Forum Overview :: Article Submissions :: Re: A Brief History of Video Game Violence

[quote name="Mysterio's Projector"][quote name="Worm"]However unlike what eventually happened with cartoons, I don't think the solution is that we move far away from violence with games like Gone Home or Proteus...[/quote][quote name="Worm"]In games without hard choices, where you are the righteous protector of all that is good it's naturally rewarding to completely destroy the evil bastards. Seeing your opponents destroyed is just FUN. It was fun to watch guts spill out in Soldier of Fortune, it was fun to rip off heads in Mortal Kombat, it was fun to chop off limbs in Dark Messiah. There's just something undeniably fun about that, and I won't apologize for it. [/quote]Agree on both counts. If one side is to be "regressive crap", then the other is definitely navel gazing "<i>repressive</i> crap". Legislating away creativity, and pastimes, does nothing but polarize & bolster radicalism. Give me the choice, and the responsibility that comes with it. <b><font color="yellow">Pew pew pew</font> <font color="red">*BEEP*</font></b>[/quote]