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post #1 of 14
11/22/05 at 12:59am
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So, who saw this?
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post #2 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:00am
You keep making threads like this. Now you'll be annoyed if no one responds. Try including a synopsis, or any information to back up your title. Hell, anything to spark discussion, unless you're ok with only the three people who watch that junk responding.
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post #3 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:50am
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Doh

Thanks Devin. I'm feeling very foolish this evening...



Anyway, I read online that tonight's episode of CSI: Miami, "Urban Hellraisers", concerns an evil game company. That's right, an evil game company. With any game that can manipulate a player into killing.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_miami/

"5,000 points". Yeah.
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post #4 of 14
11/22/05 at 2:07am
Well I don't know about that. But I do have the feeling, even as a stable-minded lover of violence in entertainment, that these games CAN trigger some imitative behavior in individuals.

Hell when I was 12, and was playing Quake all the time, I fantisized about being invaded by some horde of monsters that I may may take to the streets with shotgun and all that. I've since grown out of that (I hope), but saying outright that video games DO NOT affect childrens' behavior is pretty naive.

Nevertheless, CSI is likely to take it to sickening extremes. I like Bruckheimer's stuff but the new CSI's are far too flashy and contrived. Why does, EVERY TIME the characters describe a scenario, we get a grainy, faded flashback to show us what we can imagine just fine?

EDIT: Lol, and just look at my headline! So much for "Growing out of it"
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post #5 of 14
11/22/05 at 9:58am
I havent watch this episode yet but after seeing the previews, I thought it was a rip off of Jackie Chan's New Police Story.

YOu know the movie about a bunch of kids who program an addictive online video game.. and the scenes of the video game are based off of deaths and stunts they "practiced" on killing cops with.
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post #6 of 14
11/22/05 at 10:02am
Did Jack Thompson co-star?
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post #7 of 14
11/22/05 at 10:51am
It was an OK episode. It just didn't have the impact for me because no matter how addictive a video game is, I don't think people would willingly throw their lives away in pursuit of the game. If only because, when you die, you can't play the video game anymore.

They actually made a reference to that dude in, where, Singapore who played himself to death at WoW? So it wasn't just a GTA slam, but that as well. And they also went for the whole predictable "female wants to beat the male at their own game" 'twist' at the end.
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post #8 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:36pm
its yet another case of people in CSI world haveing fun (eg. having sex, playing video games, gambling, driving) and being punished for it. If it is fun in the real world, then in CSI world it is evil.

And no, going around killing people isn't fun.
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post #9 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:37pm
When does any CSI: Miami episode have an affect on you?
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post #10 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:47pm
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post #11 of 14
11/22/05 at 1:58pm
That Caruso gif is my nightmare.
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post #12 of 14
11/22/05 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by tcjsavannah
It was an OK episode. It just didn't have the impact for me because no matter how addictive a video game is, I don't think people would willingly throw their lives away in pursuit of the game. If only because, when you die, you can't play the video game anymore.

They actually made a reference to that dude in, where, Singapore who played himself to death at WoW? So it wasn't just a GTA slam, but that as well. And they also went for the whole predictable "female wants to beat the male at their own game" 'twist' at the end.
SPOILERZ!
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post #13 of 14
11/22/05 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by G.I. Schmoe
Well I don't know about that. But I do have the feeling, even as a stable-minded lover of violence in entertainment, that these games CAN trigger some imitative behavior in individuals.

Hell when I was 12, and was playing Quake all the time, I fantisized about being invaded by some horde of monsters that I may may take to the streets with shotgun and all that. I've since grown out of that (I hope), but saying outright that video games DO NOT affect childrens' behavior is pretty naive.

Nevertheless, CSI is likely to take it to sickening extremes. I like Bruckheimer's stuff but the new CSI's are far too flashy and contrived. Why does, EVERY TIME the characters describe a scenario, we get a grainy, faded flashback to show us what we can imagine just fine?

EDIT: Lol, and just look at my headline! So much for "Growing out of it"

It's called an imagination. But now mine just involve women...and shotguns.
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post #14 of 14
11/22/05 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by G.I. Schmoe
Well I don't know about that. But I do have the feeling, even as a stable-minded lover of violence in entertainment, that these games CAN trigger some imitative behavior in individuals.

Hell when I was 12, and was playing Quake all the time, I fantisized about being invaded by some horde of monsters that I may may take to the streets with shotgun and all that. I've since grown out of that (I hope), but saying outright that video games DO NOT affect childrens' behavior is pretty naive.
We all fantasize. That's what playing cowboys and indians is. The fact is that you didn't actually go out with a shotgun and do something. (I hope.)

Yes, kids could get violent after watching the games. But they could also do the same by reading comic books, watching movies, even listening to music. It's the upbringing, intelligence, parental guidance that make the difference. It's a very small minority if idiots that cause the Jack Thompson drama for the rest of us. Bad apples.
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