Comments on: Kids reckon GTA makes their mates swear and act violently

By: Tonka

Tonka — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:13:52 +0000

Kids Say The Darndest Things innit lolamirite?

I see teenagers mimick Al PAcinos characters everytime one of the Carlitos Way/Scarface/That Jonny Depp film has been on the TV. Of course they will behave like that thug in GTA.

Pretending videogames won’t influence kids is stupid.

By: Tiger Walts

Tiger Walts — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:14:29 +0000

If I plotted a graph of GTA 4 sales and teen violence you would see no correlation at all. There, proven once and for all with SCIENCE and NUMBERS.

If you disagree I’ll just shoot you in the face, removing you from the DATA SET of opposition, further proving that I am RIGHT and that VIOLENCE does indeed WORK.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:12:29 +0000

Hasn’t anyone twigged yet that kids play up to the camera?

By: Axle

Axle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:48:35 +0000

Leading questions? By the benign media institution that is the British Broadcasting Corporation? Shock and awe!

By: patlike

patlike — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:47:43 +0000

Was it a golf videogame? I’d do a headline feature on it if it were.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:47:17 +0000

I wonder how much they paid the kid for that. *laughs*

But seriously, didn’t they think of ask “Why was the kid exposed to this game by their parents in the first place?”

Wait, no, of course they didn’t, because then they might realise that the kids behaviour likely expanded well beyond one video game.

Not to say the game wasn’t partly responsible though; but then, that’s the whole bloody damn reason the game has a big fat 18s BBFC sticker on the front!

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:45:41 +0000

A friend of mine became violent after taking up golf… but that’s probably not quite as newsworthy.