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Not empirical. Personal experience is merely anecdotal, and does not support any claim about anything really. That's not evidence that it has desensitized you to violence however. If after playing that game, someone in real life walks up and stabs someone in the eye right in front of you and you don't notice, then that would be desensitization. About the only observation I could make is that a gruesome scene, set in a fictional fantasy world, no longer bothers you. If anything, I would probably make an inference that you are interpret the difference between fantasy and reality. He also talks about this in one of his later points. I personally went through Resident Evil 2, curious about all the violent ways I could blow away zombies. I still try to avoid hitting a gopher on the road when I drive to work. Furthermore, the fact that someone plays Manhunt with the goal of getting the most gory kills is not evidence that playing it leads to aggression. It's just a correlation. You cannot conclusively say that getting the most gory kills is NOT because they are already an inherently aggressive person, or have some sort of other, confounding variable. Then why state that the professor was "wrong." You just flat out said that he was incorrect.

A waste of time and money IMO.

Thats a whole other matter. The content violates the agreement so there is no point questioning just "how damaging" the content is. It's simply not important. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When I asked about the "explicit sex," I wasn't trying to have a discussion about whether or not Rockstar was in the right or in the wrong, or if the rules or anything like that. Please don't try to turn it into one. I was merely asking about the content, seeing as Numbers Man mentioned some sort of irrelevancy due to it being "explicit sex." I wasn't making reservations about "how damaging the content is" or anything. I was merely asking a question about whether the content was actually "explicit sex."

No. But again thats not the point. It was the point. My question had nothing to do with what Rockstar did. It was a question about the actual content.

What exactly is "wrong" with it? Most studies I have read about it have indicated correlations, which are NOT evidence that support anything. Any links or references to studies that show an actual causal relationship, and not a correlational one?

I was just playing the Aliens Total Conversion with a friend earlier this evening. Good fun and good memories :D

So what. You can have explicit sex in VC, and that's what matters. Whether or not were the skins included is beside the point. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "Explicit" Sex? I have yet to see this coffee mod, but are you saying that watching this mod would be akin to watching a hardcore pornographic film?

I think people worry too much about the silly things. I saw a mother refuse to buy her teenage son GoldenEye because it was too violent of a game...despite it's "Teen" rating. I guess wandering around in a virtual world is too damaging for a young person, who clearly will not be able to differentiate between the video game and reality. There's a lot of hoopla about video games, and I think a lot of it is unfounded. Here's an interesting article by Henry Jenkins, an MIT professor (director of comparative studies). The article isn't just some opinion, but an actual report with references to studies to support his ideas. Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked I thought it was a good read, and given I find people overhype stuff way too much anyways, tend to be in agreement with most of it. What do you guys think?

I'd be game for a nice Ultima adventure...as long as it's deep and enjoyable as VII for the PC :D Loderunner!

Despite Ottawa always getting beaten by the Leafs in the playoffs

My motto in life: "People are dumb"

NOOOOOOOOOO....oo?? Oh come ON. How come everyone always says that, but I'm the only one that does it????

Well, surely you've seen what Ghandi became, when you watch the movie Ghandi II (it's a movie in the movie UHF).

And a bit less open ended exploration.

Sure....as long as it's fun :D

A little bit of me is really hoping that DNF r0x0rs my b0x0rs, just because :D

You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.

I'm not blaming the players for anything when I said that. They should have pushed more for it since they were already getting the 3rd degree. Try to salvage something.

Players should have been more aggressive in pushing for lower ticket prices if they got lower salaries. It would lend more credence to the claims that they do it for the fans and whatnot.

I don't mind the railroads. It lets have wars that actually consist of frontlines.

If the Tremere truly is the guy I am thinking he is....I didn't find him very hard either :\

I'm just demonstrating my mad illiteracy.

Although that does create quite the humorous mental image :D Good luck at Obisdian. Try to let them keep your "Obsidz VIP" title

I thought it was just auto-targetting.