Current Events > CNN: Video games are virtual boot camps for MASS SHOOTERS!

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/opinions/video-games-shooting-opinion-bailenson/index.html

There is at least one documented case of a killer using a first-person shooter game to improve his combat skills. According to the Guardian, the Norwegian shooter Anders Breivik told the court in 2012 that he used "a holographic aiming device" in the game "Call of Duty" to develop his target acquisition abilities.
Breivik played a two-dimensional game, but virtual reality can take skill acquisition to a new level. Players can look all around the scene instead of just staring at a screen. Handheld devices vibrate to simulate touch. Most importantly, players use their arms and body to engage in actual combat moves, instead of just hitting buttons. As a result, the brain's motor system is engaged. Repeated movement while in virtual reality causes changes in brain structure, which in turn improves performance in the real world.

evil virtual boot camp:


evidence of its evil!

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Ban games
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So should we Ban white kids from playing violent videogames?

I know games like Trauma Center have taught me how to become a trained surgeon and Guitar Hero started my career as a world renowned rock star
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2012? How would he be using the images you posted back then?

Cooking Mama turned me into a serial killer.
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I'm a lawyer now

Thanks, Ace
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I played shit ton Super mario games, and tried to squeeze my body into the toilet after eating bunch of mushrooms. I also broke my legs after trying to fly while being dressed as tanooki.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

I know games like Trauma Center have taught me how to become a trained surgeon and Guitar Hero started my career as a world renowned rock star

cant remember which game it was from the series hardest operation was the tapeworm thingy trying to reach the heart to kill the patient.
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It seems pretty obvious that violent videogames are a real factor in the rise of mass shootings. You didnt really see these things before videogames got super realistic.
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So wait, the "blame video games" people are back off that train of thought now that it's CNN saying it despite plenty of them hopping on the "ACKCHYUALLY" train of thought last week to justify it?

:-/
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myzz7 posted...

There is at least one documented case of a killer using a first-person shooter game to improve his combat skills

Amazing.
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Pokemon is a poaching simulator.
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I managed to become an expert in forensics because I played heavy rain

I also am unable to express any tone in my voice whatsoever when I shout the name of my missing son but whatever
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myzz7 posted...

There is at least one documented case of a killer using a first-person shooter game to improve his combat skills

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What games did Breivik use to learn how to build his bomb?
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gunplagirl posted...

I also am unable to express any tone in my voice whatsoever when I shout the name of my missing son but whatever

JAAY SUN
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What qualifies as a violent video games anyway?

Is it just m rated games? Cause if so is this also banned even though it really isn't violent? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/xbox/561527-dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball
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i, too, compare shooting people to gaining a career because of video games
because getting a career is just as easy
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The Admiral posted...

myzz7 posted...

There is at least one documented case of a killer using a first-person shooter game to improve his combat skills

The U.S. military.
https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2016/05/6-military-video-games-used-to-train-troops-on-the-battlefield
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How come video games are only good as murder training simulators?

Where are the Sim/Civ fans getting degrees in civil engineering?
Or Truck Simulator players actually getting their trucking licenses?
Or our Generals that grew up on Warcraft?
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If thats they're doing a shitty job based on the complete lack of using cover I see from people in games
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Or Truck Simulator players actually getting their trucking licenses?

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gran-turismo-sport-will-let-you-earn-a-real-racing/1100-6441292/

Not a driver license, but still...
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180 hours of Dynasty Warriors 9 has turned me into an expert swordsman and strategist with a specialty in fire attacks. I now singlehandedly vanquish armies of thousands every day.

But you know what's better than virtual bootcamps? ACTUAL bootcamps like shooting ranges, and activities like paintball and airsoft.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/04/14

Don't studies show this is just not true?
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Cruz also owned a holographic sight which he showed off on instagram.

Wow, its like I'm back in 1994!
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So CNN trying to live up to the fake news reputation?

Must be a really slow day there.
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Doe posted...

Don't studies show this is just not true?

Yes, but we can't let facts get in the way. Let's use these over the top and non realistic depictions of guns in a virtual world as a scapegoat for dead kids
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GTA 5 sold 83 million copies. And we all know that there have been 83 million mass shootings to correlate with this.
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Here's the thing. When it comes to violent video games or violent movies the majority of the democratic world has them too, yet there's only one country where mass shootings are a problem. So really whenever a politician blames video games you should immediately ask how much money they're receiving from the NRA.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

I know games like Trauma Center have taught me how to become a trained surgeon and Guitar Hero started my career as a world renowned rock star

Im quoting this so hard!
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I wish we could just find hillary's emails. I'm sure they have some major insights into this phenomenon.
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Same shit both sides never fails to be true, libs & cons alike just love blaming video games for everything wrong in the world (or at least everything wrong in the USA).
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Skyrim made me an expert in slaying dragons. My chubby sidekick keeps telling me the dragons are some kind of 'windmill' subspecies, which makes them even more dangerous. I share a strong kinship with the warriors of CNN, who likewise risk life and limb chasing these ferocious windmills.
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Years of Mario Kart has made me a expert banana-throwing, green-shell slinging, turbo drifting driver irl.
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