Ban Video Games? A History of Moral Panic & Media Censorship
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Video game bans are once again a topic of discussion after the Stoneman Douglas school shooting in Florida. President Trump and other politicians have been calling for more regulations on video game violence. The belief that violent video games make killers is silly to me and a quick look a history will show that violence in media has little impact on violence in society. So today, we're going to talk about Moral Panic and Media Censorship in the last century. Topics will include censorship of film, movie review boards, pinball machines being banned, the Comics Code Authority censoring comic book, the PMRC giving parental advisory warnings for music with explicit lyrics, the Satanic Panic from the 80s & 90s, and finally video game censorship. Gameplay will be from Doom, Mortal Kombat, Call of Duty, Bully, Manhunt, Fortnite, and PUBG.
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Video games aren't the problem, stuff that happens in real life is like family problems, bullys, mental illness, etc.
Do US schools have strict anti-bullying rules?
in Australia we have a 0 tolerance on bullying and you will be punished for it in schools doesn't stop it but it made it much more bearable (i say this as a guy who was bullied to the point he nearly stabbed someone in the neck in class out of anger due to the bullying) if that could happen to me the quiet kid who is always kind and nice i can see how bullying can cause school shooters to become what they are.
Bullying needs a 0 tolerance punishment you bully someone you get detention and get warned and a talking to and more punishments if needed.
Because Bullying can lead to mental illness which can lead to Shootings.
Some places do. Some places dont. Doesn't do much. It all comes down to the people that raise the kids.
Flexnade If I were to guess, you've taken psychology class or read a book on why people commit crimes.
Well it should do a lot so that is troubling but how a child is raised is one of the more important factors.
Zero tolerance polices here mean that you get expelled for breaking the rules.
I wonder how many of y'all played violent video games, watch violent movies, & listen to violent style music & had not violent thoughts of going on mass shootings or commit crimes? Because I've played violent videogames & watched violent movies & had no violent tendencies, to commit crimes or go on a mass shooting.
Exactly. Most enjoy violent media but know the difference between right and wrong and would not commit acts like that in the real world. They are turning a blind eye to the real issues.
DisneyFireheart Same, even shoot actual guns. And I never become violent, even go on a rampage.
Same, been playing Violent Video games with the SNES and Golden Eye N64 and watch Action Movies and I'm not going to shoot up anyone. This is a Mental Health and a Society Issue, but then again these "Old Timers" are just brushing it under the rug and are afraid of new things that they don't understand. They want us to be little Pastor Boys/Girls living under a Saint Bubble with no violence what so ever. Bad news for them, is when that bubble bursts I'm not going to be saving their sorry little husks of their so called lives.
ive been playing shooter games for 14 years since age 7 and i have no desire to go murder people 😆 I'm actually a really positive and nice person , but
🔥 Donald trump can burn in hell 🔥
Hundreds of thousands of virtual enemies have fallen by my guns.
My worst targets in reality were hard drives, and I’m going no further.
Let's look at it this way. I've been listening to heavy metal for over a decade, been watching violent films for the majority of my life, and have enjoyed many gory and violent video games over the years. Still, I think that violence is an immature way to solve problems. I lived with parents that are truly pacifists, I was never surrounded by angry people, and I was never bullied in school. *Meanwhile,* you look at some of the backgrounds of these people who shoot up schools, and you'll see that they come from broken homes, have abusive parents, and have been subjected to bullying for years.
The problem isn't with video games, movies, or music. The problem is us. You want tangible results? You want these attacks to actually *stop?* Then the government isn't what needs to bring change. *You* need to change. *I* need to change. We *all* have to change.
Very well said
Seymour D. Buttz well said
I think you have a point but to say that violence in music, movies, and video games has no effect is wrong in my opinion. anything you come into contact with influences you whether you know it or not. the difference between yourself and school shooters is not only household situation but also how your brain works. someone with a immature mind understands violence different and therefore any form of violence can influence them more than it influences you.
Yes that too but also people with god complex is sometimes part of the problem (ex. Suspects from columbine)
Seymour D. Buttz
Nah, gun laws have to change, a bad guy with no gun doesnt need to be stoped by a "good" guy with a gun
Teacher: *points gun* "The bell doesn't dismiss you!"
