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Why Are Violent Video Games so Boring?
Cordova, TN; September 29, in the year of our Lord 2014--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is exploring the question - ‘why are
violent video games so boring?’ It is a given that murdering a
million of some kind of character(s) is a dull way to spend an
hour. Have you ever taken the time to wonder why? Or are you one
of those millions of Family Friendly Gaming readers that knows
the answer to that question immediately? Do you know deep in
your heart? Does the activity itself provide the answer? Do you
have something to say on this particular topic?
Good ideas, good comedy, and good news articles come out of a
question. A question allows us to explore something. A question
lets us see diverse answers. A question allows us to exercise
our brains. This is where violent video games being boring
brings me. I realize that many of our readers know in their
heart of hearts murder is wrong. They also know Jesus taught if
you fantasize about something you are guilty of that sin. So
pretending, play acting, and fantasizing about killing makes us
guilty of it. So for millions of people digitally murdering is a
horrendous act that we should avoid. I can certainly respect
that stance. I can celebrate it in the world of video games.
Even though I know many gamers, especially hardcore gamers will
attack them instead of celebrating their diversity.
Another issue that comes up for me is the lack of realism in
these violent video games. Are we actually that mentally
challenged? Who believes the mafia will send three to four guys
at you in one room at a time after hearing gun shots in the
mansion? Who actually believes these tanks have life bars that
are destroyed after we violently attack it in less than critical
areas? Who actually buys into all these zombies in these
explosively repugnant games? How many of the same looking guys
and gals do we need to pummel? Who actually believes we could
survive committing massacre after massacre without any law
enforcement spider web catching us?
I hear all the time - “it is fantasy.” What kind of a sick mind
fantasizes about that? Shouldn’t those people go seek some
mental help? Seems like a more healthy outcome to me. How does
desensitizing yourself make you a better member of society? How
are you making the world a better place by poisoning your mind?
Aren’t there games you could play that produce a healthy outcome
in your brain? I do not comprehend how getting oneself so close
to evil makes them good. Maybe I am missing the boat entirely.
Or maybe the boat is going off the waterfall and it is better to
be safe on the shore.
I can do the same actions in a puzzle game, and it is cool. For
some reason murdering these creatures over and over again in
violent video games bore me. Maybe I have reached my life limit
on that kind of action in the violent video games, and not in
puzzle games. I know my brain is more active in puzzle games.
They stimulate and challenge me, whereas violent video games do
not stimulate and do not challenge me. I think deep down I am
more interested in the light. I am repulsed by the darkness. So
becoming bored with darkness may be a mechanism to help me stay
mentally healthy. When it comes down to it I believe
intelligent, and healthy human beings seek the light. Are you
seeking the light?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming