The Official Martin Hash Video Game Thread

[Hastur]

Also, apparently, Trump held a 'meeting' of conservatives and lobbyists, to show how violent videogames are "to protect the children". He had a YouTube montage built of video game deaths.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/0 ... e-meeting/

US President Donald Trump yesterday held a private meeting to discuss the issue of violence in video games, having suggested after February’s murders at a school in Parkland, Florida that it “is really shaping young people’s thoughts.” This would clearly amount to nothing productive, given mostly industry representatives and conservative pressure groups were attending, but it is a surprise that Trump showed attendees a short video montage of video game deaths. The White House have released this publicly, so we can all see a sloppy montage of deaths from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Fallout 4, and more. Somehow it isn’t a surprise that some clips are clearly ripped from YouTubers – watermarks and all.

So, 1990s. Didn't studies prove that there are no links to violent video games and real-life violence?

It’s complicated. Computer games doesn’t make you violent but a good simulator will make you more competent. Modern school shooters display better tactical skills. They keep moving, have a lot of fresh magazines, hold the gun at the ready and knows how to work corners. The military use games to tech and recruit. It’s pretty obvious if you think about it.
A good flight simulator won’t make you want to crash into skyscrapers but it will make you more able.
Same goes for almost all human activity. If I want to start doing permaculture my computer will tell me how. Welcome to the future.

[Penner]

Also, apparently, Trump held a 'meeting' of conservatives and lobbyists, to show how violent videogames are "to protect the children". He had a YouTube montage built of video game deaths.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/0 ... e-meeting/

So, 1990s. Didn't studies prove that there are no links to violent video games and real-life violence?

It’s complicated. Computer games doesn’t make you violent but a good simulator will make you more competent. Modern school shooters display better tactical skills. They keep moving, have a lot of fresh magazines, hold the gun at the ready and knows how to work corners. The military use games to tech and recruit. It’s pretty obvious if you think about it.
A good flight simulator won’t make you want to crash into skyscrapers but it will make you more able.
Same goes for almost all human activity. If I want to start doing permaculture my computer will tell me how. Welcome to the future.

I think they did a study once and only found that like 20% of mass shooters had violent video games in their possession (usually at home). It's just the people that I know that would play violent video games are thrill seekers and at least 80% of mass shooters aren't thrill seekers, at least according to this study.

Now, this isn't a new debate, it's an old debate that goes way back into my childhood and overall, they did research, after research and found that violent video games do not increase real-life violence. But if there are parents who want not to expose their child to violent video games, then that is fine, and we do have a rating system for like everything but to say that this is the cause is bullshit, IMO.

[Okeefenokee]

The acting's not great, and the mouths don't move right, but for a community job with no budget, it's not bad.

[Speaker to Animals]

Game is four years past deadline, but cool cinematic, bro.

[Okeefenokee]

Game is four years past deadline, but cool cinematic, bro.

Not four year past deadline, and not a cinematic.

It's machinema, bro.

[Speaker to Animals]

Game is four years past deadline, but cool cinematic, bro.

Not four year past deadline, and not a cinematic.

It's machinema, bro.

Nov 2014 was the release date, bro.

[Okeefenokee]

Game is four years past deadline, but cool cinematic, bro.

Not four year past deadline, and not a cinematic.

It's machinema, bro.

Nov 2014 was the release date, bro.

No, it wasn't.

[Speaker to Animals]

Not four year past deadline, and not a cinematic.

It's machinema, bro.

Nov 2014 was the release date, bro.

No, it wasn't.

Uh.. yes, it was.

[Okeefenokee]

No, it wasn't.

[Speaker to Animals]

Development
Star Citizen was announced in 2012 in a Kickstarter campaign as a spiritual successor to Robert's previous games, the Wing Commander series and Freelancer. The initial estimated target release date during the crowdfunding campaign was 2014, and has since been delayed repeatedly as the game grew in scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Citizen#Development