That’s not ever going to happen and if you actually think that’s a reality I hope you never own a gun since you don’t know the responsibility that comes with it
tyler cronley *the joke went right over your head*
PlatinumYuri This is underrated as hell lmao
tyler cronley jokeeees Jesus mate
tyler cronley You'd be surprised....
Yes. Intellectual Driftor commentaries are the best
Da King after in depth of course
Bernard Lowrey tbh I like philosophical videos more than in depth
He should make another channel where all he does is talks lol, Something like drift0r talks.
Ya I don’t play cod anymore but stayed subbed for videos like this
Yea i love videos like these.
A few studies have actually shown that video games do NOT lead to violence.
Djthegamer988 not just a few, alot of studies and the only thing that they have proved video games cause a minimal amount of aggression from children but only in the short term. There are no links to violence caused by video gamrs
There is a reduction in prosocial behaviour ( immediately after playing and not necessarily long term ) but no direct links to violence. Video games actually help kids develop cognitive & social skills.
Djthegamer988 you need to tell this to trump
Way more than a few
exactly it's just parents being too god damn lazy to teach their damn kid don't do this. The only thing games do to people negatively in the short term or long term and this is only my opinion is that it makes people less social able.
This is basically what I’ve been saying. Every time a new thing is introduced, people freak out. Cars freaked people out, TVs freaked people out, telephones freaked people out.
SAV3 ICE Internet, AI, Self Driving cars, the works. It's not a bad idea to be cautious though...
They're not being cautious, they're being hysterical and trying to find a scapegoat for problems they don't/they aren't willing to understand or problems that they're refusing to take the blame for.
8man I know, avoidance of dealing with problems. It's classic hysteria tactics. The goal is not to solve the problem, but to protect their political views and affiliation.
The same thing happened in the 1970s with rock n roll music, people said it made you violent
TheMountainDewGamer said the same thing in the 50's with comic books
Most people who think this are not informed on video games or simply just don’t understand them making it easier for people in the older generations to jump on board
Can't wait to vote against these clowns in 2020.
Dank McTwist ditto
Let's hope BOTH parties don't whiff it this time. Having either a Criminal or an Idiot to vote for this time was hilarious to watch but either result was inevitably going to cause trouble.
lol good luck..All versions of media were completely against trump. They literally couldn't have helped Clinton more....She still lost. As long as people are getting better paychecks with these tax cuts then Trump will win again.
Trump will win again. Or Kanye. I say Trump will take over the world and be the supreme leader
Dank McTwist I would go vote for those who are willing not to blame both guns and video games, regardless of the media bias and the delusional people that they think they are safer without guns and video games.
Society blames Video games for gun violence
Doesn’t blame the mentality or the context of character of an individual
Oropher420 There will always be mentally ill people with anti-social characteristics. Mental illness is a product of genetics and harsh environment. It’s not something unique to the US. You can’t blame someone for being mentally ill.
Walmart sells guns but not violent games
*IF PEOPLE HAD COMMON SENSE IN THIS WORLD, NONE OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING CRAP WOULD HAPPEN. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SITTING ON YOUR COUCH ENJOYING A VIDEO GAME AND MOVING AROUND WITH A FIRE ARM* my goodness... people these days...
Ascenndant Exactly, people should be held responsible for their actions. Not blame other things as stupid as this.
well said.............but its easier to ignore people with issues that lead to these crimes it seems, then point fingers after something has happened and act rationally
Good job blaming guns
It happens almost everyday with some kid bringing guns and other weapons to kill teachers or other classmates.
Arming teachers? Oh boy,my chemistry teacher will shoot me on first sight
Rasmus Tagu, better suit up like your profile picture
Tay it makes my balls itch tho
I have a list of 6 people in each class that my teachers will light up the moment those kids say something dumb
Watch out for that ray gun.
Hemanth is the boss what else you have a list on 😑
They tried to blame rap music back in the 90s & now they blame video games. I wonder who will be blamed next. 🙄
UpF1st FPS Mexicans
Wait they already blamed us
Matthew Andrews that makes absolutely zero sense.
