Ted Cruz is an idiot.
(gamerant.com)
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Yeah I agree with some of you guys. I just think blaming video games for mass shootings is retarded.
If you want to blame culture and the lack of God in homes, then that is fine, but to sum it up saying derp video games and church, it makes you sound like an idiot.
I've played games my whole life and and I'm indie game dev... and this shit alienates people who might agree with everything else.
I mean blame violent thug culture, movies and the glorification of violence in society in general... would be better then to single out video games.
That's the point though. Those who do play video games (especially rts and some rpgs) are a bit more aware (for better or worse) than others. Not meant to demoralize but to bring to light the point that those who engage with digital augmentations of reality have more inclination to expand their perception of actual reality. Exorcising that part of the population over and over is meant to demoralize them to the point where they ignore it. We don't need to ignore it, we need to use the pattern recognition, input systems and logical interfacing we do with technology to our advantage and look deeper. Most of us already do, and that's why they continue to use this line like a broken record. Because "gamers" get blamed rather than the politicians who should be taking the blame for not stopping tragedies themselves.