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Do we really know how dangerous video games are?

SeattlePi writes:

"I admit I was a little horrified when I saw an ad for "Grand Theft Auto IV," complete with a puking, drunk avatar when I was watching "Rob & Big" the other night. But as I pick away at my video gaming story I'm realizing we don't have a clear idea how dangerous these graphic video games are."

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Jinxstar5859d ago

I call BS.
If you can put it in movies you should be able to put it in games.
If you can write it in a book it should be in a game.
If you can put it in a play of some kind you should be able to put it in a game.
Why are games tagged as bad when an influential real life person like paris hilton gets idolized by youth and someone puking in a game gets shunned when it is supposed to be played by a mature audience.

demonrock5858d ago (Edited 5858d ago )

Its called imagination, its called creativity. Who cares if its considered dangerous. If you can't stand the violent nature of these games that are catered to adults, don't play them. Why is it that it is so easy to say that a game with violent content is actually dangerous. Wake up, the world is full of this and thats what should scare the hell out of you. A game is mere fantasy. It cannot teach you how to do of these things because anyone is capable of anything you can imagine. I have watched the most violent of movies, played the most violent of games, read the most violently detailed books and listened to death metal music fully of anger and hate. But has it left an impact on me, absolutely not. When you experience this in a game, you no its not real. But, because you interact they feel the game is responsible for the actions of others, which in one word is total BS.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum1d ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.