Discovery Channel - Gamer Generation Episode 1 - 5 of 5

[Digijedi569]

i wonder what video game hitler played that made him violent? pong

[MinionOfDeth2112]

I've played GTA, CoD, TF2, MERCS 1, DBZ games, NFS, Midnight Club, ect since I was like 10! I'm 19 years old now and have never killed anyone. I have wanted to at times because A PERSON made me mad, not because a video game was fun. If anything, video games like GTA San Andreas helped me not commit violent acts in reality because I could get it out in a meaningless fantasy world. However, I'm different because I have something those shooters didn't: LOVED ONES WHO CARE AND TALK/LISTEN TO ME.

[bobemihai]

1:30 sick frags, rest of this video = crap. Jack Thopson, gtfo old balls~

[killrathy]

The only fact that should be realized from this trash is too many parents dont realize their kids are psyco retards till its too late, shoving their children into the bedrrom inorder to do what ever it is people shove their kids into their rooms for. How the hell do these kids get into highschool for without anyone realizing they need medical help.

[vzIIBoberII]

i dont get agresve and ive played halo and stuff all my life

[cool1pivoter]

okay most violent fps have ratings of 16 so kids souldnt play them and jt is an asshole

[HardWarUK]

Tnx for uploading! What the media never gets is that millions bought the Commodore 64 in 1985-90 and played violent computer games - that's 20-25 years ago! 15 years old back then are now 35-40! They have families and hold down management jobs and do the other things 35-40 year olds do! They are NOT committing mass murder on our streets! That is No.1 proof that games do not induce violence; yet still the debate continues! And let's not forget, any graphics first time are 'state of the art'!

[henrycazaux]

This is just sensationalist media trash that's designed to reach out to overbearing parents and try to reinforce their beliefs that it is videogames that is making their child act violently, when in fact teenagers have been acting violently for many centuries.

[bricedre]

The problem is american fuck*** way of seeing life. British aren't gonna come and fire on you anymore, no need for a gun in every cupboard --' Haa liberty, liberty, you got way to much of it (sigh)

[15935715935788224466]

thanks now i will allways play supermario

[PONCHHARDO]

my favorite Game´s are first person shooter cool video They have should put GRAW 2 of Call of Duty Moder War fare HAHA their Nice Awesome Games

[ribarmilos]

IF People stop making FPS I will kill em all!! :D

[cosy18]

wait until 3d games get out

[DillaWorld]

I don't think its the game that make someone go out and kill people. Its a list of other things that piss a person off, that makes them go beyond reasoning. And plus, isn't the parents responsible for their children?

[Muco808]

the answers to all of these questions are no...no I'm not gonna blow up a plane because i have toothpaste and I'm not gonna be a serial killer because i have knifes and if i were to shoot up a school it is not because of my consoles its because I'm a nut job and bat shit crazy you say you found games in the house of a young boy well ofc games are the norm in this society to blame the games for your lack of parenting

[Muco808]

*deep sigh!* good ol jack Thompson they say that they found video games in all of the school shooters room (or so i take it as they say that they trained on video games) but i have a question i got toothpaste in my bathroom does that mean I'm going to blow up a plane? i got knifes in my kitchen does that mean I'm going to bee a serial killer? and i got gaming consoles in my house does that mean I'm going to shoot up a school?

[stathamajf]

Doom 3...there are 3 other human beings in that entire game...3!

How does that teach violence to innocents.

[darufett]

This is bs, the kids dumbass shot 8 people not the game

[RoyalButterfly16]

FPS games help psychopaths use the gun better. haha

[simonbrackeva]

I've been a FPS gamer ever since duke nukem came out. Today, I play over 50 hours/week. From all this time of gaming, there is not ONE time, I tought of actually killing someone in real life. I think they just love to go after these game developers because that's where the money is. It's the same thing as saying people don't kill people, guns kill people, but the reality is that if guns dint exist, people would be finding other ways to kill each other, afterall it's humankinds nature

[Nickey90]

Never thought of killing someone irl while playing FPS games neither, but the thought has tempted me a few times being corpsecamped in world of warcraft, I quit that game a long while ago tho so dont worry;p

[TheAndiePerson]

I absolutely love what the old man said about how we can now see how detached the baby boomers are to the life style of their generation. Parents are so good at playing the blame game because they don't wanna think that they might be the cause of their kid's issues.