Matthew Andrews pls tell me youre joking. Pls tell me people are not this ignorant
Vapers will be next. They’ll use their mods to create biological weaponry and terrorize the public
It was satisfying to see Dee Snider just flip the PMRC on its head. It proved that metalheads and rock fans weren’t just drugged morons incapable of deep thought. He really stood up for that community and that’s a blessing that the rock/metal community really needed.
How did we go from "dont tase me bro" to "dont shoot me bro"????
Gang violence and an increase in violent crimes makes policing in general more dangerous. That combined with police officers being ambushed and shot down in the streets have put them more than a little on edge, and trigger happy.
From bad people
Society just blames things on easy targets like video games
Ah, the classic "bideo gaems make the violent" argument. I feel like I'm back in the 90s again.
Video games were created by the devil to corrupt our minds. 😂
That's the classic fearmongering tactic used by ultra-conservative old people.
>Find thing they don't like
>Say the devil made it
>Say it makes kids violent and crazy
>Gullible parents believe it and spreads it
It happened with music, it happened with video games.
Back when I was in school everybody freaked out over violence and guns especially video games since people don't understand that this is a relatively new medium that had been in existence for the last 30 or so years.
Someone tweet this video at Donald Trump.
Good job dude, this was amazingly well put together, especially considering you normally just cover playing video games, I didn't expect a well researched essay about moral panic.
We studied the effect of violent video games on people in one of my university courses. As much as politicians love to blame video games for making people violent there have been a total of 0 studies that have ever shown a true cause and effect relationship between violent games and violent behaviors. All these years of games being blamed and yet no one has ever found a direct link. Why? Because one doesn’t exist. If anything most studies find the opposite to be true, that violent games create less violent youth. But sure, continue to blame the games instead of the guns. Great analysis video BTW.
@faggotron dude how does that contribute to the conversation?
I really like this educational historical style video. Thank you Drift0r for all the work you must have put into this. I hope to see more videos like it.
Letting kids play video games is up to parents not the government
In my opinion
We all agree. If the kid learned swearing from a violent video game, then it is the parents fault if they bought the game.
My parents are cool with me playing games, and yet I haven't murdered anyone..
Hm...
The Annoying German exactly
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That's why the ESRB was formed because developers feared government regulation after parents blamed video games for violence.
Drift0r, I know these videos don't get as many views as the in-depths but these are what I stay for and what originally got me to sub to the channel. Just know that these videos don't go unnoticed or unappreciated.
Donald Trump: "The level of video games is really shaping young men's thoughts" (2:30) Oh for fuck's sake, please don't tell me he's gonna go down THAT road in the future.
Ze Doctor I doubt it.
The moral panic of the 90s with Dungeons and Dragons effects me and I wasn't alive then. I can't mention the game in front of my dads side of the family cause some fo them think its satainic.
Video games aren't to be blamed that much,it's poor choice of parents that buy M games to their kids and don't keep an eye on them!
DS6 Prophet my dad got me bo3 and ww2 and I’m not violent lmao
Your argument has contradicted itself.
C4islife
how so..? a kid cant go and buy an M rated game, their parents buy it for them, and so its their fault. Most M rated games wont have much of an affect.. but any parent that buys their 12 year old GTA is gonna have problems
The reality is that people can propose all kinds of further gun control - video control - movie control - etc. None of it’s going to make a damn difference, because they don’t want to address the cold hard facts that people set on perpetrating evil acts will find a way of following through with those acts. They won’t deal with the “Root Cause’s” because they requires the applied assumption that it will cost serious funds. We should have addressed this after the very first school shooting, there should have been measures put in place to make school campuses the hardest targets to perpetrate.
Dalton I agree completely, because not many people are actually smart nor have the actual common sense to realize that most people have little to non existing experience with firearms. It's like "Why not let those exact same people "regulate" computers even cars. It worked "perfectly" for guns....."
CovertBrony exactly, after the first 1-3 school shootings something should have been done, because statistically speaking even in a sample size of 3 trends can be defined.
After Columbine they've got Metal Detectors, but other schools didn't follow this system and failed.
KnightKiller1000 dude it’s crazy you say that cause that’s one of the first things that came out of my mouth. Plus they could have installed bulletproof doors etc, along with a laundry list of other measures.
