A Plea To Game Makers To Act Responsibly? 136
Thanks to AVault for its editorial discussing the responsibility videogame makers have to use their powers for 'good'. The author expresses concern about games' influence on the young: "My love of digital maiming is tempered by the fact that, at this stage of my life, I can tell right from wrong. I have a fully developed set of ethics. I wouldn't say my nine-year-old nephew has quite had the time to develop these tools." The article ends with the exhortation: "Developers and publishers, hear my plea: start injecting a strong sense of right and wrong into your stories. I don't want you to pull back on the gibs, I don't want anything more than a stronger sense of ethics and perhaps a small dose of moral fiber. Take into account the fact that kids are playing, no matter that they shouldn't be."
Re:Blah, parents, yawn (Score:3, Funny)
He's talking about his 9 year old nephew. You don't seriously suggest that he try to criticize the way his brother/sister is raising the kid, do you? After all, family is always right; it's the people you don't know who are always wrong.
Re:I Have A Solution (Score:3, Funny)
I already know they can search for the answers on the internet. Maybe we could make 'em do an integral to log on! That would set an age+IQ requirement.
Of course, having been out of college long enough to forget all the math that I never use, I guess I could ask my son for help....
What GTA3 taught me. (Score:4, Funny)
If you break the law, and the cops don't get you, and the FBI doesn't get you, the military will bring in tanks and run over you.
Never play with grenades in an enclosed space.
Molotov cocktails may be fun, but if you're not careful you can catch on fire.
Hookers take your money.
Doing a double backflip with a barrel roll off a cliff is cool... until the end.
25 rounds of ammunition seems like alot of ammo until you have 26 opponents.
Don't try to snipe people while standing on the sidewalk. You'll never see the billy club coming.
Busses are too slow to out run cop cars. Sports cars aren't heavy enough to run through cop cars.
You can't fly a plane without wings. At least not for very long.