GTA 4

As a caring parent of a 10 year old Boy, who loves his PS2, i closely monitor what he plays, unfortunatley once the kids are outwith your own home, what they see and do relies on other people being responsible, Unfortunatley this is not always the case. I grew up with computers myself and can see no real point to games like this, there are many amazing adventures and the like, which stimulate the imagination, are great fun and entertaining, so why is there a demand for extreme violence. Perhaps we should look at a society that feeds the need for this type of game, if the demand wasn't there, they wouldn't sell! But thats a whole other issue.
My concern is, are we training a generation for Armageddon, or do we cause armageddon by training a generation.
We may well see the product of all this, Too late.

Voilent games do not necessarily attract violent people, nor do voilent games encourage normal people to commit acts aof violence. I enjoy games such as unreal tournament, and more recently Crisis both of which are violent games, however they are just that games a bit of escapism from the reality of life where of course such behaviour you enact in the game would be totally unacceptable. The problem is mainly when these games are being given to youngsters who have not yet defined the barriers of real- unreal or what is right and wrong. These games are rated yes but marketed along side games for much younger people. You would not have adult magazines on the same shelves as childrens comics in a newsagents and yet when it comes to games there is no differential between the two. Adult games should be seperated from childrens games and have a strict control over who can buy them.
It is unfair to blame the games themselves for influencing behaviour of people as no one I know acts like a games character, however exposing youngsters to the wrong material of course could have an adverse effect on their perceptions of what is right and wrong. Lets face it one reason parents buy these expensive games is to give the kids something to do and get some peace and quiet - even more important to make sure that they know what they are buying for their kids.

violent people are attracted to violent games.but not everyone who play games is violent. look at the media,parental control,the government. argue all you want. take responsibility for your own lives before trying to change the lives of others.

violence is a sympton of the modern lifestyle, over crowded cities, binge drinking and a lack of decent policing. This game seems to be scapegoated instead of addressing the real issues.

haha its a game people! violence is all around us. films and tv, in books and literature in mother nature herself! all gta is is photons of light projected on the screen. it has an 18 rating for a reason. just because you might kill a cop in a game dosnt mean that you go around doing it in real life!! to kill some 1 in anything more than self defence is not a quality of most people. a killer is a killer, games dont make the slightest bit of diffrence. my 12 year old brother plays gta4, he dosnt start reinacting what he see on his game!! get a hold of yourselves people! what a group of sad b`s!! fantasy is part of our imaginations!!