AT least those would help, hell even Schools in Israel have adults armed with guns, be it parents, teachers or any volunteers. But no, they'll(our Government, Media, SJWs) will blame the object instead as a scapegoat.
This is one of the few things I disagree with Conservatives. They tend to blame video games and the media to cause violent actions, yet a 100 years ago children were FAR more exposed to things like actual war, and they say that we as a culture are changing in my opinion is correct, but it’s for the better.
You still had the threat of Mexican soldiers if you lived in Mexico, you had Anti-American Indian tribes that fought settlers and overall just more crime
This isn't exclusively a Conservative problem, it's an old politician problem.
Also, great job lumping all Conservatives under one specific belief.
Calvin_Coolage I don't think that he is blaming conservatives.
CovertBrony Maybe not, but he implied that all Conservatives think video games cause violence, even if he didn't mean to do so.
I’m not saying that all conservatives believe this, it’s just a majority of people who tend dislike video games, rock, etc. Since the beginning people who were anti-censorship in things like music and movies tended to be liberal. (Completely different than today)
Surprised there's no mention of Jack Thompson.
Great vid Brad! I've even seen interviews with people that committed violent crimes and they were even asked if they played video games, all but one of them said no. It seems like the media and everyone else has to blame it on something.
God damn! Twisted Sister completely shot down Mrs. Gore's accusations!
People all over the planet play the same games and watch the same movies. Yet only in US there's so many school shootings.
Ukash M Strange, really. Since school shootings are quite recent, despite the easy access to guns that existed for many years.
This is still one of the best RUclips videos I've seen even a year later. It's a shame it doesn't have more views.
The U.S. should create a new law enforcement agency designed to protect the grounds of every elementary, middle, secondary, high school, and college campus instead of one (two if lucky) SRO officers we currently have.
ASAPVENENO you, keep talking
Matthew Andrews I would assume this agency he suggests would be government funded
Idk, maybe it could start as a voluntary force or manned by state militias.
Matthew Andrews Well the government found a way to fund the department of homeland security when the Patriot act was enacted.
Matthew Andrews I have no idea where the money would come from.
*WAY* better researched than the Ugandan Knuckles video
Good Job Drift0r
Funny how Americans will try to not blame guns and blame everything else only slighty related...In my(and many other) countries we dont have guns as a standard, and we also barely ever have any shooting...You know what i do when some stranger breaks into my house, I give him what he wants and call the police. Also a fun thing that usually when houses over here get robbed the robbers dont have guns either, because they are hard to get here. And even if there is a robber with a gun in your house, they usually want your money and thats all...what right does a gun give you to shoot somone else?
What if they want your daughter, or simply kill you just for the rush? I'm glad i at least have a decent chance of surviving armed intruders. You have to just pray you dont get killed. Unarmed countries have a higher rate of home invasion since the intruder doesn't have to worry about getting shot. I've never had a home invasion because criminals know my house could be armed unlike yourself.
Great video Drift0r, thanks for discussing this subject in depth. It's ridiculous that people in the government are still blaming forms of entertainment for situations like these.
Me: Can I go to bathroom?
Teacher: *Pulls out a pistol* I don't know. Can you?
Me: -_-
*Bells rings*
Me: *Wear my backpack*
Teacher: The class does not dismiss you *Pulls out a shotgun*
Me: *Pulls out an RPG* I don't know. Do you?
All of my teachers: *Storms in with an M1A2* I don't know. Maybe
My entire class: *equipped with full anti armor and anti infantry equipements* Perhaps not
I've played violent video games since i was VERY young (4-5) with Tekken and even Golden Axe on the sega mega drive. I play video games as my release from the day and my work as well as the fact that I naturally have a bad temper which i think we all have in some way or another. Despite this, I wouldn't EVER think about harming another person/people in any way by the use of knives, guns or any other weapon that i could obtain. What seems to be overlooked here is that the majority of these people who commit these mass shootings and alike have got problms outside of what they already see in video games. Mental issues and bullying has a tenancy to push some people to the extreme and these people will wreak havoc when they choose, regardless if they play sonic the hedgehog or Mortal Kombat!
