Comments on: The gamer, not the game itself, responsible for violence http://www.eastside-online.org/opinions/the-gamer-not-the-game-itself-responsible-for-violence/ School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zachary Schwartz http://www.eastside-online.org/opinions/the-gamer-not-the-game-itself-responsible-for-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Zachary Schwartz Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:39:04 +0000 http://www.eastside-online.org/?p=1997#comment-1218 Actually, jack thompson was disbarred in september of...2007, I think. He can't practice law anymore. Not in florida at least. I'm not sure if Halo is the best example of violent games, though. I mean, if you were to cite a realistic shooter that you play, such as GTA or something similar, this point would be further reinforced, considering that Halo primarily revolves around fantasy violence. Considering your foes are primarily alien in nature, it's difficult to connect the violence to real life. This isn't exactly a new trend though. Before Video games, everyone blamed unregulated rap music, or comic books. I totally agree with you though. Luckily, video-games are slowly becoming legitimate artistic media, so this is the kind of crap that we won't be seeing too much in the future. Actually, jack thompson was disbarred in september of…2007, I think. He can’t practice law anymore. Not in florida at least.

I’m not sure if Halo is the best example of violent games, though. I mean, if you were to cite a realistic shooter that you play, such as GTA or something similar, this point would be further reinforced, considering that Halo primarily revolves around fantasy violence. Considering your foes are primarily alien in nature, it’s difficult to connect the violence to real life.

This isn’t exactly a new trend though. Before Video games, everyone blamed unregulated rap music, or comic books. I totally agree with you though. Luckily, video-games are slowly becoming legitimate artistic media, so this is the kind of crap that we won’t be seeing too much in the future.

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