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rovingmind:
david carradine as Dr. Frankenstein, gotta love the fiberglassed vette. 

SavannahLion:
I admit I was a little annoyed when I first read your post, Havok. But after typing, I started cooling of a bit, so I'll be fair here. I'll try to keep the flaming to a minimun.

Logistically speaking, that train of thought means that nearly every video game should be taken off the market, including an entire range of games loved by many. By your logic;

Street Fighter and other fighting games should be taken off the market and destroyed since it encourages fighting.

Spy Hunter and others like it would encourage reckless driving and a blase attitude towards other drivers.

Shooting games should be removed and destroyed because they're training simulators for future murders.

Games like Centipede should be removed and destroyed because killing insects and small animals is the first of many early signs of potential serial murderers.

If one wanted to, a person could find any excuse as to why a specific game should be removed. Pacman? Get rid of it, there is no proof that spiritual ghosts exist and in a politically correct world, we have to consider the beliefs of every person, including atheists. Solitaire? Get rid of it, studies have shown that teaching basic card playing skills can lead to an obsessive and debilitating need to gamble.

The idea that video games lead to violence is no different than prior "studies" showing that rock and roll leads to violence, or reading books leads to violence, or <insert appropriate religious figure here> forbid, having your own thoughts leads to violence.

History is never just sweet licorice, nursery rhymes, and roses. History is ugly and it's terrible and there are many things that people want to destroy, cover up or hide. Destroying history is an outright mistake, it paints the wrong picture about what it was like to ourselves and to our children. The debate about whether this particular cab should've been in the arcades or not has been over for thirty years. Destroying it now is like destroying the Enola Gay, it doesn't change anything, doesn't mean anything and destroys a perfectly valid piece of history.

If you want to squelch the, "rise of violence," don't take the easy way out, like Jack Thompson, and blame video games for problems with children. Look at the real root of the problem. When was the last time you ever heard a news reporter actually point the finger at the parents? (At least in the U.S., I can't vouch for other countries.) Mom and Dad need to quit expecting the school system, politicians, and lawyers to raise their children and start doing the job themselves.

It's a struggle to hear people say that a particular piece of book, music, film or video game should be taken off the market due to violent tie-ins. People like that simply have no understanding why such a product went to the market in the first place. How do you logically explain to a person that they shouldn't be buying and destroying copies of Bully while that same person is allowing their child to play with Bratz? Their logic train derailed about five stations back, and for these people, there's just no recovery.

Rather than focusing on the violent games, focus on the parents and their lack of parenting. Then you'll see a change in violent media. Then work harder to preserve and cherish our history, even the ugly warts. Can you tell I'm pretty passionate about history? My mother instilled that in me. :)
vintagegamer:
People today simply don't realize the collectible value of these items today.  The guy I bought my Sorcerer from couldn't believe these old games had such a following..  I had to tell him "this was an ERA in the time of video gaming- that alone speaks for itself".

Alot of these games are now over 25 years old, which last time I checked makes ANYTHING an antique (myself included).  Wake up people!

rovingmind:
and you told him that AFTER you paid for it and loaded it i assume?   >:D
ahofle:
What SavannahLion said.
It's just sad how people think it's their right to have the world completely childproofed so they don't have to bother with parenting so much.  Like the idiotic lady who sued EA because she bought her grandson Grand Theft Auto and thought it should've had an 18+ rating instead of 17 and over.  Apparently the vehicular manslaughter, murdering of hookers to regain trick money, and car jacking were OK, but the 'hidden sex' scenes went over the top.  :laugh2:
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