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