Germany banning all violent video games

[Retribution]

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/formats/xbo...036;1301757.htm

 

Wow, I'm surprised they're actually going to do this.

[alex2avs]

Well , I partially agree with this. Some people shouldn't play such games. I heard cases of kids killing their parents , because they didn't let them play WoW. I heard cases about mothers forgetting about their kids because they were too busy playing Sims. I saw cases of kids that are very agressive or can become really agressive and they play mostly shooters. I saw GTA like gangs. Well , I more than partially agree with this. Of course a better solution would be a little psyhological test that potential-buyers must take before buying the game.

[Zephyr2011]

But we all know how governments do at finding the proper solution.

[Balagor]

I am stunned.

We also hear again and again men beating up there wifes and children, when drunk.

Still you can by liquer in every supermarket.

[JimboUK]

What will they blame when banning these makes no difference? Politicians need to take responsibility for the society they've shaped over the years, using games as a scapegoat is a cop out.

[Balagor]

What will they blame when banning these makes no difference? Politicians need to take responsibility for the society they've shaped over the years, using games as a scapegoat is a cop out.

 

lol they will blame violent movies coming from US

[dezdimona]

Bureaucrats are idiots,haven't you figured that out yet.They blame a game and the companies that make them rather than place the blame on the weak-minded individuals that allow themselves to be swept up in something made for entertainment purposes and not to be taken as a literal existence.How pathetic some people are and what losers too. It will continue until people say enough,but when will some find the guts to stand-up and say it..would you,I do and always will.

[xxXEvandarXxx]

Oh man, wow. I can't believe how incredibly stupid this is.

[overload1977]

Bureaucrats are idiots,haven't you figured that out yet.They blame a game and the companies that make them rather than place the blame on the weak-minded individuals that allow themselves to be swept up in something made for entertainment purposes and not to be taken as a literal existence.How pathetic some people are and what losers too. It will continue until people say enough,but when will some find the guts to stand-up and say it..would you,I do and always will.

 

i agree with you dezdimona bureaucrats and politicians dont live in the real world.... they know nothing

 

i myself have been playing 18+ game from the age of 10 and it has done me no harm , but then again most kids have a norm home life... and don`t go out and buy a gun to kill their family, the computer games industry are being made escape goats for the politicians , computer don`t make people do theses things ,sometime they just don`t know how to deal with the real world and lose it....... if you dont wish kids to play Mature game that has Blood and gore, intense violence , sexual themes, strong language and use of drugs its DOWN to parents....... not the games industry........ if we can`t stop kids from smoking whay hop is there , how the hell are we going to stop this ............. i know lets ban everthing and everone BAH!!!!

[DeathWarrior]

Wow this is incredibly stupid. I hope for the sake of the German people that there is a way to protest this on a government level, in America this would be seen as unconstitutional on the grounds of violating the 1st Amendment. If it becomes a law and the current trend continues to include most or all forms of media, there will without a doubt be an increase in armed conflict, exactly what they are trying to prevent with this. How does a country with a mandatory conscription period of 9 months into the military for men and women try to do something like this?