violence in videogames — the problem not being that such games lead to violent behavior, but that they are inhibiting forward progress in game design.
Have you ever tried to convince your mom, spouse, etc. that video games aren’t violent? You might mention Tetris, or The Sims, but after that you’re left with nothing but a wishy-washy sentence or two about “potential” and “endless possibilities” without a shred of concrete evidence in the form of a real gamer’s game to back you up. Why is that?
April 1st, 2006 at 5:10 am
[…] ay into character-centric interactive entertainment experiences, or how violence is such a one-note tune in contemporary game design or in media coverage of games, o […]
June 24th, 2007 at 4:14 am
look i think your talkin crap.just some people are stupid.and if you do band games some kids will hav nothin to do so the ll go to the streets