How do you feel about video game violence and its relationship to murder?

I think this is just one more thing for people to blame. It seems like everyone these days is just looking to play the game blame and very few people will actually accept responsibility for their own actions. I think the ratings on the games are good enough and there doesn't need to be any censoring. If games were to be censored, then movies and TV programs better be as well. For that matter, I've kids cartoons that are just as violent as some video games.

Someone once told me something like, 'your home is an extension of your mind.' Then what goes on in our home and what we do in our home is also an extension of ourselves. If we are entertained by violence, what does that say about ourselves?

Yes I know we live in a violent world, but do we need to also be entertained by it?

Obviously, I preferred to be entertained by:

"Brothers and sisters, think about the things that are good and worthy of praise. Think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected. Do what you learned and received from me, what I told you, and what you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with you."

Its pretty fun for me. I like the stories of the games that involve violence sometimes its action packed sometimes its action packed with some warm feeling in your heart. I tend to play video games twice a week since I dont have that much time. Grand theft auto is fun, most my friends like it because its just a world where you can do about anything. Grand theft auto is mostly about violence no nice person. The game I like is Gears of war, scifi killing is my favorite thing it even has a story for the people. Most of the best sellers are about war, killing people or killing opposing creatures, real life has wars that come and go but its more signaficant than a video game. Some people play just to blow some steam or get off something thats not good like drugs. I am for these games because it keeps me busy and its fun, and good to bring friends over and play multiplayer. Companies just make it for people to have fun and they just want to make money. It cant hurt to just to play these M rated games, as long as you dont try to copy what they do in the game. Its all fine.

I think it just another way for people to defer responsibility. When a person does something wrong, all you hear is how many bad things happend to them, how hard things are for them, how much they have been influenced by TV and all that other stuff.

What I believe it that when we are young, we learn how to behave from our parents, and family, and teachers. We learn from the people who surround us on a daily basis. This is the foundation for what we believe is good and bad. The foundation of our character and our judgement. Do I think TV and or video games have an influence? Only if this foundation is corrupt. Now if the foundation is corrupt to begin with, that child has a long and troubled road ahead, just because they'll have to figure this out for themselves.

Video games, even though they have become vastly more realistic with these newer game systems, I still can't believe that this is influence people to be violent. Otherwise with all the racing games, wouldn't this influence more people to drive like maniacs. Now I know there are a bunch of people who don't follow all of the rules of the road, but did you ever hear anyone use the excuse say for speeding, "But officer, on road ralley 4, I could drive 130 as long as I didn't hit any oil slicks...."

As we get older and mature, we are taught the rules of living in society. You do learn what is right and wrong. What is acceptable behavior and non-acceptable. As you get older your behavior become a choice. People need to accept responsibility for the choices they make.

I do not have kids but my idea of those video game that depicts violence is one thing the devil is trying to influence on to kids in a very subtle way. You see, kids in their young minds and mostly still in their formative years seeing this kind of shows would probably think its normal and would think that violence is part of life. This would also hinders them to have good interactions w/ others as the may tend to be violent themselves. This will destroy their concept of peace and harmony and worst this might lead them to believe that killing is a way of life as they have been regularly witnessing it as normal routine in their younger years.

I sort of consider myself to be part of the playstation generation. I bought a PS1 on day 1 of its UK release and have played every version of video game going. - I must confess I was addicted to Battlefield 2 on PC - Multi-player online modern warfare against online HUMAN combatants. I played this game for 100`s of hours and not once did i ever feel the urge to run up behind someone with a combat knife and slit there throat.
Did no-one watch movies like Rambo? when they were younger. I am of the same opinion as many that have ACTUALLY PLAYED VIOLENT GAMES that if your mindset is to be a killer then yes you will be a killer and a video game would not influence a normal mentally stable person into being violent.
There are just to many variables that make people violent. Would jack the ripper be able to claim that he killed because he had be playing Grand Theft Auto.

Like i say far to many variables in life influence how people behave. Video games and movies get a hard rap! Anyone catch the news tonight........

its only a game... you shouldnt ignore what you see and what you do in any violent games that you play... its not a big deal if you ask me.

They said what we see or hear and are always observe will surely affects us in one way or the other. It is called adaptation. But when it comes to such gross acts like killing, i think it is not hte violent video games alone are the reason. It has something to do also with the kind of breeding the child has. The parents and the people around him or her still has something to do about it.

The violence is in most of the games,like prince of persia,or devil may cry,or GTA.Actually,they brought nothing bad into my life,it is just some kind of entertainment and sometimes,a kind of way to release the emotion...As for doing these things in the real life,nah...

I think it is a bunch of bull for ppl to blame such things on music or video games its just a bad excuse I think errrrrrr this makes me so mad its just bull thats it!