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The_Pope · 8th May 2007, 11:31

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/05...lay_premieres/

L2wis · 8th May 2007, 12:19

video games are always an easy scape goat for things that go bad or are unexplainable... it's just how the media portray things and mould ppl into mindless dummys. Debate is great when there are taboo's in the air. good luck to 'the play'

Bauul · 8th May 2007, 12:47

Good luck to them, it's funny how certain things are used as scapegoats for tragedies like this. As everyone knows following Columbine, Heavy Metal was blamed as a key reason for the shootings, but following the discovery the Virginia Tech Shooter was a big grunge fan, no-one turned around and blamed Kurt Cobain for mass murder, it's strange. I guess it's just a lot to do with public perception. Violence breeds violence and all that, despite scientific evidence to the contrary. In fact, from a limited selection of games, the most soothing were found to be the ultra violence ones such as Doom or Mortal Kombat, whilst the one that made it's players the most bad tempered, short fused and agressive was, quite logically in hind sight, Tetris.

In other words, it's all the Game Boy's fault.

Dr. Strangelove · 8th May 2007, 14:07

hmm wonder if someone is now going to shoot a lot of people and claim it was because he watched this play?

speedfreek · 8th May 2007, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bauul

whilst the one that made it's players the most bad tempered, short fused and agressive was, quite logically in hind sight, Tetris.

In other words, it's all the Game Boy's fault.

Yes it was, it was the cause of fights over who got to play too.

thecrownles · 8th May 2007, 21:24

I don't see how this play is going to draw an audience, unless there is something really special about it, because if the target audience is theatergoing computer gamers then they have a pretty small target to hit. Maybe I'm just underestimating writers but from the title I wouldn't want to see this play.

DXR_13KE · 8th May 2007, 21:38

GAMES CAUSES TERRORISM!!!!!!![/sarcasm]

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Bauul Sir Bongaminge Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Godalming, near Guildford Posts: 1,553	Good luck to them, it's funny how certain things are used as scapegoats for tragedies like this. As everyone knows following Columbine, Heavy Metal was blamed as a key reason for the shootings, but following the discovery the Virginia Tech Shooter was a big grunge fan, no-one turned around and blamed Kurt Cobain for mass murder, it's strange. I guess it's just a lot to do with public perception. Violence breeds violence and all that, despite scientific evidence to the contrary. In fact, from a limited selection of games, the most soothing were found to be the ultra violence ones such as Doom or Mortal Kombat, whilst the one that made it's players the most bad tempered, short fused and agressive was, quite logically in hind sight, Tetris. In other words, it's all the Game Boy's fault.