Puck’s Blog

Hey, what do you know, video games are good for you. Finally, research not being done by socialogists who see guns and think “Oh no, violence!”

I play a LOT of “violent” video games. Random mindless violence is pretty funny at times, and to know why you have to look at the link between humour and violence that has always existed. A smile and an agressive baring of fangs are incredibly similar and sociologists theorize that the smile grew out of a need to show that something that seemed dangerous actually wasn’t.

So it is with video games. When I see horrific violent content in a fantasy world, it’s funny. If I were to see the same thing for real, my reaction is the absolute opposite. Believe me, I haven’t been desensitized to real violence, and I’ve been playing games like this nearly my whole life.