Vlad_the_Impaler:

Video games allow you to do things that you normally wouldn't be able or couldn't do. I can't run out into the street and impale someone with a street sign and not suffer any consequences. However, in a video game I can shove a sign into someone's eyeball without fear of reprisal. The act provides a release from the ordinary and mundane.

Vlad_the_Impaler:
Video games allow you to do things that you normally wouldn't be able or couldn't do.

GoldDreams:


Well said. I believe this can be a rather stimulating and healthy process of mental development. Being able to practically let loose within a game and really let out some built frustrations. An folks sitting around playing "violent" games are much better than those who actually snap and do the stuff for real. Which would you prefer? A real psycho stalking the streets or someone pretending to do it, with sound mind.. within a video game?