What purpose do video games serve except to add to a culture of violence in a country that's already out of control...

What purpose do video games serve except to add to a culture of violence in a country that's already out of control? You think that taking up weapons and creating gratuitous virtual mayhem has any redeeming value whatsoever? I mean, that the testosterone frenzy that it creates stops when the game does?

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telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/study-finds-no-evidence-violent-video-games-make-children-aggres/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame#Proxy_for_warfare
forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2013/11/27/4-reasons-video-games-are-good-for-your-health-according-to-american-psychological-association/
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so men can control their rape urges

when i push the buttons the screen changes

telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/study-finds-no-evidence-violent-video-games-make-children-aggres/

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Thank yoj

Scully a cute

That better be a quote from the cringeworthy video game virtual reality X-Files episode

I think it is

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What purpose do books serve except to add to a culture of violence in a country that's already out of control? You think that reading about taking up weapons and creating gratuitous literal mayhem has any redeeming value whatsoever? I mean, that the testosterone frenzy that it creates stops when the game does?

The actor who played her is probabaly an old hag by now.

Shame

She was an old hag to begin with. Mulder was the attractive one.

I imagine Scully would be all "hurr vidya violence durr", but then Mulder would show her The Legend of Zelda and she'd be gone for a fucking month.

Bro she is still smoking.

Keeps dangerous weirdos homebound and seals their fate as society's laughing stock once and for all.

her name is Gillian and she aged pretty well

yes, because if people are playing video games they aren't actually killing each other.

people have always needed a form of competition and outlets for aggression.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame#Proxy_for_warfare

fear mongering is worse than a violent video game, crime has been going down.

video games always let people build friendships, express themselves, help others, etc.

you're also assuming all video games are violent.

>add to a culture of violence
They don´t add, they reflect.

How is playing tetris adding violence?

Why is Scully so fucking pretty? I can't take my eyes off her.

Gillian Anderson aged beautifully goddamn

>tfw scully will never be my gf

i feel like american entertainment is some sort of cry of help, especially with mainstream shows that potray all the time how horrible shit happens and life goes on. it´s annoyingly super social but extremely disgusting and gross at the same time.

I like how she starts off as sort of chubby in the show but gets sexier as it goes on

Kinda weird to see actually

I liked that part.

I ALSO liked the part immediately afterward when Mulder basically told her off. "Testosterone frenzy or not, our suspect is a woman"

>ayy lmao literally came from xfiles
>the alien in the original meme was literally a kid in a costume in the episode
thanks Mulder

No wonder Duchovny turned out to be a sex addict.

Scully had some fun with substances in the 90's too

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And that deepish voice, god... she's wonderful

Actors and actresses were more handsome/ masculine and beautiful/ feminine from the previous generation. Watched a re-run of X-files and compared.

As for OP, its escapism, simulation, and fictional.

Not only this, action vidya (especially FPS) improves mental and visual acuity as much as specific programs designed for these.


forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2013/11/27/4-reasons-video-games-are-good-for-your-health-according-to-american-psychological-association/

..not to mention social and emotional (stability) benefits.

How come Mulder has aged in the last 20 years but Scully hasn't? Is it because of her chip?

Yeah, it's from that episode.
I'm still not sure whether it's so bad it's good or just regular bad.

>>>/twitter/
faggot.

>using scully to shitpost

In a culture of violence, wouldn't vidya thatpromote this be good? Who says it needs "redeeming value" in the first place, based on what do you assume violence is wrong?

>implying violence is bad
>implying a nation of pacifists isnt destined to die out
>implying war isnt the father of all things

What makes you think Culture can be controlled, or ought to be controlled in the first place? This is much bigger than your friday book club where you actually just gossip who's fucking who in your tiny sheltered community; This Is Alive.

is Season 10 any good?

I haven't watched X files in so long, but I heard season 10 came out and Duchovny's back again, instead of being cucked by the retarded director in seasons 8 and 9

Some of the episodes dealing with new technologies were written to be like The Twilight Zone, and it shows.

>All videogames are violent
T E T R I S

Monster of the Week episodes are really fun/good, the arc episodes are mediocre, and the ending will make you wish they didn't reboot it (a cliffhanger, you guessed it). BUT there's a new season in the works, so hopefully they'll redeem themselves.

>that episode with the cyberpunk hacker girl and the exploding trailer
>that episode with the gender-bending Amish bee aliens
In retrospect, there were some really fucking bad episodes of X-Files

>want to watch Xfiles
>never did as a kid cuz it looked boring
>> seasons with like 20 ish episodes each an hour long

nnnnoooooooope

Everything that would provide can be produced by charity.

