Oh lord, here we go again. People seriously need to stop pushing blame away from the perpetrator. Blaming the video games for causing some kid to shoot people is like blaming semi-automatic weapons for the shooting in Newtown.
I have been playing first person shooters since I was 12. I will be 29 in February. I have played Counter-strike for years, I do not run around shooting people thinking it's a game. I have the mental capacity to differentiate between the real world and a video game. Those that do not have that capacity probably should not be playing these games, but that falls on the parents of said child(ren.)
Contrary to what the media throws out there, these games do not "train you" to shoot, they do not jade you to the aspect of killing another human being, and they don't impregnate your 16 year old daughter. It's a game. Nothing more, nothing less. If your child has mental deficiencies where he could mistake a virtual world for the real world, then it's your job as a parent to get them the help they need.
I have been playing first person shooters since I was 12. I will be 29 in February. I have played Counter-strike for years, I do not run around shooting people thinking it's a game. I have the mental capacity to differentiate between the real world and a video game. Those that do not have that capacity probably should not be playing these games, but that falls on the parents of said child(ren.)
Contrary to what the media throws out there, these games do not "train you" to shoot, they do not jade you to the aspect of killing another human being, and they don't impregnate your 16 year old daughter. It's a game. Nothing more, nothing less. If your child has mental deficiencies where he could mistake a virtual world for the real world, then it's your job as a parent to get them the help they need.
Counter-strike is indeed a first person shooter.comblockshooter said:unless they changed counter strike its not a first person shooter game. counterstrike is-was a theater command game. i was actually thinking about playing mine the other day