Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Violent Gaming (CBS News)

[blackandwhitepro34]

I Love manhunt XD

I had a friend tell me his favorite rockstar game was midnight club. Just to see how he would react i said "yeah, cool, mine is manhunt 1 and 2" He looked at me like i was crazy and like the room went silent for a minute. Best moment ever. To tell you the truth manhunt 2 had a confusing story and it wasn't fun. Manhunt 1 had a okay story and it was fun to an extent. But remeber these games are nasty. so it isn't very good to play this game like someone else would play CoD.

[hovsep56]

this looks so wrong man

[CozmicJester45]

omfg i played manhunt and im 12 im not taking a sicile and stab someone straight in there eye besides 1 hour of that game bored the shit out of me cause it was on the wii so i dont know why there bitching about it

[iamjorj82]

how the hell is shaking a controller just like slicing someone??? it's more like a guy's self love...

[gamerboy218]

NOTICE how they say kids playing violent video games makes them more violent yet they run no tests.

[TheReadhard]

i was 10 when i trikt my mom in to giving me GTA 3 and i persinaly didint find it disturbing i loved it

[aelita12345678910]

targeted for teens? soon you fuckers gonna have aaaaaaaaalllllllllllll the game companies on your ass they make games for entrainment and for having fun playing them with our friends not for making us psycho killers or serial killers.i have no comment about how stupid your mind is and when i mean stupid I MEAN IT

[7zness]

Violence is a part of life, fucking deal with it.

[pyramidheadkitten9]

also, just one more thing. everyone knows that nothing on the wii is even vaguely like the motions you actually do. that guy looked more like he was jacking off a robot than stabbing someone to death

[pyramidheadkitten9]

see the way the media puts things into its favour is it will say something completely irrelevant to the crime but still put it in there to make is seem relevant. this is shown with "7 year old gets into fight after playing halo 3". the two things are likely completely unrelated, but since whoevers writing the article doesnt like video games, hell do that to put it in his favour. if i didnt like donuts, i could say "rapist attacks after break at donut shop".

[kingdhoward]

You can tell he enjoyed playing it lol

[REDBIT1234]

looks fun

[HandBanana741]

well as I am seeing it, by her logic, its is the specific game that "corrupts" the mind of the child, and if I play say force unleashed two how the fuck am I able to force push the shit out of people in real life?

[dreddbolt]

It just goes to show just how little a lot of people know about videogames.

[zeldagamerDX6]

instinctual? that's a good thing. instinct is always a good thing.

[zeldagamerDX6]

that psychiatrist sucks at the nunchauk. if the two japanese men in the wii commercial would come straight up to him, take away the nunchauk b*tch slap him and tell him straight to his face "you suck."

[XxHAZMATxX]

this guy obvously knows jack thompson

[StSainTStalkeR9786]

Really how about Gears of War 1 and 2 CHAINSAW

[nurnait35]

i only play the game when im very mad at someone

take out ur violence in the game not in real life

this game did me a favor i was able to take out all my anger and not attack them in real life so i would say this is a great game

[Zodiac1911]

wow ...that fuckin geek really sucks at that game.

[BENSTER489]

"your motions are re-created in the game" he is flailing the remote around like a cat trying to kill a fly, now THAT was a fail

[EmperorXaozx]

@BENSTER489 Right you are LOL

[EVG89O]

Oh so in manhunt you're supposed to get your "Handy sickle" and run to enemy's sight and fail at trying to beat them up? FUCK I played it the wrong way

[nurnait35]

rockstar games company must have a lot of balls to create a game like this and keep it going

[chunkmanshaun]

fuck society moral decency at least the kids are gonna go and have fun palying the games and what the hell is wrong with having fun?

[stryker1500]

This is an awesome advertisement. I want this game now.

[jjrants]

Patents only blame shit like this on society, school, and video games because they're too fucking to do their job: PARENTING. Their kid gets into a fight: blame video games. They do shitty in school: Blame the schools. They go to jail: Blame society. Hopefully, someday, people will pull their fucking heads out of their ass, actually TALK to their kids about violence, HELP them with their homework, TEACH them how to be safe, and quit blaming others for their incompetence. GOD people are fucked.

[red12104]

@jjrants and it will never change people will always be fucked

[Wiiphreak]

I like how the guy acts like the game is 1:1 with the wii.

[zammmerjammer]

Let's be real people. This shit is a fucked up way to spend your time. It's violent and creepy. Of course there's no one-on-one connection, as in playing these games doesn't create murderers, but I you can't tell me it doesn't contribute to a larger loss of compassion or empathy for others or an acceptance of violence as natural or inevitable.

