Comments on: Kids reckon GTA makes their mates swear and act violently http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/ This is the news Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tonka http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12074 Tonka Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:13:52 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12074 Kids Say The Darndest Things innit lolamirite? I see teenagers mimick Al PAcinos characters everytime one of the Carlitos Way/Scarface/That Jonny Depp film has been on the TV. Of course they will behave like that thug in GTA. Pretending videogames won't influence kids is stupid. Kids Say The Darndest Things innit lolamirite?

I see teenagers mimick Al PAcinos characters everytime one of the Carlitos Way/Scarface/That Jonny Depp film has been on the TV. Of course they will behave like that thug in GTA.

Pretending videogames won’t influence kids is stupid.

]]> By: Tiger Walts http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12042 Tiger Walts Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:14:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12042 If I plotted a graph of GTA 4 sales and teen violence you would see no correlation at all. There, proven once and for all with SCIENCE and NUMBERS. If you disagree I'll just shoot you in the face, removing you from the DATA SET of opposition, further proving that I am RIGHT and that VIOLENCE does indeed WORK. If I plotted a graph of GTA 4 sales and teen violence you would see no correlation at all. There, proven once and for all with SCIENCE and NUMBERS.

If you disagree I’ll just shoot you in the face, removing you from the DATA SET of opposition, further proving that I am RIGHT and that VIOLENCE does indeed WORK.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12041 Blerk Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:12:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12041 Hasn't anyone twigged yet that kids play up to the camera? Hasn’t anyone twigged yet that kids play up to the camera?

]]> By: Axle http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12036 Axle Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:48:35 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12036 Leading questions? By the benign media institution that is the British Broadcasting Corporation? Shock and awe! Leading questions? By the benign media institution that is the British Broadcasting Corporation? Shock and awe!

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12035 patlike Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:47:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12035 Was it a golf videogame? I'd do a headline feature on it if it were. Was it a golf videogame? I’d do a headline feature on it if it were.

]]> By: Michael http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12034 Michael Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:47:17 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12034 I wonder how much they paid the kid for that. *laughs* But seriously, didn't they think of ask "Why was the kid exposed to this game by their parents in the first place?" Wait, no, of course they didn't, because then they might realise that the kids behaviour likely expanded well beyond one video game. Not to say the game wasn't partly responsible though; but then, that's the whole bloody damn reason the game has a big fat 18s BBFC sticker on the front! I wonder how much they paid the kid for that. *laughs*

But seriously, didn’t they think of ask “Why was the kid exposed to this game by their parents in the first place?”

Wait, no, of course they didn’t, because then they might realise that the kids behaviour likely expanded well beyond one video game.

Not to say the game wasn’t partly responsible though; but then, that’s the whole bloody damn reason the game has a big fat 18s BBFC sticker on the front!

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12033 Psychotext Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:45:41 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/02/kids-reckon-gta-makes-their-mates-swear-and-act-violently/#comment-12033 A friend of mine became violent after taking up golf... but that's probably not quite as newsworthy. A friend of mine became violent after taking up golf… but that’s probably not quite as newsworthy.

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