Sorry for the essay but i loved the video Drift0r, I appreciate you dong so much research!!
Anyone who thinks video games or movies are the root of the problem of violence are idiots. The problem is lack of parenting
I enjoy these videos, you do a wonderful job of researching and explaining the topics. Have you ever toyed with the idea of "How people react to bans, and when bans should and shouldn't be used?" I'm more particularly interested in hearing your thoughts on the former (How people react to bans), the notion of banning different things seems to always arise in conflicts, and yet i wonder how effective it is? Either keep up the good work :D
Violent videogames don't make me violent bad wifi makes me violent
This is why I like your channel Drifter, you stay current and switch it up and also speak what’s on your mind.
I respect that.
I just happened across this video and got to the part "I hear Stan Lee is doing very well these days," and thats when I knew I was watching an old video. I came here to learn. Not to feel.
Video games don't kill people. People kill people.
Sound familiar? Goose / gander thing here or what?
Video games aren't designed specifically to tear somebody's internal organs to shreds
Video games aren't weapons..........
@@Mateoski97 "they are not weapons,they are nuclear weapons"
-Karen
Tipper Gore... PMRC... that was my era. To see how successful that was, check out the track "Ode To Tipper Gore" on Warrant's Cherry Pie album, which they added to get the Parental Advisory label. LOL The "Satanic Panic", yes, I remember it well. People were freaked out! I was a metal-head, so this hit home for me. Luckily my parents were pretty down to earth, so they didn't really get too caught up in it, and I was allowed to listen to whatever I wanted to. I'm pretty sure every generation will have their panics and fights over censorship. As long as the majority of us stay grounded and logical, we'll get through it. ;) Great video!
Who else uses videogames to vent anger in order not to harm any real people?
Yo Drift0r this was super well done. I'm surprised you didn't touch on Columbine or Jack Thompson but I definitely learned a thing or two about the history of media. Would love to see more of this type of content.
Heavy metal for all we know satan could be listing to smooth jazz
This is so well done Drift0r! So factual yet interesting af. Keep up the great work
30 seconds in *instantly demonetised*
Does anyone else have something small happen, like some stranger bumps into you (possibly on accident) and you go “oh sorry” but in your head you’re thinking, “I want to spoon your eyes out and feed them to your dog”
Other countries have video games there’s no school shootings there
Australia begs to differ. Both guns and games were banned and still there is a rise in crime.
Army Public School. Though it happened because of the terrorists
Violence is Human Nature denying violence to our youth is denying their right to be Human .
It was absolutely the fbi and polices fault
Yeah, usually that blame is hyperbole but it's literal this time. Not only did the cops out and out wait until the shooting stopped to do anything other than hide, but the FBI admits they knew he was an extreme risk just from the volume of reports they got about him. Could have prevented this from the start if school counseling was actually any good, but funding for that nation-wide was stripped away long ago for more vein pursuits.
They can’t arrest someone for a crime they didn’t commit yet.
Dan Doodle He threatened to shoot the school multiple times. When I was in high school 2 years ago, police were called if you so much as threatened a student in that manner.
Dan Doodle yeah, but all these laws are supposed to insure that someone with a long record of police calls to his house for domestic type disputes and glaring violent tendencies is not able to obtain a gun.
SIFI clan well that just sounds like a convenient change of logic. Cause according to pro-gunner logic, bad guys will get guns anyway if you make it illegal. So supposedly gun control works now? Great. How about start by reversing the bill that President Trump himself signed which revoked background checks from mentally ill people?
15:57 Little did he know Stan Lee would pass only 8 months after this video was made 😔
The jump to try to ban guns is as logical as the jump to try to censor games and movies. That is to say, not logical at all. Neither are the cause of the shootings.
MrMalditor then why aren't there any in the UK?
People really need to stop trying to compare the US to other countries.
MrMalditor though I do believe that it should be as difficult if not harder than than getting your drivers lisence.
MrMalditor Why? We're all human, we all face similar problems
Do you honestly believe that if people had the same access to guns in the UK that there'd suddenly be the same issues? I don't. I don't believe the cultures and issues are quite the same here as there. There has been access to these guns for a long time in the US and these mass shootings are a relatively recent phenomenon. Something else has changed and blaming guns just doesn't make sense.
