Fifth
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Have been restrained myself from explaining the real reason why those things are OK in video games for the adults. Even more so, why they should be there.
To explain the reasons u have to explain the "layered" nature of human psyche - subconsciousness, suppression and all this stuff. Too complicated for a game forum.
BUT! Then i realized there's an ingenious way around all this.
Suppose everyone has heard about those rooms with stuffed figures of the bosses in Japanese company buildings? No?
Well, the idea behind this is actually very simple. A worker gets unfairly "disciplined" by his boss. Instead of breaking his bosses nose and losing his job he can go into that room and beat this stuffed representation of his boss instead. Everyone is happy, the boss won't visit the hospital every other week, worker keeps his job, no stress, no screaming on his poor wife and children in the evening. Pure win!
Truth is, video games (also movies and certain books) are, in a sense, the western equivalent to those rooms. A safety valve, very useful for the society out there in th RL. It's not their primary function ofc, just one among many.
Some ppl seem to think safety valves are overrated. Who needs them anyway? You can, instead, simply go and demand that the pressurized steam has to behave and restrain himself. Problem solved!
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Not all people come to the video games to work off the stress, but many ppl do.
I know i'm a die-hard hunter because this is the instinct i have inherited from my prehistoric forefathers. No way i could go and kill all those animals just for pleasure in RL, all my modern upbringing tells me this is wrong, on so many levels.
Likewise, it is possible someone comes here and kills something instead of beating up his boss, someone probably even beats a virtual vixen, althou his 1st impulse was to beat up his RL wife.
It's probably not why you are here but if u think about that, you'll agree, all those things are indeed possible...
Long story short. All you Holier Than Thou Moral Police Cops!
Go ahead, close that damn safety valve, take away that beating doll from that Japanese worker.
It will give you sense of satisfaction and achievement. World will be a better place!
The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
The true minions of devil are often simple uneducated fools. Please, Lord, when the Judgement Day comes, forgive them all their hideous crimes, because they had no idea what they were doing.
To explain the reasons u have to explain the "layered" nature of human psyche - subconsciousness, suppression and all this stuff. Too complicated for a game forum.
BUT! Then i realized there's an ingenious way around all this.
Suppose everyone has heard about those rooms with stuffed figures of the bosses in Japanese company buildings? No?
Well, the idea behind this is actually very simple. A worker gets unfairly "disciplined" by his boss. Instead of breaking his bosses nose and losing his job he can go into that room and beat this stuffed representation of his boss instead. Everyone is happy, the boss won't visit the hospital every other week, worker keeps his job, no stress, no screaming on his poor wife and children in the evening. Pure win!
Truth is, video games (also movies and certain books) are, in a sense, the western equivalent to those rooms. A safety valve, very useful for the society out there in th RL. It's not their primary function ofc, just one among many.
Some ppl seem to think safety valves are overrated. Who needs them anyway? You can, instead, simply go and demand that the pressurized steam has to behave and restrain himself. Problem solved!
...
Not all people come to the video games to work off the stress, but many ppl do.
I know i'm a die-hard hunter because this is the instinct i have inherited from my prehistoric forefathers. No way i could go and kill all those animals just for pleasure in RL, all my modern upbringing tells me this is wrong, on so many levels.
Likewise, it is possible someone comes here and kills something instead of beating up his boss, someone probably even beats a virtual vixen, althou his 1st impulse was to beat up his RL wife.
It's probably not why you are here but if u think about that, you'll agree, all those things are indeed possible...
Long story short. All you Holier Than Thou Moral Police Cops!
Go ahead, close that damn safety valve, take away that beating doll from that Japanese worker.
It will give you sense of satisfaction and achievement. World will be a better place!
The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
The true minions of devil are often simple uneducated fools. Please, Lord, when the Judgement Day comes, forgive them all their hideous crimes, because they had no idea what they were doing.
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