M-Rated games... are they as bad as we think?

Status: Dumbfounded
BGM: The One - Backstreet Boys

In GTA IV, the players is able to steal cars, drives around, killing anyone, or challenge the police in various ways.

Gears of War 2 allow the players to slash people into half, whether it is from up to down, left to right or the total opposite, while players can also use corpses as meat shield.

These are downright violent, or morally incorrect to most of the baby boom generation.

As for the generation X, these are nothing: "c'mon, it's just a game".

Some politicians even slams these games, vowing to ban them and sue the game makers. [The truth is, it's just another way of publicity for them ( -_-|||) ]

Are they really bad for us?

Not exactly.

Various study found that although violent games will no doubt have some effects on the player, it is not likely to be the main cause of causing the gamer to be violent. Look from another side: the players of violent games might be having some degree of violence within them even before they play the games.

Until now, there are no sturdy proof showing that violent games will affect the players and cause them to be violent.

So don't be worry, let us sit down and enjoy playing GTA IV as much as we can. =D