[chillout010]

A few psychopaths go on a rampage and these idiots want to target the whole industry? There are millions (if not billions) of gamers around the world, these psychos are less than 0.5% of the gamers population and therefore do not represent us.

[JeremiDesuyo]

@chillout010 Haha, I think these types of individuals are far less than 0.5% pumpkin.

[blackenfist]

everybody better watch the fuck out.

i have played grand theft auto

XDXDXD

[FoxHoundsfu]

as soon as i heard jack Thompson i stopped the vid

[shmoislegend47]

fuck jack thompson.

[blackenfist]

fuck yea

[1stCalamity]

What game is at 4:02 thats all I can say... lol. But seriously what is that game at 4:02

[yumagetbullet]

Games are good. it makes people happy, same as TV shows, or board games. Yes, there is sometimes are people who do a crime because of games, but im sure its not game fault in first place, but parents or life condition or just being sad because something not involving video games. video games could be good to stop crime because people can kill in game and not in real life, and relax from real life. ^^

[DownTheRabbitHolePro]

Thanks for the upload!

[ccricers]

"agressive" is a loaded term because it can relate to competition or violence. You get the same visceral feelings of aggression when you are playing a contact sport.

[grigoriosokratis]

What piss me off is that media and these fanatics attack Games industry, and no one says anything against the weapons industry. Should we remind them, that weapons are the real tools which kill people and not games?

[evolxstar]

it's sorta true cuz i broken idk how many controllers playing videogames lol

:p

[frankiegamer]

When I saw Jack Thompson I was like...

"Aww Fuck man. He wants to make games look bad again but keep FAILING!"

Epic Phail!

[ArthBHx]

Twenty shootings by gamers? Is that a surprise seeing as most kids play video games and most shootings are by kids? its not surprising that twenty of the hundreds of shootings that have happened were by more hardcore gamers, and plus they're the ones that get particularly publicized. And as for the whole first person shooter thing, if they're so bad why do people keep having a go at GTA?

[nameistaken]

I play games all the time and I can't hit a can from 20 feet away video games have made me more jittery

[JermaineATL]

columbine had nothing to do with games. They were shunned by school society thats why virginia tech happened.

[humpingbird]

We always like to blame other intangible things instead of blaming ourselves first.

[Guernicaman]

Hence why we created the Devil.

[JermaineATL]

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU INTERVIEW JACK THOMPSON AND EXPECT TO BE A RELIABLE VIDEO? God darn you Discovery Channel...

[Jankovek]

haha hahahahhaa takie pojeby to tylko w ameryce

[Skullbird11]

B00m H3Ad5ot!

[DmasterX69]

ban every gaem but NOT FABLE....ill shoot anyone who tries to mess with FABLE......im MAD hahahaha :P

[nameistaken]

but Jackie thompson might have a problem with fable 2's guns

[Metalrasputian]

I'd also like to comment on the School shooting and video game link that the Jack Thompson segment brought up. saying quote "In the last decade, there have been more than 20 shooting sprees carried out by young people with a history of playing first person shooter games." That's like saying "In the last decade almost 100% of people that cause death in drinking and driving accidents have owned a car in their lifetime"

[Maliciuos]

Stop spreading the guns and you WILL SOLVE the shootings. Nowhere in the world there are so many (actualy NONE) high school shootings.

[Metalrasputian]

Actually, not true, a few months ago, here in peaceful little canada, we had a school shooting in Montreal, Quebec. Apearntly they were playing WoW before the shooting... how this has any relevance i have no idea ask the damn news paper.

[Maliciuos]

Dude one single act does not make my argument false. Look at gunshot related death statistics in US and the rest of the world.

[damez123]

holy crap that dude killed 8 people... fuck..

[azizou961]

Doom :)

[SamosIMP]

If you are a psycho you are a psycho and a game is not gonna change that. No stable minded person plays a shooter then goes out and shoots people they had to be a loser psycho from the start. What about violent movies? Don't they do the same thing. I will says though that some games that have too much demonic and violent subject matter like doom 3 I don't enjoy playing.

[D1rec7or]

stfu n00b get back into the game so i pwn ur little epeen

[feh2]

Females, Don't play games.

