America's Most Wanted: APB Advertisements

Yeah,

So I was in a sub shop ordering myself a quick bite to eat. On the small television sitting on the counter, America's Most Wanted was on.

About every 2-3 minutes, as a scene or new case changed, All Points Bullet advertisement would be shown.

Yeah yeah, I am a big proponent that violent games do not lead to violent crimes.

But the irony of this cannot be overlooked. Almost all the crimes are store robberies, ties to gangs and etc... And this show promotes arrest of criminals, yet it's spending so much time promoting a game that is all centered around people acting like delinquents and all around american loser.

 

West Philadelphia, born and raised...

I don't think violent video games contribute to real life violence in anyway possible. If anything it reduces the the want to be violent in real life. It lets you(us?) do things that we normally couldn't do...like shoot people(with the exception of those amazing people in the armed forces ), break into peoples houses, kill those that annoy us, and bang every woman in sight; the list goes on an on.

Grand theft auto is about the closest it gets to promoting violence, but still falls short of actually promoting bad behavior. Gang's in games might be semi-realistic in the fact that they are groups of hoodlums who think the law doesn't apply to them, but they don't promote a livelihood that appeals to people who have a sense of deceny.
The people who play as a gang member, think that is correct, and want to be like that, have impaired judgement and were like that before they started playing.


With a grain of salt, it is just a video game afterall.

 

I agree that videogames don't contribute or make someone go out and do crimes, no less than listening to Ozzie Osbourne and wanting to bite the head off a bat or watching a violent movie and turning you into a street thug.

But we still have the right to free speech for how ever long that lasts.

That's why I exercise my right not to buy games like Grand Theft Auto, 50 Cent, or Saints Row 1&2. Yeah it's a form of art but I refuse to support that side of the gaming industry. When you encourage companies to make those games by buying them it creates more incentive to reach for an even lower common denominator.

 

I'm the same. I like violent games. I play BC2 online, play just about every fantasy/horror FPS game like Doom, Quake, FEAR (FEAR 2 is awesome), and RPG games like The Witcher.

But I cannot condone or support games that encourage gang activity. As far as I'm concerned, gangs are the worst things that America is known for among young children and shameful these kids cannot find other things to do or resist the temptation.

Watch gang land makes me angry. So many of these idiots running around thinking they are soldiers. I think it's shameful and disrespectful for soldiers who serve around the world in behalf of their nations. These people don't risk their lives to destroy innocent lives, rob stores and encourage adolescents to shoot their classmates.
- I always wonder why these kids just don't go to High School, life is hard, we know, but get through it. If they want to be a soldier, join the army. Army will definitely pay for your college. I got a friend in the army after graduating college, and while in service, the army has already paid HALF his college loans, while in service now.

 

Imagine an awesome game like GTA: REAL LIFE. After you punch a cop and show up with previous warrants like running over pedestrians, you get a coked-out public attorney and spend the next decade protecting your *** **** in prison.

Achievement unlocked:
Bubba's *****

 

On a more cereal note...

Look up gangs in the military. They are prevalent there too. The military is not full of teenager's filled with the urge to protect their nation's democratic freedom. Often times the military is a means to an end for a variety of reasons. Our soldiers are regular people like us, and our government is increasingly taking anyone with two arms and legs, whether or not they fit the typical american pie persona. There are numerous pictures of soldiers flashing gang signs and even a video of one gang affiliated soldier murdering two(or more?) cops using the military training he learned over seas.

As for "wanting to be soldiers" or resisting the culture of poverty stricken neighborhoods.... it's not NEARLY that easy or cut and dry. In fact, as I have gone through life, I have found almost nothing of importance can be summed up in a few sentences, especially something as gripping as the tandem of poverty and violence. These gang-bangers you see on the TV show "Gangland" were ****ed from day one. Their schools hardly pass for education and are often on the verge of closing. Their families often consist of a single parent struggling to feed their children, working all day without the fortunate opportunity to spend time with their family that so many of us take for granted. As a result, they often lack an authority figure and love, and so look to the streets to fill those needs. And those with their arms wide open to the deprived with a gun in their waste are often the only thing the children have that gives their lives significance.

It really is an unfortunate circumstance that is almost criminally overlooked. I'm fortunate and thankful to be one of the lucky privileged, on my gaming laptop browsing forums about graphic cards and processors, but I urge everyone to never take it for granted.