RE: Violent games don't cut it
August 12, 2015 at 8:07 am
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2015 at 8:20 am by Nope.)
(August 11, 2015 at 7:55 pm)abaris Wrote: No problem with gratuitous violence or sex. Not in itself but given the right context. I just played Fallout New Vegas for a few hours and I love it to pick out enemies from afar. Though I have a mod installed that keeps severed limbs to a minimum. Not because I'm offended by it, but because it's ridiculous to make a head explode with a 22.
It's not real life and in games I'm as badass as they come.
I am replaying this game right now and I am finding destroying Caesar's Legion to be very satisfying.
The US has lower violent crimes now than it did 20 years ago so maybe providing people with a safe outlet for natural aggression is helpful to society. Most players realize that the characters aren't real so killing a member of Caesar's Legion in Fall Out has no bearing to how you would treat the same situation in real life.
In most games, I play as a woman not a man so, at least or me, it is a feminist experience. LOL There are plenty of examples of kick ass women in video games. Rape is depicted as something that only bad people do.
The way couples are depicted on tv bothers me more than how women in video games. Television couples are usually made up with one bitchy woman who is very annoying and an immature man. Can we break those stereotypes, please?
