GTA on 60 minutes

Bob The Mercenary · 03-05-2005, 04:29 PM

Brian's news post couldn't have been more timely. I just saw a commercial for Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes. Here's the story preview from the CBS website:

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GRAND THEFT AUTO - Can a violent videogame called Grand Theft Auto be responsible for an 18-year-old murdering three people? That's what the families of the victims are saying in a lawsuit and to Ed Bradley.

We've argued enough in this forum about video game violence. We all know it doesn't cause violence in children, but I'd like to see just what new information this story has to offer. I'll also probably be taping it for my video game violence persuasive speech I have to give in two weeks.

03-06-2005, 12:19 PM

What the families should do is learn from penny arcade and sue the USA for harboring such a criminal company.

Osterbaum · 03-06-2005, 01:11 PM

What people should do is learn to see things from more than just one narrow minded perspective.

And perhaps people should realize what is real and what is not.

Cheerful Coffin · 03-06-2005, 07:06 PM

i don't know why people get so up and arms over a few murders.. don't you know the more people die the less taxes we have to pay?! :thief:

DragonDaimyo · 03-06-2005, 07:28 PM

I talked to an old teacher of mine a couple of days. He a fun guy, but he's one of those guys who are still stuck in the 80's technology-wise.

He was substituting for my Computer Science class, so we naturally got steered towards computers. We somehow got on the topic of GTA3. Now I by no means approve of GTA3, but he just went ballistic over the game. (It didn't help that he had only heard of it a few days ago. How that's possible I have no clue, but it is what it is.) It was... interesting.

adamark · 03-06-2005, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerful Coffin

i don't know why people get so up and arms over a few murders.. don't you know the more people die the less taxes we have to pay?! :thief:

What the hell?

Viktor Von Russia · 03-07-2005, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheerful Coffin

i don't know why people get so up and arms over a few murders.. don't you know the more people die the less taxes we have to pay?! :thief:

Yeah, this ain't the Off Topic forum, guy. Unless you were serious. In which case...well, I don't want to get into that.

*Ahem*

Anyways, I'd just like to say that anyone who blames a video game for something like this is just stupid. Chances are, the parents are probably to blame. Or more likely, the kid himself is just messed up.

Kuja · 03-07-2005, 09:32 AM

Those three people had been cops. I think the BIGGER tragedy here was that a kid with no experience outside of video games was able to disarm an officer, shoot him, shoot two other officers, then escape in a police car.

Just who the heck is protecting the citizens of Fayette, Alabama anyway?

senfood · 03-07-2005, 10:27 AM

The news piece was biased. They only had one guy on in defense of the gaming industry. Plus, they got the game development company wrong. They said it was T2 Interactive (?) when it's really Rockstar. I'm not defending what that kid did at all, I'm saying that the courts should lt him take responsibility for his own actions instead of scapegoating the gaming industry based on an analogy he used.

Sandrock · 03-07-2005, 11:34 AM

I would feel that video games such as GTA "could" effect some kids. Mostly like really heavy LD ones and the dummys you can trick [such as Fighter.]

Video Games do have results how people act. Like people who played a puzzle game seemed to do better at a real puzzle [or something like that] if Video Games are linked to Murderings I dont know.

03-06-2005, 01:11 PM	#3
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03-06-2005, 07:06 PM	#4
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03-06-2005, 07:28 PM	#5
DragonDaimyo Man without an avatar. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, hidden underneath the fridge Posts: 380	I talked to an old teacher of mine a couple of days. He a fun guy, but he's one of those guys who are still stuck in the 80's technology-wise. He was substituting for my Computer Science class, so we naturally got steered towards computers. We somehow got on the topic of GTA3. Now I by no means approve of GTA3, but he just went ballistic over the game. (It didn't help that he had only heard of it a few days ago. How that's possible I have no clue, but it is what it is.) It was... interesting. __________________ DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS! for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! :rmage: "A fire dragon's organs are vulnerable to ice spells! I am a genius!!!"

03-07-2005, 09:32 AM	#8
Kuja He's alive! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: My Evil Volcano Lair Posts: 129	Those three people had been cops. I think the BIGGER tragedy here was that a kid with no experience outside of video games was able to disarm an officer, shoot him, shoot two other officers, then escape in a police car. Just who the heck is protecting the citizens of Fayette, Alabama anyway? __________________ :bmage: "That which does not kill me had better be able to run pretty damn fast." :wmage: "You better not make me recant the White Mages Oath." Insert humerous FFXII sig here

03-07-2005, 10:27 AM	#9
senfood Game over man! GAME OVER! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alexandria VA Posts: 86	The news piece was biased. They only had one guy on in defense of the gaming industry. Plus, they got the game development company wrong. They said it was T2 Interactive (?) when it's really Rockstar. I'm not defending what that kid did at all, I'm saying that the courts should lt him take responsibility for his own actions instead of scapegoating the gaming industry based on an analogy he used. __________________ "For the last time my son is not a Communist! He may be a liar, a cheat, a Communist, but he is NOT a porn star!" ~Grandpa Simpson :bmage: Thanatos: City of Shadows RP

03-06-2005, 12:19 PM	#2
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03-07-2005, 11:34 AM	#10
Sandrock Shyguy Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 153	I would feel that video games such as GTA "could" effect some kids. Mostly like really heavy LD ones and the dummys you can trick [such as Fighter.] Video Games do have results how people act. Like people who played a puzzle game seemed to do better at a real puzzle [or something like that] if Video Games are linked to Murderings I dont know. __________________ :thief: Dance Dance Reolution... Even its very name speaks of Discord, Upheaval, and dissent. A movement that has threatened whole nations: nay... the entire world... and she can't stop playing it for 5 minutes to get theses damn backgrounds? :thief: