Comments on: Group Warns of Growing Video Game Violence http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/group-warns-of-growing-video-game-violence/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/group-warns-of-growing-video-game-violence/#comment-55360 Chris Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:26:50 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55360 You do realize that teen crime is in a 30 year low and violence actually dropped signifantly after games such as GTA were released. You do realize that teen crime is in a 30 year low and violence actually dropped signifantly after games such as GTA were released.

]]> By: Ominn http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/group-warns-of-growing-video-game-violence/#comment-55359 Ominn Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:40:05 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55359 This story has a strong base, and has truth, but there are many exaggerations through overly strong wording, such as "tournaments being used to recruit youths", which makes the people running the tournaments sound malicious, and intent on making kids play violent games, and also as if the more violent games are a kind of cult. Many of these more violent games have a higher difficulty, giving reason to persuade players with a higher level of skill to play them, evening the play field for newer gamers and adding higher ranked players to games where the difficulty is higher and teamwork is more required (team based games such as Call of Duty, Halo, Counter Strike).<br /> <br /> I agree with the list of games that has been supplied, though. This article is accurate and well written, and informative for parents.<br /> <br /> There is one fault though. If a young teen of 13 or more wants a game bad enough they will find a way to aquire it, be it through friends of piracy. This story has a strong base, and has truth, but there are many exaggerations through overly strong wording, such as “tournaments being used to recruit youths”, which makes the people running the tournaments sound malicious, and intent on making kids play violent games, and also as if the more violent games are a kind of cult. Many of these more violent games have a higher difficulty, giving reason to persuade players with a higher level of skill to play them, evening the play field for newer gamers and adding higher ranked players to games where the difficulty is higher and teamwork is more required (team based games such as Call of Duty, Halo, Counter Strike).

I agree with the list of games that has been supplied, though. This article is accurate and well written, and informative for parents.

There is one fault though. If a young teen of 13 or more wants a game bad enough they will find a way to aquire it, be it through friends of piracy.

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