The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Swarley]

Gotta love that FOX News website traffic:

http://nation.foxnews.com/poll/2013/09/12/do-believe-violent-video-games-are-to-blame-for-inciting-mass-murderers-as-some/

[SethMode]

If people were intelligent, this poll would be 86% "Not Sure" and the rest Yes or No.

[Swarley]

Ha, I guess once gamers found out about that FOX News poll, they wanted to make a statement...

[jms493]

hahahahah...classic.

[Rylo]

So I should get Journey then for lots of feels?

[IamMedellin]

[DoubleDeuce]

If people were intelligent, this poll would be 86% "Not Sure" and the rest Yes or No.

The answer is obviously no... video games aren't to blame for mass murders, psychopaths predisposed to violent tendencies are.

[IamMedellin]

[SethMode]

The answer is obviously no... video games aren't to blame for mass murders, psychopaths predisposed to violent tendencies are.

No, the answer to that question is "Not sure" because none of us are sure what causes mass murders, considering most, if not all, mass murders likely occur for very different reasons. It doesn't mean that video games are the cause of them (of course Fox makes bad polls), but cheapening the issue with some idea that there is a yes or no answer is not the way to solve the problem. Video games have never caused any crimes for me or any of my friends, but it's stupid and reactive to behave like video gamers do every time a poll like this pops up.

[SethMode]

Bombcast with ads this week!



And of course they are hilarious.

It's amazing to me that it has taken this long for them to get ads.

[JayDizzle]

[padman59]

I haven't played much of anything outside of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC the past couple of weeks. I'm not very good at it, but the challenge of getting better keeps me coming back.

I think I'm a little worn out on RPGs from playing Kingdoms of Amalur, Dragon's Dogma, and The Witcher this year, and I don't know when I'll get back to The Witcher 2. The time investment required to play how I want to might be a bit too much right now.

[SethMode]

I think I'm a little worn out on RPGs from playing Kingdoms of Amalur, Dragon's Dogma, and The Witcher this year, and I don't know when I'll get back to The Witcher 2. The time investment required to play how I want to might be a bit too much right now.

Oh man, that bums me out. It's far and away the best of those 4 games.

Damn you Kingdoms of Amalur.

[padman59]

Oh man, that bums me out. It's far and away the best of those 4 games.

Damn you Kingdoms of Amalur.

And I didn't even do all of the side quests in that game.

[SethMode]

And I didn't even do all of the side quests in that game.

My girlfriend is playing it right now and loving it. She is convinced that she will do them all. I just smile and nod.