Thoughts on Video Games

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Has anyone noticed the level of violence that video games are offering these days? Microsoft spent at least a third of their last E3 press conference dishing out shooter after shooter. And why is virtually every MMO obsessed with killing and witchcraft? What happened to the "family-friendly" titles? Is it so hard to ask for a "play infrount-of your gandma" safe MMO that is fun to play?

I rather appreciate violent computer games - they're exciting.

Final Fantasy is a 'play in front of your grandma game'.

Violence comes about because games are about challenges, and challenges are mental, social or physical. Mental challenges are unpopular (why not just play chess anyway?) and social challenges cannot be represented in a computer game. Therefore Physical challenges dominate, and that generally means violence. As games progress, so too does the realism, and with it the realism of the violence.

Of course there are always games like Sonic, Final Fantasy, Zelda, and sport games, such as racing, which tend to be more abstract.

If you're not into these, what kind of non-violent game would you like to see?

I have to agree, there are way too many shooters. Enough with COD, bring out Timesplitters 4!! I'm not looking for an MMO though, because I've burned myself out overplaying WoW, and I can't go through with another.

Kinect is the new thing for family-friendly titles. I played it and it is awesome . The Wii, however much some people hate it, is the best console around for family-friendly titles. Good ones I mean, like Mario games. Don't be put off by the tons of garbage party games, there's better out there for the Wii.

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The Wii, however much some people hate it, is the best console around for family-friendly titles. Good ones I mean, like Mario games. Don't be put off by the tons of garbage party games, there's better out there for the Wii. [/quote]

I like the Wii, but I just can't justify spending $250 for a box, then $50-60 a game. I already have a computer and PopCap Games are $20 minus my 20% loyalty discount.

My favourite sorts of games involve both killing enemies and solving puzzles. Just solving puzzles ones are great too though, though they can get boringly hard.

I really like it when they can make killing enemies into a puzzle.

Gotta draw the line somewhere. I wonder if the next generation of consoles will have $70 games.

Also, it bothers me that this generation has lasted longer than 5 years, the next generation is supposed to be about every 5 years.

i ment that they dont buy them to play. and im sure that christmas she just up and decided to buy him gta4 cause she thought it looked fun. im sure he had something to do with it.

involving parents in game purchases goes haywire when they see what its all about. case in point the "your mom hates this" campaigne for dead space 2
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OP is a baby.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I find violent video games to be a great outlet for getting out aggressions instead of actually hurting someone. And I think it's funny when people complain about how violent games are "these days". Maybe they never heard of Splatterhouse back in 1988, for example.