It's like watching violent porn isn't going to make you into a rapist, but you can't tell me it doesn't affect your attitude toward sex.

[Dommunism]

@zammmerjammer Excuse me? Becacuse I play violent video games is going to make me not care about Natalee Holloway's murder? It's going to make me not care about Rihanna being beaten? It's going to make me not have compassion or empathy for the Hati victims or the animals that will die from the oil or the people who get raped, murdered, or kill today? While we're at it, maybe I should accept that violence is natural and crash some planes into buildings that is full of people that have families!

[zammmerjammer]

@Dommunism Like I said, it's not a simple linear connection. (play a violent video game -- become a serial killer) But you can't tell me that committing violent acts in a virtual world that is more and more realistic with every release, doesn't desensitize people. That it isn't part of a larger problem in our culture that puts forward violence as a legitimate (even proper) solution to conflict.

Are there any games where you get to be the victim and be horribly assaulted over and over?

[Dommunism]

@zammmerjammer Heavy Rain the one guy is put through trials to save his son and if you fail, his son his killed. Although that's not really being assaulted. I see your point, but what if you put yourself in the victims place? When I play video games where you can make choices, I always try to play as myself because I feel bad when I kill certain people because I put myself in their place. But that's besides the point because not all people do that... I get your point. There are no games likethat

[kingweasel333]

bottom line if your stupid enough to recreat manhunt you shouldn't be allowed to play it or stop being a fucking pussy (because movies and tv aren't violent)

[DoctorFibonacci]

This is surprisingly even handed. It's a first.

[demoman1313]

manhunt is not a good game so dont worry about me and plus the wii is not violent

[tiggakayz]

2:30 its a fucin interview this guys into nhis game

[tyeb29]

omg watch 1:30 u could see that he was actualy enjoying stomping a guy to death, lol

[costco222]

Thank goodness he only had a crowbar. lol. it looks like this guy is having one hell of a time. i mean just look at him when he starts to attack the first guy. but really if you dont know the differance between reality and fantasy you shouldnt be able to own games or even a TV.

[WLPowell]

Did we forget you need to be 18 to buy this game? Anyway, when I was 6 I was playing Mortal Kombat for the super nintendo, I thought the over the top violence was funny. I didn't go out trying to rip people's spines and hearts out, because even at 6 I knew the difference between fantasy and reality. The benefits of good parenting by smart people that don't overreact to stupid shit I suppose...

[superlaugher]

Games dont make aggressive people.

Stupid Parents make.

[Oren17]

So what the cause for violence before video games?

[rattlehead66666]

@Oren17

Religion for one.

[bonifidej]

the guy who is playing the wii is the only smart person there, seriously they try to make it look bad but the guy playin the wii is ruining their statements about video game violence.

[mrwaha1]

they're looking at the wii version on purpose because the game uses motion controls to attack

[Joroshira]

Yeah, look how that guy falls from the window and lands perfectly straight, so realistic!

And how the enemies just runs towards close enough so you could kill them, hell yeah.

Or how the game's AI just stands there, this game is WAY too realistic, its like real life!

[nightmareklown]

1;48 i do O_O

[illusionfreak]

. Every day I turn on the the TV, I see that four American soldiers were killed in a car bombing in Iraq today. Two of which lived in my community. While listening to the headlines I get enjoy the scenery of charred bodies and burning wreckage. A person can become desensitized to violence by watching the news every day. No video game could ever convey that. All a video game is, is ones and zeros, get over it people.

[darksack1]

why do they say games couse violence look at movies ther gory and bad for us be they dont say nothing bullshit

[sonofawhoremonkey]

do parents not look at the esrb?

[stanzilla123]

He sucks!

[ohyeslivlynn]

ahhhhh all these violent video games. i cant comprehend life and the game. ahh must punch hookers.

this entire thing is stupid. maybe these kids are so violent and messed up cause of all the neglect. you shit for brains

[vaxen1220]

WHAT THE FUCK

i play all kinds of shit and im 13 my mom dosent care becasue i know video games are not real they are just fucking fun lol

[illusionfreak]

THANK YOU! And they say kids can't tell the difference. WTF?!

[MrBoomheadshot14]

I agree my mother is the same she dosen't care which games I play because she knows im smart enough not to do it!

[mansonfollower15]

@vaxen1220 dont cuss now. but i agree =)

[gamerboy218]

@vaxen1220 amen brother

[LegendaryCAP82]

Use the wrist strap you Son of A Bitch!! Didn't he see the damn start up screen? I mean Goddamn!!

