17 Sep 2007, 5:11 pm
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17 Sep 2007, 5:20 pm
MrMark wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
TheMachine1 wrote:
Do you play video shooter games? How is that different than shooting a bottle on a fence post?
Bottles are more replaceable when renewed from a data disc. I enjoy shooting up people in GTA:SA, but I also realise that they are replaceable. People in real life are not.
I have no interest in shooting other professional soldiers, or even "terrorists" (freedon-fighters.) I like shooting robots, zombies, and aliens.
Depending on the game, I have no interest in what the target is, providing it is interesting. In the MGS games, for example, you have to face up against professional soldiers. I have the option of using a tranquiliser, which I often do, mostly because in a game like MGS, (particularly MGS3) having a dead body tends to raise questions, especially considering Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game. In Resident Evil or Silent Hill, I do not go crazy with the ammo on the creatures within, mostly because in that game, it's tantamount to suicide.
To be perfectly honest, whenever I play FPSes with a friend of mine, he usually kicks my arse. On a good day for me, he merely 'pwns' me at a ratio of 5 to 1. (That is, I kill him once for every 5 kills he does of me)
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
calandale wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
I enjoy shooting up people in GTA:SA, but I also realise that they are replaceable. People in real life are not.
Sure they are. We just keep making more.
Would you give my statement a little more consideration than twisted macabre humour, s'il vous plait?
greenblue wrote:
You can use cheat codes in video games, in real life you can't.
And like I said, the 'targets' in a shooter can be refreshed readily. They are not unique.
17 Sep 2007, 5:30 pm
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17 Sep 2007, 5:49 pm
Quatermass wrote:
And like I said, the 'targets' in a shooter can be refreshed readily. They are not unique.
Only shooting/violent games I have played where the original Doom I, II and Quake I, II, III.
Multiplayer on a network with my brother and some of his friends, and it was fun going shooting all of them and getting shot in the game, kinda addictive
But they are just games, all the fictional characters are back to life and continue, they do not suffer, as real living beings suffer and are irreplaceable.
17 Sep 2007, 5:55 pm
greenblue wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
And like I said, the 'targets' in a shooter can be refreshed readily. They are not unique.
Only shooting/violent games I have played where the original Doom I, II and Quake I, II, III.
Multiplayer on a network with my brother and some of his friends, and it was fun going shooting all of them and getting shot in the game, kinda addictive
But they are just games, all the fictional characters are back to life and continue, they do not suffer, as real living beings suffer and are irreplaceable.
That was my point exactly!
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