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Re: Is killing aliens in video games really OK?
Posted By: ThorsHammer <Nate4D@comcast.net>	Date: 8/1/04 12:26 p.m.
In Response To: Is killing aliens in video games really OK? (MovieMaker5087) : I was reading Frankie's latest Halo 2 weekly update (the one wear he goes to : Europe) and I found the part interesting when the two Brits were OK about : killing off a thousand Covenant soldiers, with all the blood and gore and : such, as long as they weren't humen. Well, has anyone ever thought of this : before? First, let me say that my mother and sister-in-law appose violence : in video games, but they say that "killing aliens is OK". Well, : what if, somewhere out in the far regions of space, some advance speices : of aliens (say like the Covenant) somehow manage to see a demo of Halo, : and take notice that we're killing them off. What if they got angry and : came and rose hell of Earth cuz of it? Or what if aliens decided to live : on Earth? Then how would we get away with it? : "In your video game, do you kill any species belonging to the Zorgon : race?" : "Why, yes! You can destroy thousands of them in one shot and splatter : blood and such everywhere!" : "Well, we're gonna have to ban your game due to the fact some things... : I mean people might get a tad offended by the mass alien carnage..." : I could hear my mom and sis-in-law now: "Turn that game off! It's far : too violent! You know your cousin Aafwearojfd is from Zorgon and he would : find that very offensive! But it's OK as long as your killing something : other than that..." : Has anyone else ever thought of such a thing before? What do you guys think : about this? I mean, you never know... Actually, being the geek I am, I have thought about this. I hold the following stance myself: The moral problem with violence in video games isn't the actual act of killing creatures - it's that so frequently, the fighting is totally unjustified (and in fact, often, the player is breaking laws/sinning/acting wrongly/put-it-however-you-like in the game world). So in Halo's case, where the human race is defending itself against an uncompromising group that's determined to kill us all, I'd say that the violence is about as justified as it ever is. In GTA, though... Well, let's say there's a reason I've never played that series... -Nate

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Message Index

Is killing aliens in video games really OK?	MovieMaker5087	7/31/04 11:31 p.m.
Re: Is killing aliens in video games really OK?	Pak	7/31/04 11:39 p.m.
Fun stuff...	gspawn	7/31/04 11:56 p.m.
Rule Brittania	Ross Mills [subnova]	8/1/04 2:06 a.m.
More technicalities...	gspawn	8/1/04 2:01 p.m.
Oh dear God, yes.	Pico	8/1/04 1:26 a.m.
i think he was being hypothetical.. *NM*	hminn	8/1/04 7:54 a.m.
If something wants me dead, I want it dead *NM*	Agony	8/1/04 3:32 a.m.
Re: Is killing aliens in video games really OK?	vshields ash	8/1/04 4:43 a.m.
Re: Is killing aliens in video games really OK?	Ninja Steve	8/1/04 7:19 a.m.
No, we NEED to kill them in games...	Capo Rip	8/1/04 8:01 a.m.
Not doing it is heresy!!! *NM*	RoNe	8/1/04 10:58 a.m.
Re: Is killing aliens in video games really OK?	ThorsHammer	8/1/04 12:26 p.m.
They started it!	Desparado2K5	8/1/04 1:44 p.m.
Or so the UNSC tells us...	Capo Rip	8/1/04 5:21 p.m.