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Michael Haft: Trained to Kill: Two Marine Officers on Video Games and Gun Violence
I thought this was a good opinion piece gun violence and video games. I play a lot of violent video games and there is a reward system for kills and a desensitization effect IMO. I think it's a worthwhile topic to discuss, the simulated killings never got so "life like" until GTA:III came out and they have been getting more realistic ever since.
Right now I can fire up GTA IV and start a fight with the military with an arsenal of weaponry that my character somehow carries with no explanation as to how.
I thought this was a good opinion piece gun violence and video games. I play a lot of violent video games and there is a reward system for kills and a desensitization effect IMO. I think it's a worthwhile topic to discuss, the simulated killings never got so "life like" until GTA:III came out and they have been getting more realistic ever since.
Right now I can fire up GTA IV and start a fight with the military with an arsenal of weaponry that my character somehow carries with no explanation as to how.