What happened to the console war?
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Despite the controversy surrounding Modern Warfare 2, as has surrounded countless other games in the past, Entertaning Evil's Rene Rosa is sounding off with a very long list of things the game, or any game has never made him do, like turn to necrophelia or take part in a drive-by shooting at an abortion clinic. I think this speaks for all of us.
As far back as I could possibly remember, anything that has brought joy into a person's life is supposed to be bad for them. The top culprits when I was a child were comic books and video games, but now that I'm all grown up I know it was all a bunch of malarkey. Parents are just doing what they think is right for their kids, which is fine and dandy, but when the press and special interest groups get involved with the things that should be in the hands of mom and dad I start to have an issue.
Marybeth Hicks, a supposed journalist, who has also written a guide to bringing up geeky children, apparently doesn't get it. She has gone on fire about Modern Warfare 2, declaring it harmful to those playing it and how it has the capability of influencing those above and below the age of 17. Honestly, before I was 17 I had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of R-rated films, played tons of video games that would be considered M-rated, and listened to hours upon hours of explicit lyrics in music.
I still haven't killed anyone.
In fact, there are tons of things I have never done, and no movie, video game, comic book or song has ever made me act any differently in real life.
Being annoyed by folks like Hicks and the legendary Jack Thompson, I decided to put together some things that I have managed to avoid doing, despite all the horrible acts I may have committed in the virtual worlds out there.
So, here is a list of 50 things video games have never made me do.
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I think #47 is an all to common possibility with some families.
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