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The Violent Video Game Debate, Why the NRA is Wrong

NRA has to accept the fact that it has nothing to do with any type of media.

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violents4141d ago (Edited 4141d ago )

The NRA is just scared and pointing the finger at an easy scapegoat. They are afraid the public will get in an uproar and they may end up changing the gun laws. They are just trying to take the attention off of themselves. Basically the way the government made gay marriage/civil unions the top headlines when everyone was crying about the war in the middle east. they are trying to distract america from themselves.

The real problem is the responsibilty of gun ownership. If guns were not left where a mentally unstable person could get thier hands on them this tragedy could have been averted.

Video games dont kill people, guns dont kill people, stupid people with guns kill people.

The really bad part is if you did manage to take everyones guns away people would just go out and beat people with bats or slice people up with knives or swords. Unfortunatley this is the just a part of human nature. Occasionally your going to get a nutty person that does something really messed up. You can't punish the rest of society because of what less than one percent of the populous has done.

blackblades4141d ago

If the nra keep blaming video games and other as well there will be a uproar from the gamers, watch if they keep pushing putting restrictions on video game and all it going to makes us gamers mad then there going be riots and everything, then we can blame it the nra, for starting it.

rainslacker4141d ago

Seriously? When have you ever known the gamer community to really go out and make a fuss in public about this issue. The closest I can think of is in Australia with that one politician actually getting close to banning violent games. They actually made their own political party. That particular guy was an idiot, and I don't know how far the gaming party actually got, but at least they did something.

No, we'll continue to sit here and bicker over console wars, bad choices by Capcom and Square-Enix. Luckily the industry itself isn't going to sit idly by if it ever comes to that. The ESRB has been fighting this nonsense from day one, and even came into existence because of it.

For all us US N4G'ers, all your senators, governors, congressmen, and political officials have websites where you can send them letters. I've already sent mine off saying I want to see a focused look on the problem of violence and meaningful ways to fix it, and not the scapegoating that becomes so prevalent in these times.

maniacmayhem4141d ago

"If guns were not left where a mentally unstable person could get thier hands on them this tragedy could have been averted."

Well here's the tricky part, how do we keep these guns out of their hands? It's easy to say "if they weren't around it would have never happened.". But it did happen, and it's happening quite a bit. These incidents will always occur as long as these types of weapons are allowed in homes.
The truth is some people are just NOT responsible and the rest of us have to pay for their negligence.

"The really bad part is if you did manage to take everyones guns away people would just go out and beat people with bats or slice people up with knives or swords."

I'll take my chances with a lunatic and a sword than an automatic weapon any day and I'm sure those kids at Sandy Hook would agree.

"You can't punish the rest of society because of what less than one percent of the populous has done."

Punish? Why do you need an automatic? Why is taking away these types of weapons a punishment? I don't feel punished, in fact I would feel safer knowing that these lunatics weren't able to get these types of weapons or any gun for that matter.

violents4141d ago (Edited 4141d ago )

We have constitional rights to bear arms. Its not my fault somebody wasn't responsible enought to own a gun safe.

The school shooting didnt have any automatic weapons. He had a .233 semi automatic rifle and two handguns. He could have caused just as much damage or more with a homemade bomb but no one's trying to outlaw those materials or add extra restrictions to buy them.

"Well here's the tricky part, how do we keep these guns out of their hands? It's easy to say "if they weren't around it would have never happened.". But it did happen, and it's happening quite a bit. These incidents will always occur as long as these types of weapons are allowed in homes.
The truth is some people are just NOT responsible and the rest of us have to pay for their negligence"

You have the same solution I do, yours just means no one can have them. Then the people that get them illegally will just be that much more dangerous and you would be powerless to stop a home invasion or robbery in your own home. Wouldnt that be lovely.

At least get your facts straight before you question my opinions.

I can understand your concerns however I believe that everyone should have the right to own firearms so you can protect youself and your family from harm or our government if necessary, just like the constitution says.

maniacmayhem4141d ago

"He could have caused just as much damage or more with a homemade bomb but no one's trying to outlaw those materials or add extra restrictions to buy them."

I hate this type of thinking, here's the facts: He did NOT have a bomb made out of home materials. He had GUNS brought from home. Same with the movie shooting incident and same with the Columbine shooting. And the recent incident in Philly. All shootings.

"Then the people that get them illegally will just be that much more dangerous and you would be powerless to stop a home invasion or robbery in your own home. Wouldnt that be lovely."

People have been getting them illegally now and I have yet to be home invaded ever. Another "what if" scenario that doesn't solve the problem at hand. And if you were home invaded, a surprise home invasion what are the chances of you grabbing your guns and defending yourself? What if you do? A Die Hard gun fight with your family caught in the middle, very smart.

I have my facts straight all you have are what if scenarios with made up situations. When was the last time the government harmed you Violents? Think about this for a second, you think your firearms will protect you from THE GOVERNMENT and all of it's power. Another excuse that is outdated and insane.

Our forefathers wrote that in the constitution because it was a different time and different place. But I bet you our forefathers never even conceived or imagined that a lunatic with guns would walk into an elementary school and start shooting children.

