(October 4, 2014 at 11:11 am)XenobladeShulk Wrote: I AM SO FUCKING PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW. MY MOM WON'T LET ME GET HYRULE WARRIORS FOR THE WII U BECAUSE IT'S "TOO MAGICAL AND SORCERY". I DON'T FUCKING GIVE A SHIT! I TOLD HER THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN HER DUMBASS FAKE RELIGION (SHE'S A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS) SO I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT'S STUPID FUCKING RULES ABOUT WHAT GAMES I PLAY. SHE ALSO DOESN'T EVEN LET ME PLAY FUCKING POKEMON BECAUSE ITS BASED ON JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY! I DON'T FUCKING CARE! I'M 14 AND MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE FUCKING MAGIC!!!!

Pfft, firstly you are not mature enough to make those decisions - it has been proven beyond doubt that violent content in video games leads to violent criminal behaviour especially in people of your age (I can point you to plenty of studies showing this to be true).

Furthermore, it's your mother's right to choose what you have access to and what you don't - you can disagree with it all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that it's not "your right" at all.

(October 4, 2014 at 11:11 am)XenobladeShulk Wrote: I AM SO FUCKING PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW. MY MOM WON'T LET ME GET HYRULE WARRIORS FOR THE WII U BECAUSE IT'S "TOO MAGICAL AND SORCERY". I DON'T FUCKING GIVE A SHIT! I TOLD HER THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN HER DUMBASS FAKE RELIGION (SHE'S A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS) SO I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT'S STUPID FUCKING RULES ABOUT WHAT GAMES I PLAY. SHE ALSO DOESN'T EVEN LET ME PLAY FUCKING POKEMON BECAUSE ITS BASED ON JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY! I DON'T FUCKING CARE! I'M 14 AND MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE FUCKING MAGIC!!!!

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Pfft, firstly you are not mature enough to make those decisions - it has been proven beyond doubt that violent content in video games leads to violent criminal behaviour especially in people of your age (I can point you to plenty of studies showing this to be true).

Furthermore, it's your mother's right to choose what you have access to and what you don't - you can disagree with it all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that it's not "your right" at all.
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OBJECTION!!!!

Nope No studies have actually proven that at all.Video games decrease violents because it gives an outlet for that person.

Here are a couple of studies that say your wrong

http://www.gamesandlearning.org/2013/11/...ign=Buffer

http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2014-33466-001/

Academic studies seem contrary (usually indicating a complex picture). For example, here is an extensive academic review of published evidence, supporting the view that exposure to violent video games leads to an increase in aggressive behaviour ....

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/12/5/353.short

And here is one coming to the opposite conclusion ...

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007...007-9056-9

The danger in such situations is that people can choose to quote one side of the story and not the other, which I think we'd all agree would not be good scholarship.

My gut feeling tells me that there is a factor of genetic predisposition which lets people react very differently to such stimuli.

No one has proven playing videogames increases aggressive behavior in real life, on the contrary, playing games has been shown to have medical benefits. For kids it can also help in increasing their creativity and imagination.

By the way I am still curious about what games are out there which are not only sin-free but also supports JWs views.

(October 5, 2014 at 6:22 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: By the way I am still curious about what games are out there which are not only sin-free but also supports JWs views.

The "door-to-door salesman simulator" game?

(October 5, 2014 at 6:22 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: By the way I am still curious about what games are out there which are not only sin-free but also supports JWs views.

I think it depends on the parent in question, but JWs are fundamentalists, and take the view that anything that might lead a person astray is better off avoided altogether. They may still have a video on their site where a child is taught to throw away a wizard doll because it represents the use of magic, which is evil. It's not the sort of thing that will get you disfellowshipped, but will almost certainly lead to the occasional lecture and would probably block a person from being promoted to service positions within the organization.

That said, some parents are very strict, others are not. My mother took a dim view of computers in general (until I started making money as an IT tech, at which point she stopped complaining) but with very few exceptions didn't bother me about video games or movies or music.

Contradictory studies about violent video games leading to violence probably just means that different people react differently to things. It's more about the individual than the game itsself.

The third world is proof that you don't need video games to be violent