Cease Virtual Fire

[Plane]

The founder of a video game website said he expects tens of thousands of players of online shooter games to participate in a 24-hour cease-fire that started at noon Friday. Antwand Pearman, founder of GamerFitNation, said the cease-fire is meant to show respect for those killed in the Newtown shooting. He said video games don't cause violence.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/newtown-moment-of-silence_n_2345503.html

[Xavier_Onassis]

If video games don't cause violence, then what is the point of his shutting down his operation?

[Plane]

If video games don't cause violence, then what is the point of his shutting down his operation?

I can't give you a real answer.

This is an interesting question I want to discuss .

I have played a bit of "World of Warcraft" and it is a lot of fun.

I note that some of the shooters in the past have played a lot "shooter" games.

I don't think that it adds a lot to the danger , but it is hazy enough that I might be wrong.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I don't think that video games make most people more violent. They do seem to affect a few people this way, though.
The same seems to be true of violent films.

Video games and violent films also appeal to those people who have violent personalities.

[BT]

Perhaps Mr. Pearman is an advocate of meaningless symbolic gestures.

[Plane]

"Meaningless symbolic" has got to be an oximoron.

[Xavier_Onassis]

It seems to me to be just a PR move.

The same video games are played all over the world.