Fact!

negroguy4141d ago

I watched part of it and he showed people a game called Kindergarten Killers on youtube. I looked it up and all the videos have about 1-5k views being 4-5 years old, with only about 5 videos. Grasping for straws in a serious understatement with what he tried to pull off that video.

zerocrossing4141d ago (Edited 4141d ago )

From a gamers perspective this is ludicrous, we all know that playing violent games wont make you violent, worst case you rage quite but then you're just pissed at the game.

Why should our hobby/pastime or what have you be called into question purely because some seriously sick people commit heinous acts of violence and blame games as the influence for it? Have you heard of diminished responsibility? (look it up)

It's easier for society to have a "scape goat" a reason to help explain what we really don't want to hear, some people are just plain sick and will cause harm regardless of the stimuli and are better of being kept far away from society.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101140d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers140d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex357d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai357d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995357d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21357d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast

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Fifteen Years On, 'Grand Theft Auto IV' Is Still the Series’ Best

There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?

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Machina360d ago

The series' most overhyped and overrated (especially by critics) more like.

Number1TailzFan360d ago

Not sure tbh.. I'd say 3 was the most overrated. It's pretty rough to go back to, it was quite rough even trying it just after Vice City. Lack of humour and vehicles that had the weight of polystyrene with top speeds to match.

VC & the stories games (even LCS) were all fun. I remember there being a lot of praise for GTA 3 on TV and in game mags, saying it was a Dreamcast killer of a game or words to that effect, and honestly after playing it on PC I didn't think it was that special and kind of dull, had the odd moment of fun but hardly anything. I heard they cut online multiplayer at the last moment for PC, shame because it could've made all the difference.

Would've loved to have seen what kind of cartoony GTA style game they could've done on Dreamcast as a competitor, I bet something along the lines of Simpsons Hit & Run would've worked well.

BlackTar187359d ago

@numberz How can the game that defined a generation and was copied by everyone be overrated? Was a asinine comment

seanpitt23359d ago

For me 4 was better than 5 was more realistic and the physics was on another level! 5 was a major let down in that department!

Number1TailzFan359d ago

@blacktar you have your opinion i have mine. I found the game dull, and it is for the most part. It set the foundation for the much superior SA and VC however.

KwietStorm_BLM359d ago

You say GTA III is overrated because it's rough to go back to and rough to play after Vice City. Your entire opinion is in hindsight. Of course it's rough going back to it today. It came out over 20 years ago. That doesn't take away from the fact that it pioneered a lot and was a paradigm shift for a lot of trends in game development today. Vice City in a lot of ways is just a more refined version of III. It was San Andreas that took the big leap forward from a design perspective. If III doesn't release, who knows if the open world genre would be what it is now. How can that be overrated?

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1nsomniac359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

Not at all. My most played game of all time. Truly stunning accomplishment in gaming and with PC graphics mods it just took it to levels beyond anything that came before and possibly even after.

People who moan about it generally tend to be people who played it on under powered consoles and couldn’t handle the more realistic car physics. It was the slightly more realistic approach that made it stand out more. Absolutely love it. In fact I always said Vice city was my favourite of all time. But after going back to the remaster I realised 4 was actually the best.

Profchaos359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

I'm no critic and I consider it the best games in the franchise after recently replaying every entry it's story when paired in conjunction with it's DLC was and still is amazing.

shinoff2183359d ago

Lol. Fun fact. That dlc cost a certain green colored console 50 million for exclusiveness. Un heard of back then. Just to point out the hypocrisy of the 3rd party exclusive agenda going on.

Anyway how the dlc better then the base game by a mile. Lol imo

DigitallyAfflicted359d ago

I've enjoyed gta4 the most from all the others too.

DarXyde359d ago

San Andreas holds a special place in my heart. Honestly, I couldn't get into IV at all. Didn't even finish it. I had some pride in playing it at first because I'm originally a New Yorker, but it just didn't do it for me.

To each their own.

shinoff2183359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

Gta sa for sure. To this day my favorite. My least fav is gta 4 easily. Gta 4 made me feel like the dude in next friday trying to take the cd back talking about i cant get jiggy wit this.

Maybe looking back it would be 3 but 3 did so damn much for gaming in general. . My first gta was of course the top downs so the series has came a long way.

notachance359d ago

Yeah I remembered falling asleep playing the last mission in GTA4.. the most boring protagonist (out of all the voiced protag), and the town is too small.

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-Foxtrot360d ago

Not really

Overrated

Boring

Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety

Lacked the GTA fun charm overall

Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor

blackblades359d ago (Edited 359d ago )

GTA 2 was the best, lol my only owned GTA game. Vice city was alright when I rented it back then. I cant really say which is the best cause those the only 2 games i played but GTA 2 was fun on PC back in the day. Closes game to it that I enjoyed was SR3 and I dont care what people say. That none serious tone was fun enjoyable.

banger88360d ago

Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.

isarai360d ago

Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.

I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV

chicken_in_the_corn360d ago

It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.

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