[damez123]

yes they do u dumb retard

[feh2]

Oh I see I got 4 thumbs down. I knew it was all females who thumbs downed me. Oh well I'll say it once more.

Females, Don't play games.

Now get back in the kitchen and make me some fucking chicken. And make sure its not cold.

[NOTSparkyPants]

"Jack Thompson was found guilty of misconduct such as "Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." The state Supreme Court will have to make a ruling based on those recommendations, with a disciplinary hearing planned for the first week of June"....I just read this calls for a celebration!!!!

[GotchandPeel]

it all depends on the person.

if you have someone who has a serious case of anger management or bi polar shouldn't play these kinds of games.

but someone who knows the difference and can control/see the difference between reality and a video game.. should have the privilage.

[joukejel]

why do we look out fore Bowling for Columbine

the shooting kids are only in de usa :S

in nl no shooting

legal weed

all games on the market

you are just so stupid to play the game in real life damnn

[bbguardsp]

everyone needs to watch Bowling for Columbine and you can see the real deal when it comes to violence in video games

[adamscybot]

I burst out laughing when it showed a terrorist on counter strike source nailing a hostage with a desert eagle.

These people have no fucking idea.

[tommy98000]

Anyone know what the game at 5:25 is?

[NeoNoxious]

Don't hate me if I'm wrong but I THINK its city of heroes.

[pctheboom]

hey

MoinManMM stfu

[Jodaphone90210]

At the end of the day he dosnt know shit about playing games or gaming culture So he cant make this claims saying all these shootings are because of counter strike ect. Any decent person in life knows ITS JUST A GAME ITS NOT REAL LIFE FFS who thinks everyone is going to go out making there own hex map of there school uploading it to coutnterstrike and then like re enact school shootings?this is predjudice at its best first its against transexuals,gays,black people and now its against gamers

[MoinManMM]

ok think of it what kind of people play counter-strike NERDS the people who are made fun of in school by douche bags which is fucked up and usually predicted.

[magicstorm1]

pfft even the american government created America's army FPs game to make teenagers to join the army!

[RAYXNUM1]

They are not focusing the problem correctly. They speak about games as the problem to violence with weapons. But firstly,what are doing weapons on the market??they are easy to get and that's not a real problem?? With games the government has found the best way to blind people against the issue of weapons.

[TeenageAznBoy]

Its just sad how some parents blame their kids bad behavior on games. They must be real bad parents if they can't control their kids on the computer screen.

[Varker316]

jack thompson is really getting on my nerves. people don't turn violent because of violent videogames. he is basically getting statistics which could possibly be flawed or inaccurate. i've played plenty of violent video games, watched violent movies and seen violent sport, but i don't carry and shoot a gun (i'm australian, rarely anyone uses guns), stab people or beat the shit out of people for completely no reason

[TeenageAznBoy]

I want to know where that kid got a gun in the first place. Why don't they figure out where he got the game instead of blaming on a game.

[Davitofrito]

Jack thompson can suck my balls!

[oxy4tube]

I would bet that sports also elicit "aggressive" brain activity. And that kid's 100% accuracy has little to do with "aiming" a virtual gun. If games gave people 100% accuracy with real firearms, the Army wouldn't need to train soldiers in the field, but that's not the case. People need something to complain about: paintings, sculptures, books, radio, movies, tv shows, websites, and now video games. (Also, you don't need a video game to understand the fatal effects of damaging the human head)

[Kirzan66]

Cigarette will kill you.

Alcohol could eventually kill you.

But just like violent games that are rated M.

THEY REQUIRE AN AGE VERIFICATION PRIOR TO PURCHASE. They both kill you, no one's doing anything to REMOVE them from the market, yet we should ban video games cause they make people violent?! I don't know about you but this and Jack Thompson makes me more violent than playing GTA.

[dddormouse]

i love that statistic, "more than 20 shootings in the last 10 years"...i wonder how many shootings have happened ,for example, in ghettos in the past 10 years...

[mrdanijel]

Thanks for posting episode 1

[KatieWoIf]

no problem!

[downsome]

"World without rules"? Jesus, they should at try playing something before starting to babble about it.

And the show just proves its idiocy by calling Jack Thompson and letting him talk freely about what he thinks. The guy is obviously delusional and a lier and I'm not saying it as an angry gamer - I'm saying this as a person who tries to be objective. Read about Thompson vs Penny Arcade and about the Modest Video Game Proposal and the charity if you don't believe.

[reblives]

There are no 'headshots' in Doom, it's pretty easy to shoot some people in the head with at close range.

[eguiat]

this lawyer is an ediot!!! obviously , he hasnt play METAL GEAR SOLID 3 -SNAKE EATER

[Sui445]

lol...I, like many of you, have been playing FPS games since I was a child and I firmly believe in non-violent solutions to every problem. I have never twice (lol) thought about shooting people in my school. This really is complete bullshit.

P.S. In Counter-Strike you can play Terrorists and shoot/kill the US soldiers why the fuck do Palanstians think were out to get them...because their paranoid fucks thats why.

[Keskin1975]

Well there is no real need to discuss the impact of violent games if you can just compare the numbers of teenage violence, murders etc. before and since games and you`ll have your answear. But dont ask me where to get those numbers :)

[Galvatron7]

Pwned , you rule _0_

[Drakoman07]

i have this in HD, it was on the Discovey Channel HD Theater ^_^

[GodLovesMe666]

Jack Thompson, you are an utter faggot.

[shawnhollern]

How in the world does this guy still get work anyway? Anytime you hear the slightest bit about video game violence, he pops his ugly head...

[GodLovesMe666]

Paranoid and really lousy parents, the media, etc etc.

[RAULO3]

ahah fps you get to kill lol dont forget you can te bag.and dame!!!! 100% dame.and i played fps gta sice 6 and not yet fight in school ok

[voodoobob71]

this is complete shit

of course some people who like to be violent are going to play video games because they are violent

these are sociopaths they react on impulse and do not think

the average person does not think about this

and how can playing Doom

a game where you destroy aliens on a distant planet

possible train you to go on a rampage through a school

i played fps since i was 8 i am a firm beliver in peaceful conlcusion. this is bull

[DARKBLADE252]

lol thats retarted ive been playing FPS since i was 5 and i havent thought of murder or anything this is just some BS that ppl make to make kids from stop playing games,...one word for them ASSHOLES!!

[pyoung175]

amen

[OvenToasted]

I knew they were gonna bring in Jack Thompson at some point. I'm gonna skip the part with him, it's probably just another rant trying to convince clueless people that violent games should be on the axis of evil.

[bob3386gary]

i bet that 14 yearold kid was like boom headshot after each one. fps doug

[shawnhollern]

I swear, everytime I read "boom headshot" I can only read it to myself in dougs voice. It's so pricless. lol

[bob3386gary]

ik lol

[Dralmikins]

it explained people get more aggressive when they are playing games; however, that doesn't exactly makes a person actually go out and shoot people.

it's just some people gone really wrong, for some unknown reason.

[Galvatron7]

Based on 1 kid in a machine they made that coclusion ,so it stinks

[l337z0r]

Human brains are the same...

[XSportSeeker]

So, you force those "troubled" kids to play non-violent games, and we'll see the effects of that. They probably want even more to shoot people.

I don't hear people complaining about violent Hollywood movies.

It's all about culture. It'd be funny if wasn't so sad that people who are willing to blame games for kids violence will go and support the Iraq war, elect a warmonger president, or spread prejudice against people with other religions, skin color or nacionalities.

[XSportSeeker]

Unfortunately, the documentary is biased.

I mean, they do know that games can cause "violent behavior". But hey, so does playing poker, when you loose it. Or watching a movie, and finding out it sucks.

So, "conclusive evidence" my ass. That's just frustration from loosing some times, and it happens in all types of entertainment known to man.

The only thing I do fear from games are the ones that have explicit propaganda.

[Moodswing4]

Lol that dude just looked crazy i think video game or not with a face like that, id shot people too. Damn imagin the bulling he took that must have done it. God dont jump to conclusions.

[Zingu00]

Heh, MILLIONS of teenagers play Counter-Strike, only 20 shootings? Pfft. I remember one "expert" who said Doom 1 was an "advanced combat training simulation", haha.

[haloequalslife]

I like how Discovery got THE most biased opinion on games, Jack-fucking-Thompson. Nobody, not even his own mother, likes Jack Thompson.

[lkkjhg45]

OH NO I'M GOING TO BECOME A MURDEREER

[KoniDem]

mee to :D