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Edited by cxkxr:
9/19/2013 4:40:01 AM
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How GTA Makes Me Feel
I honestly don't find the game funny or amusing. All the mass shootings, gang violence in recent years has changed my attitude and how I feel about GTA. I'm not trying to be some goody-two-shoes or anything, I played GTA all the time growing up(first played gta3 at like 11 y/o.), but now that I'm older and taking in all the violence of the world, the game makes me sick, and it's astonishing it is so tolerated. No, I don't think these types of games should be illegal, but I think as a society we need to have more concern about who gets their hands on these shoot-em-up simulators and be aware of what kind of culture we're heading towards.. Such ruthless acts that kids get to simulate seamlessly and endlessly, which real people have been victim to, is disrespectful to the victims and their families in my eyes. Now I already know there are GTA fanboys who're gonna reply with rustled jimmies and give their perspective, which is fine, but I'm not trying to argue anything. I'm just sharing my opinion, that's it. Feel free to share yours tho.
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1 ReplyEdited by Orion: 9/19/2013 10:39:19 PMAs much as I hate gang violence, I really don't think there is a correlation between games and real world violence. Take me for example. I've been playing pretty violent video games since I was seven. This included GTA 3, San Andreas, Roadkill, and a few others. But regardless of how over-the-top violent they were, I still held them in the same respect as SpongeBob: Fight For Bikini Bottom. A game just doesn't have any bearing to reality for me. I get great grades and I'm on my way to a steady job. On the other hand, there was my cousin who upon first playing GTA 3, tried to beat up his brother with a bat. He's been to jail three times and has tried to evade cops before multiple times. Some people just can't understand the difference. I do think though as video game graphics and development improve over the next twenty or so years, we really should start enforcing age restriction. GTA 3's graphics for their time still just looked like cheesy ps1 graphics, but I can't imagine the effect when a seven year old gets their hands on GTA V.