[nano777guy]

why just target manhunt there are far more games worse than that... think about the recreation of condemned with project natal for the 360. how realistic does that sound compared to just waving your arms in the air randomly

[nano777guy]

yeah... but how often do you see giant walking tanks and weapons with a chainsaw attached. but remember that the action in what they believe changes children into serial killers. I mean you think a child can learn how to operate a gun like how to reload, safety, blowback, and the charging handle. please get real. (no offense but) learning how to use the enviroment and fists as a weapon is a lot easier to learn than using a gun. In condemned think of the movement done.

[nano777guy]

With project natal think about the move ments done like grabbing someone and chucking them into a T.V., a furnace, and that weird thing Mr. Thomas used to blow up the lady with a lolypop stick's head off. i mean you can learn a lot from just watching some one get a weapon by just grabbing a sledge hammer, crowbar, rebar from a wall, locker door, and even a prosthetic leg. possibly with project natal the motions are more descriptive in breaking someones arm, fighting, and ripping a guys jaw off.

[emotionaloverdose47]

lol he looks like he is jacking off

[Yacoodle]

I think the psychiatrist makes an excellent point regarding muscle memory. I can see how little kids, under 14 would become more aggressive from this.

Killers certainly require some type of illness to commit crimes and are not directly connected to video games but the muscle memory and desensitizing effects are with out a doubt the most serious attributes of playing violent video games.

[BlacKnightm93r]

The Military Uses Video games because they actually improve mental Reaction. The constant Stimulation and Reflexes are like weight lifting for the mind and The Violence just is fun and human, The most Fucked up game on earth Pales in comparison to Allot of films out there, Christ these people flip if somehow a company slips in a undetailed breast ohhhh nooo. Maybe if these "Scientists", "Experts" and "Journalists" played games they would be a little smarter eh?

[DeathofMarco]

"spoke with ONE gamer" ... the guy doesn't even look like one, i call SCRIPTED

[comedyliker12]

these adults should get killed themself.

[timeforce80]

BUUUUUUUUUUUULL SHIIIIIIIIT!

[gomann64]

lol i'm just waitin for the dude playing to be like "FUCK THESE CONTROLS SUCK!!! FUCK THIS GAME!!! *throws wii into the tv* "

[cenyan13]

they should play it all the way through before they bag on it. i bet thevvye all played it for like 5 seconds

[tmaahs]

can someone tell me if a 15 year old should be able to buy halo 3..thats really all i want to know i don't want a dumb i think video games are ok, i disagree i think they can root there brains...and were done i hope u can deside because we really have no idea and didn't help u at all :D idoits...

[Ebuverthebicepcurler]

Wow, thats some effective fighting skillz.

[minorthreatfan]

"...parents need to be aware of the games their kids are playing..."

that's all people have to do... get off the game industry's backs...not their faults, its the parents faults

[simonjeste]

"kids" vs. the game's rating ... does not compute.

[imadethisupbitch]

when i use my baseball bat in a fight, i shake around like a dumbass just like the guy whose playing it right now. thank you wii.

[Sektor3000]

I can't wait till a new entertainment is discovered so the stupid old uptight farts can move their attention to that form of entertainment and leave video games alone. movies went through this shit, comics went through this shit, now it is games turn to go through this shit. This all because violence has to be blamed on something. It can't be the parents fault, so it has to be that really fun thing with violence in it. Lets ruin the fun. Come on lose the rules people!

[chickenwing240]

THE VIDEOGAME SAFTEY NEWS IS A BITCH!

[deathroman13]

whahaah how he shakes the controller

ROFL XD...

[boamo12193]

"So your actions are replicated in the game".. First of all thts only on the Wii, second how does shaking a controler up and down replicate stabbing someone?

[ToyFlameThrower]

Actually, there is no psicological link to acting more aggessvely after playing a violent game. It's been proven 100's of times. Couric is simply a liberal beeotch who has no kids. If she had any, she would understand the subject more clearly. For god's sake, my 9-year-old cousin plays this game.

[videosfromderelix]

you think liberals are the problem? go watch fox news lol and there little mass effect comedy bit

[Soulsphere001]

I would like to make a formal complain with regards to the description of this video. A game like this is definitely not targeted toward children at all, except perhaps teens aged 17 to 19. When someone says a game is "targeted for teens", I think the assumption is that it's targeted for _all_ teens, ages 13 to 19, which is completely inaccurate. If you would be so kind as to remove the "targeted for teens" at the end of the description, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

[chickenboy49]

ummm what

"the controversial video game targeted for teens."

exuse me, TEEN????? ummmm ur a sycopathic mental patient that is absolutely insane

no way is this targeted at my age group.... its just pathetic how biased the news is

[gooduH786]

chickenboy49 iagree with you

[schmeichel15]

lol that guy cant play the wii

[DamnItVideos]

Yeah he cant play for shit :D

[cawsrule]

i'm 14 and i think that if i didn't have violent video games i would be angry. I find games like gta i use to vent so i don't get angry in real life.