"Don't forget to like, comment, and subscri-" Editing perfection, my dude.
There not going to ban video games. Internet is one thing but videos games no never gonna happen
Did you seriously just say that? Lmao they’ll ban video games way way way WAY before they’ll ban internet😂. Internet is practically a must have for school and businesses. But they’re not banning ANYTHING don’t worry lol!
Someone was already banned from playing violent video games because he was 16. Now that Trump is also supports this theory, we honestly are fucked.
Rune If he was banned for playing violent video games because he was 16 I don't see what the issue is. I don't exactly have the time at the moment to research this so I'm basing it on your comment, but since he's under 17 years of age he shouldn't be purchasing games that are rated M, which is what everyone thinks of when they hear 'violent video games.'
Some video games are already banned in many countries your to late for that party
If they have to choose btw banning guns or violent games I'm pretty sure you know who they would side with.
This was an amazing video. Crazy well put together drift0r!
Honestly video games are most likely the reason people are not as violent cause some people use violent games to get rid of there urges and anger its a way to relieve stress and fustrastion at times if you were to remove video games it would most likely increse violence
I truly do appreciate all the thought and effort you put into videos like these. It's like you make a research paper come to life. Having just graduated from college, I can easily see and appreciate the amount of information you gathered, organized, and eloquently conveyed in this video. Great job.
Why do we have school shooings in such numbers today and violence in general when firearms were easier to obtain in the past and full auto as well for a time. I think social and moral decay and prevalence of violence everywhere and the celebration of it and criminal acts seen as a good thing by many.
Brian Sias That's because no one is actually paying attention to the "root causes". And they are too busy blaming objects that doesn't have nor will ever have "free will".
I know some of the causes is due to bullies, domestic abuse and family and mental issues. Not to mention that in the past 50+ years there were no Social Media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and what not. *THOSE* are the main problems in our Society today.
I would blame the media giving so much attention to these shooters, like showing their names and photos. I think these shooters like the fame and thrill.
Yeah exactly these shooters names get imbedded into our heads and the media makes them celebrities so now some of these socially inept kids who want to make a name for themselves (throw in a little crazy) now they’re on the news 24/7 for a whole month with their name and picture up everywhere
So then
less guns = more violence
Not
Violent video games = more violence
Honestly this was great like the best video ever this is the first video that’s 30 minutes long and I watched it the entire time I love u man
If you still support Trump after all this, you need help. I genuinely thought he would prove the doubters wrong last year..
He is an old man blaming video games, he is just uninformed. Nothing to hate there. He isn't going to do anything about video games, now he is doing what the democrats want and changing the gun laws a little bit which isn't needed.
@Drift0r
The educational value of this effort is above 9000.
Well done, good sir.
This is beyond me at this point.
To set the tone, i am french.
First, france and USA have pretty much same "culture" in term of entertainment (we play same videos games, watch the same bullcrap SW8 and eat at macdo's [the only real difference would be in term of what sport we watch, but i'm no sport-fan so I can't talk]).
The only MAIN difference on that subject is gun control : in france, even obtaining a handgun as a retired military general is a husstle. I don't need to say anything about gun control (or the complete lack of it) in the USA.
However, here's the thing :
Do we have, in France, the same amount of school shootings and massacres as the USA ?
Simple answer : no.
Proof you want ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
Here's the list of school shootings in USA.
Now, and YES, i know they aren't technically the same thing but I cannot find any list for school shooting in France (maybe because we have so few of them ?), here's the list of massacres in France :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_France
Now, I want you to look at thoses two documents, and say to me that guns aren't the problem. Come on.
They are not the CAUSE. Of course not. Objects cannot think nor act on their own.
But they are part of the equation. That, is without a doubt.
Maybe they are INDEED, by the most lucky coincidence in Universe's history, not the problem.
But allow me to state *MY* opinion : they are.
