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marle35

(172 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:03 PM Mar 2015

Popularity of Violent Movies and Video Games [View all]

Can someone explain to me the obsession many young men have with violent movies and video games? Why there is this great love of watching a character in front of you blast hundreds of rounds of bullets into others?

I can imagine to some extent the morbid interest in it. But it just seems SO popular, and so many take so much glee in it. I guess it can be a way to blow off steam, but it doesn't seem that most people who are into it are super angry people.

Can anybody share some insight?

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Popularity of Violent Movies and Video Games [View all] marle35 Mar 2015 OP

I don't even know jomin41 Mar 2015 #1

~~~ +1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #4

Have you ever actually played any of these video games of which you speak? Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #2

Mostly some arcade games marle35 Mar 2015 #3

Congratulations! discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #5

I don't feel a sobering feeling after shooting aliens on the xbox, and I'm not worried. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #7

Perhaps sobering was a bad choice of adjective discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #11

FWIW, there are a lot of women who enjoy video games, too. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #6

I am sure there is some evo-psych about it. TM99 Mar 2015 #8

"something felt a little off about it." - At a guess, I'd say its not the type of game for you. Veilex Mar 2015 #10

Because they're fun, I suppose. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #9