Subliminal Anti-Video Game Messages... I wonder who is Behind This?

An interesting article about the costs and benefits of video gaming. Change4Life uses video games as an example of an unhealthy lifestyle, I side with the game developers in that video gaming is a beneficial product in the market. I wonder who is behind the anti-gaming message?

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10192364-17.html

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[Denamic]

People tend to blame everything on video games. It's kind of like an escape mechanism for parents who can't or won't raise their kids themselves. It's easy to point fingers, after all.

[spikesmth]

Word, but realistically too many parents rely on video games as either an excuse not to parent or an excuse for their bad parenting. I think both parents and the industry are culpable to some degree.

[deprofundis442]

Change4Life is being sued by Sony for using PlayStation products in their ad. Change4Life is full of shit. They actually associate gaming with cancer.

[PremiumPastaSauce]

I don't know why our community has this hard-on for hating violent video games because it TURNS KIDS VIOLENT, then the ad telling you this is followed by an ad telling you to join the Marines. We need violent people, who don't mind, or even enjoy, the sight of blood, and who can put a bullet through a mans head without hesitation. We can't have surgeons who vomit when they see blood, or policemen who choke up when they're ordered to kill some kid shooting at students in a highschool.

[HenryStudioCA]

jack thomson is behind this.(he hates gta.)

[AleximusMaximus]

Fuck yes! SupCom:FA fucking rocks :) And I agree, some video games like strategy games can develop your problem-solving, multitasking and reasoning skills, among others. Glad someone finally said it.

[FuLLBl00dStuNNa]

lets ban video games completely and ruin it for everyone cause of a few dumbass people that have a severely low degree of common sense......

[patrickledford420]

@spikesmth yeh i agree when a game has mature on the front and is called shit like grand theft auto no shit its going to be a bad game the parents just shouldnt buy it for them

[cryptidsunknown2]

Yes, they do teach kids violence if the kids aren't brought up right. But that's F*CKING PARENTS' FAULT, ISN'T IT!!!!????

[philateliceun]

YEAAAH!! If I could subscribe again i would do it!!!!

SupCom for the fucking win!!!

I have been playing RTS games since I was 6 and nothing comes close to supcom FA (in my opinion ofcourse)

[SOSHaruhi101]

Kids who already have problems shouldn't play video games anyway.

Their parents should have the smarts to not buy it for them, if they have something wrong with them.

[Eso8911]

i agree with you but video games can effect the weak minded and younger kids or people who already had problems *cool my video is in the related videos!*