I wish more people would appreciate these high quality researched videos
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I've been playing violent video games since I was 13. I never have and never will have any thoughts of enacting a mass shooting, nor a small scale shooting or any kind of shooting. Yes it's fun to play shooter style video games, but that's because they're designed to be fun. If you can't differentiate reality from a video game, then that's where the problem lies, not within video games themselves. In my opinion, the cause of these mass shootings will almost always fall down to some kind of mental issue; What said mental issue is could vary immensely case-to-case, but if you're in a mental state where you can allow yourself to perform a mass shooting, there is a definite problem with said mental state.
May you see a subscriber spike even though you're taking on a political subject. On the plus side, I think this is one subject where your viewership will be in complete agreement.
Sadly it is very likely that I will a few hundred subs from this video.
It would be a shame but sometimes you gotta do you, take it or leave it.
Very good and well-informed video. We need more content like this.
Video games don’t make you violent but they can totally make you a gambling addict with imaginary costume chests please think of the children /s
God I love these long commentaries. Pls more
This was a great video but I honestly feel like the first 3 quarters of it was completely pointless and irrelevant
It pointed out the evolution of media and censorship.
Janno_O well yeah but to me a lot just didn't relate to video games
Hawthorne Okenla for enough, but it gave some context.
But I get where you are coming from.
This video isn't strictly about video games. Did you even read the title?
Hawthorne Okenla it was history class
Reminds me of the Black Mirror episode, we don't want to go that way
Driftor you always deliver when it comes to these informative videos, thank you.
One problem with the gambling comparison, loot boxes are pretty straight up gambling.
Ah drift0r. I am so damn happy when I see have uploaded a philosophical commentary.
Really really good video. I love it when you made long in-depth videos and clearly shows how much time you put into it.
Drift0r I really dig your insights and how you frame your opinions/argument. (Nanaimo, BC, Canada)
My professor showed this video in my media and society class at stony Brook
Dee Snider dropping that giant middle-finger to 'ol Tipper. \m/
A very good and thorough analysis of the issue. If only the main argument didn't came 30 minutes in the video though... I think discussing the end argument in the first couple of minutes and giving an outline of the arguments beforehand would help a lot for the structure of these intellectual videos. Anyway, great work, keep it up 👍🏻
Now this is how how you give a non biased video that is based on fact and evidence alone great video as aways
Time spent playing video games is time *NOT* spent committing crimes. That's one of the ironic benefits of certain entertainment media.
If anything violent video games are good because people can do the violent things they want to without any real life repercussions
"Everyday the news brings more and more random images of violence" Lieberman stated what one of our biggest issues are right there. Damn you Drift for reminding me how old I am because I remember the DnD freakouts n the Martin trials. Great video man.
Loved Night trap and bless Dana Plato.
This was a good video man... I always appreciate when you put this much effort into production and research content to this degree.. Thanks
Very well researched and presented Drift0r! Even though your opinion is obvious in this matter (duh), you stayed as objective as humanly possible. I would have been a lot more fired up talking about this topic.
Can we all just admire Driftor’s intelligence and how great these kind of commentaries are from him? Hats off to you man I love these vids from you
You've got to upload more videos of this caliber... Thanks again for the effort
Great video dude! Clear, succinct and logical, and if given the attention it rightly deserves, would single-handedly disarm the whole video game censorship nonsense. If only politicians were able to think so clearly and objectively without promoting their own agendas - alas maybe in another few centuries.
It is nothing short of a testament to your intellect that I would listen to a COD youtuber go on a 30 minute rant about a political issue occurring in a country I don’t even live in.
Keep it up mate, love all your videos.
I just think all this violence can be stopped by better cop training, and more security, as well as more strict tests to get guns. But I am in no way in favor of banning any types of guns. Mental health and evil idiots is the problem.
Props for the work put in to make this video. Well done
It’s simple, restrict gun access like Australia, even under our Mental Health Act as a clinician I have to notify the Police if the person I have assessed has access to (either directly or indirectly) firearms. Australia still has the highest firearms massacre (involving a single gunman)...we then banned access to guns with legislation, a buyback gun amnesty and what do you know...no more massacres.
Great video Brad. I appreciate the time you took to make it
I love when you put out these types of videos! Good job!!!
Study’s show that video games have the opposite affect it’s really just that people don’t want to except guns are a problem
Loved this! I know there is a lot of info on this and wish this could be a "part" series. Again, love it!