Shut up you stupid bitch get stabbed to death plz.

See

> implying any sort of war can be won or any sort of higher order and rank of things can be established by charity
> implying you want to live in the 10 dollars for every person world that would exist if everyone was just "charitable" with each other
>implying the west isnt holding the rest of the world in an iron grip of violence while its citizens are deluding themselves about the whole thing
> implying the soldier isnt far more about self-sacrifice than the charity worker
> implying a war of offense isnt more sacred than a war of defense

Motir ca'tra nau tracinya.
Gra'tua cuun hett su dralshy'a.
Aruetyc talyc runi'la trattok'o.
Sa kyr'am nau tracyn kad, Vode an!

Death Watch will rise again!

I haven't seen much of X-Files in my life but the monster of the week episode with the reptile/swamp thing was pretty good, the rest was only ok for looking at Scully.

I really don't understand it, why is Scully so pretty? I want to cuddle with her while watching Tarantula and other 60s b-movies. I want to raise a child with her in a country style house with a comfy porch and every time I enter the house she greets me with her cute smile. Is this how waifufags feel?

>war
>sacred
also
>soldiers
>self-sacrifice
This is not World War II anymore, pops.

Isn't it odd that the lowest test people tend to play vidya the most?

>implying violence is bad
but it is. self defense is necessary but that doesn't mean it's good.

You mean 'is' right?

Rather than self-defense, I want you to say self-offense. Rather than contentment, ambition. Rather than an easy existence, a hard one. Rather than the will to life, the will to power!

KEK are you quoting a self help book?

I am very interested in this philosophy, any books, texts or other works that develop this thought?

This isn't a United States website.
Fuck off, retard.

Explain why violence is bad

Nietzsche

You should watch Little House on the Prairie.

>entertainment media is making us dull and complacent
>but it's also making us violent!

I wish our political overlords would get their propaganda straight, I'm experiencing some doubleplusungood confusion.

they entertain. and the country is not out of control. humanity has been murdering for a long time. its no different now than it was a thousand years ago.

Read Heidegger, faggot. Your lifting, "ambition" and "self-offense" are rationalization/repression techniques, the fear of death is getting to you.

Dude kill switch is fucking awesome

This. It's a really deep hobby.

I know it's b8, but

>culture of violence
>violent crime hasn't been lower in decades
>there are sill people as delusional OP

There's basically no threat of war because of nuclear potential. Your idea is irrelevant.

>10 dollars for ever person world
We're living just fine without that. Charity isn't ruling to strict ends.

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Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men
doesn't try to force issues
or defeat enemies by force of arms.
For every force there is a counterforce.
Violence, even well intentioned,
always rebounds upon oneself.

The Master does his job
and then stops.
He understands that the universe
is forever out of control,
and that trying to dominate events
goes against the current of the Tao.
Because he believes in himself,
he doesn't try to convince others.
Because he is content with himself,
he doesn't need others' approval.
Because he accepts himself,
the whole world accepts him.

It's as simple as this: people are stupid. Stupid people make me angry. When I am angry, I want to be violent. Violence can be simulated. I can satisfy my murderous urges with a simulation or I can carry them out in reality.

Take your time deciding.

FUCKING SJWS PUSHING THEIR AGENDA INTO EVERYTHING THESE DAYS

IF ONLY WE COULD GO BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN SHIT LIKE THIS DIDN'T EXIST

But The Twilight Zone is good.

You don't understand, Dana...

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I know, right? And who do they think they're kidding with the strong female character shit? It's pandering to tumblr and a threat to traditional family values

I could do that, or alternatively, you could go get punched in the face and experience the downsides of violence for yourself.

I know, what I meant was the formula. It worked in the late 60s/early 70s, but the audiences were far more informed in the 90s.

The shocking thing is that William Gibson and Tom Maddox wrote both Kill Switch and First Person Shooter.

The violence isnt the issue here, it's the direction of the violence

She is, women these days could learn a lot from her.

Scully and chubby? when m8?
Im rewatching X-files like every year and she was never chubby even slightly.

She was pregnant the first season lmao

Fuck you you knew I'd read this in her voice.

There was a new series of X-Files THIS YEAR and another one is coming soon

>culture of violence

if you think you live a culture of violence then you're just fucking delusional

>testosterone frenzy

you don't even know what testosterone is nu-male

Cool thread OP. Check my 3

This but I ended up finally watching them all a few months ago on Netflix. The movies too.

hem, what