[jaewun1ty]

You should probably find a more natural way to 'vent'...

Try talking to someone, like your parents or a councilor.

[chickenboy49]

?

its called adolecence and there are theese things called hormones and you mood takes a turn for the worse...

so you gonna be one of two things, angry, or horney, and guess what jaewun, i know this first hand cause im goin through it right now. and guess what else, none of that helps becuase its naturall anger, not, "oh my god he through my books on the floor im gonna go beat his ass" kind of anger so there really is no need

[Gloveslap66]

How is this not natural? Would it be more natural to go get into fights with other kids like other angry kids. Maybe just get on a football or rugby field and hit someone so hard that they break some bones. Maybe a reason someone would be angry is because they can't talk to their parents. Take your so called "natural" way and shove it i'll take my killing PIXALATED NON-REAL PEOPLE any day because unless you're already insane you can tell the difference.

[joltxcola]

video games dont cause violence..these kids are just angry cuz you banned their game so they kill people.

[Gloveslap66]

HAHA wouldnt that be the ultimate irony

[Broodlord777]

sorry meant they guy who was playing

[Broodlord777]

wait that is mimicking his movements then that character should be having a seizure with his hand. At least the psychiatrist has a brain.

[rohgenextfan]

Manhunt 2 isn't even a great game, it's about decent.

[ZACMAN1992]

FUCK KATIE COURIC AND FUCK CBS!!!!!!!

[PWNZORDIZED]

Honestly I am sick of hearing this crock of smelly steamy bullshit. Every 6-13 year old I've met in school has played a violent game Manhunt 2 being one of them and as far as I'm concerned they are normal acting people and are welcome to be around. SO, All I CAN SAY IS THAT THEIR ARGUMENT IS MISINFORMED AND COMPLETELY ARBITRARY SO THEY NEED TO SHUT THE HELL UP!! oh btw I am 13 I have not played manhunt 2 or manhunt but I have played plenty of violent games and I am not a psychotic killer.

[Spazman173]

What the psychiatrist says is bullshit. Swinging a controller and hitting someone with a blunt object are completely different actions that your brain will interpret differently. I've played a ton of violent games and seen a ton of violent movies, and I highly doubt I could bring myself to actually hit someone with a weapon of any kind.

[goodstrudle]

ok, i used to play violent games when i was younger, mostly ones that involved guns.

and the first time i shot a gun, i was byfar the worst shot anyone has ever seen, i can guarentee it.

[sup3rfunk]

Manhunt2 isn´t a game for kids! And if you can read the gamecase, than you knows it! Better the parents take a look at the kids...

[kukeduke]

look at him swing the wii remote doesent he get tiered fuck. he looks stupid swinging the remote

[VvnotrelatedvV]

lol

[wiigamer92]

i'm 14

i've played GTA3,GTA VC,GTA SA, RE,RE2,RE3,RE4,Manhunt and i watch a lot of horror movies and i've yet to pick up a gun. i rarely get into fights and i have never atacked someone with a blunt object. so yea i'm crazy cause i play GTA! (sacrsum)

[BLICKSVIDS]

dude you are so right aye. plus i love the games u mentioned they are the greatest

[zorockz]

well said brother, also its funny how he says"and we are going to lure them into the open and chop them up"wtf....

[mcomcomc]

You also can't spell.

[Stealthshot10]

@wiigamer92 ya ive never gotten into a fight and ive played m games since fricken 9

[Rebldoomer]

@wiigamer92 the media just wants someone to blame. fucking retarded cunts they are. movies are violent too, what about those? yeah bitches. you know what else is really violent? real life. we killed saddam hussain, which is good, but it was caught on tape and you can find it anywhere. isn't that violent too? retarded media just wanting to get ratings

[bezka91]

damn this suck ass. he doesn't know how to use simp;e fuckin child controller.

[someguy928]

What a bunch of pussys

[Hockster00]

What a moron, you don't need a wii mote to learn to kill somone, seriously, people know how to stab without the game, so why is this such a big deal? The censoring was a bunch of crap.

[TheProsecuter]

Poor guy doesn't know how to use a Wiimote :(

[gnrgrievous]

These guys can't be serious ...

The guy doesn't even know how to play the game ...

[tmundar]

Why do they need a child psychologist to comment on this game? It is rated as a mature title. Children shouldn't be playing this game at all unless their parents are morons.