The Moral Cost of Video Games

[ravenblood]

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND - In the controversial new video game "Manhunt 2," you're required to sneak up behind innocent victims, hit them over the head with a garden spade and then use that same weapon to decapitate, them. The whole thing is pretty graphic, because the game has, well, pretty graphics. As blood gushes, you're supposed to feel satisfied

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[richaarde]

The playground at the park you played at when you were a kid is probably covered with a thick layer of padding in case, Zod forbid, a child falls and scuffs his knee. I never played at a padded playground, and somehow I survived into adulthood.

How long before we start raising our children in sensory-deprivation tanks?

The only thing that had padding when I was a child...

[ravenblood]

...were the classrooms, though I don't recall them having windows. I do remember the funny clothes they made us wear; they kept our arms all snuggly and warm. For playtime, they let us curl up and scooch around like little worms, and we'd all sleep in the corner.

Actually, I think we were probably among the last of the "normal" playground generation. You know, the generation that allowed kids to play cops and robbers on the playground without the need of a child study team consult at the end of the day.

[mynock25]

- "Mario, the International Court of Justice finds you guilty of Goomba Mass Genocide, and sentences you to death by hanging in accordance to the laws of the Mushroom Kingdom." You mean those consequences?

After I stopped laughing, I decided that this was the best line in the whole post.

You should post more often.

[ravenblood]

You're probably right, I should post here more often. Granted, the fact I try to keep up with this, MySpace and Facebook, I kind of forget I actually HAVE a paid LJ that I really SHOULD make the most of.

That and most of the spam I normally make fun of isn't quite as funny anymore. I think with the elections coming up this year though, I should have plenty of material to work with. You know, when I'm not tearing out my hair trying to plan (or rather pay for) my wedding.

[mynock25]

Maybe posting will distract you from tearing out your hair. :)