"Right next to the Stuttgart parliament they have set up a container. They collect killer games like "World of Warcraft", "Counter Strike", "Call of Duty". Games, where the sparks fly - people scraps, and more realistic in its presentation. They can deliver the Action Alliance, so they will be destroyed. "

This is the original sound of a documentary or a documentary about the horrific school shooting in Winnenden, which ran yesterday evening by 21 clock in the ARD. And it is again a good example of sloppy journalism and gamers rush. After all, would be the people of the ARD once properly informed, then they would know that in World of Warcraft is not the sparks fly. Even if one could infer from Mr. T's advertising on it. Which is not so. Dear ARD hacks: In WoW (the geeky gamer abbreviation have been World of Warcraft) is an online fantasy role-playing game in the comic book look. Fantasy comic! People there have very little search. And a comic realism is surely not really, right? Otherwise would have my favorites of the Warner Bros.-forged long ago to fall down the houses and the Meep, Meep-cattle should have been flashed already.
Aside from the fact there is not yet in Counter Strike Call of Duty tattered man. But the matter goes further.

It is claimed towards the end that the U.S. Army uses first-person shooter to lower the threshold of the soldiers. This was clearly demonstrated and therefore not at all to question. In addition, it is claimed that players who play a lot, play more aggressive games.
As you can imagine, this is utter nonsense both. Let's start with the last claim on. People who want to play a lot, mainly to play aggressive games. I can not imagine not. What about sports games, strategy or role playing? Let's take as an example Anno. In this game, a game is longer than for a first-person shooter that takes in the most laps only 5 minutes. Sure, there are also longer rounds. In general, this is not the case. In Anno, a building game, building a city can ever take several days.
Let's talk about the famous U.S. Army argument, which is taken always welcome. Supposedly the Army to use games to reduce inhibitions. This is simply utter nonsense. First time training the Army is still shooting at real shooting ranges, because they have found that it still makes a difference whether you shoot in real or virtual (yes, a normal person can distinguish between!). And secondly, there are no studies that suggest a reduction of the threshold, even some who argue against it. A statement on game studies :

Summarized here is found that the currently circulating statements on the reduction of the work is based on inhibition of killing, can withstand normal scientific criticism in any way. Here, military simulations with computer games thrown into a pot and correlations allowed causal relationships, some of which are dragged in the hair. It is quite clear this is a myth based on the Medieninkompetenz its propagators.

So you see: The ARD report, it was usual baiting of computer games. Those that we hear for months. Who wants to look at the report itself, which can here do (from minute 35 starts the horror).

[Via stigma video games ]

Quite obviously, the wretched-long debate about the killer game is finally over. In any case, if you look at the coalition agreement. There you can find any record that is in the mention of a prohibition of "dangerous" first-person shooter.

Especially the politicians of the CDU and CSU have been used prior to the election of a clearly-proliferation, and even ban the production of such games. This would have serious consequences, however, in my opinion. In particular, because it now makes more money than playing computer games with motion pictures. Fortunately, that has FDP with their demand to strengthen the social work, ultimately prevailed.

Sun is ultimately the coalition agreement that computer games "has become a natural part of our everyday culture." In addition, the German Computer Game Award will be upgraded.

Actually, you'd think the topic killer games should be eaten in months. If it is not. To whom this is now, was once found there. What is certain: There are still rushing discussions when it comes to the subject. And what I've not been annoyed by so many items. As is sometimes fast World of Warcraft killer to the game (or more recently to Saufspiel) declared. From time to time also completely false facts are cut into TV programs. So games are presented as salable in this country, although they are not level. for those who want to get angry, which again is this video here to heart. Let you not put off by the voice. The video is worth seeing:

[Youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c5rwlKFsLE [/ youtube]

Whatever. The website now has a stigma video games guide for journalists wrote that includes how to behave in the event of a report on video games. By "behavior" of course I mean the type of design of the article. A journalist should not use the term killer game as a technical term for video games. This word is merely a propaganda development of the press and in no way provides a breeding ground for a fair and objective discussion. Similarly, the term "violent video games" are no longer used. If you read it in an article of this term, one can assume that the journalist is an idiot. Had he been informed in advance, he knew that violent games are the ones who have just been banned and therefore can not be banned.

The article on stigma video games are treated more points, worth reading, such as the current legal situation or the respect of integrity in articles and in any case. Especially for journalists and those who pretend to love than that. Now was just hoping that really take time scribblers this article to heart. But they will not anyway. One thing we must not forget: Even if journalism should be fair, it is the first task of an editor, to do publicity for the newspaper. And that makes it (because of our present society) demonize mainly with articles, the computer games. Yet.

Whether now is the bearer of petitions so questionable (has become). Finally, one has only recently been able to observe the debate about the power locks, as such actions are a lot of attention among the politicians: zero. Actually, even an indictment of the current government because the people behind the petition is so that ultimately the parties and the crap that they elect the mortise. Conversely, this means of course that there really are enough people who give the big parties and that their voice can be sure to remain in government.

Another crap that has grown to the current government is banning violent video games. The prayer of the petition is already in the terminology of killer games. No wonder, since this term is a creative outpouring of the media and deliberately to create propaganda. This is why does the average Joe Consumer is not surprising that this notion was quickly by the politicians (like) taken. Just stupid, that special factual and objective discussion is possible, and the notion that gamers among us still discriminated against.

Another request of the petition is to strengthen confidence in the Wii and bring the parents to be more responsible. Finally, it is their job to give the children a game in their hands, which is not suitable for them. This is not the role of the state, even if it is more convenient for many!

So many reasons in favor of the petition. What are you waiting for? To sign, but fast!

Click here to ePetition!

When I opened the paper today, me an interesting article caught my eye that I had of course read it immediately. It was in the article about the tightening of gun control laws, which comes with some gun clubs and shooters, of course, to little response. Thus, many very upset about it and think that now they are the scapegoats for the shootings and that black sheep always exist, regardless of whether the gun law will now be strengthened or not. Up to this point only once.

I find this quite amusing. Surely you is still the killer game debate in the head, right? There, in front of all the virtual use of the weapon is held against. It even goes so far that should disappear "killer games" throughout the German market. Many, also determines the rifle clubs, these changes were certainly desirable. Merely react selbige who have previously elected the CDU still busy, very sensitive to when they are taking away their real weapon. It's easy to see just delicious.

But what the new gun law stipulates, anyway? Among other things, inspections are carried out without suspicion. This means that it is nachgeguckt whether the weapons were locked away right at home. I think this is a very meaningful change, even if it's quite a coincidence that you sometimes find a "serious" case. Nevertheless, a good way. Because it can, no matter how much criminal activity may be present when the cabinet is closed, it is too. Then there are no shots. Well, the gunman from Winnenden knew the combination of the weapons cabinet, but it should also biometric locks on the cabinets are introduced.

Ultimately, I find it really amusing, as is now responding to the shooting club. How many times was because rumgehackt already on computer players? How many times have we been criminalized? Several times! Therefore, I find it pretty lame and disappointing that the gun clubs turn until they are personally affected. But that's just the man, as I recently learned in the education hours as we have gone through the crime theories. But that's another topic.

For my part I think but in any case, that the weapons law should be strengthened. After all, one must ask, what is worse: virtual or real shoot-shoot? Clearly, the real shoot-! The gunman who have mostly their weapons from gun clubs. And not a computer game!