Can games, movies and music affect people? - General

[QUOTE=Mooe94]Of course it affects you. I think that music affects you the most though. [b]Edit:[/b] Music creates a mood which could make you do things.[/QUOTE] Agree, I always feel like dancing when I hear Rick Astley.

If you said you don't know how to find more gore on the internet, you're not looking at all :v: Though the amount of gore on the net is SICKENING :argh: I'll throw you a bone though, "Bud Dwyer", I had to stop watching the minute he held the gun, I am NOT a gore person. And I play gory games like Half-Life and Half-Life 2, but I can't bring myself to watch Real-Life gore. I feel happy right now that I'm not a sicko :v:

If someone is crazy enough to shoot someone after watching a violent movie or playing a violent game then they probably would have done it anyway.

There's something called a conscience, this little thing lies within your head telling you what's right, and what's wrong. SO, if you're too stupid to ignore your conscience and imitate anything you saw or heard in a film or music, then you shouldn't be watching or listening to that stuff.

Just cause I can see someone cut in half doesn't mean I want to

Of course music affects people, researchers have even proven it. Try playing a high-action FPS shooter without music, with metal music, and then with easy listening. I guarantee you that you will play horribly while listening to easy listening music and play somewhat better when listening to metal. Hell, even if you listen to classical during some form of test they (researchers) have said that it makes you [i]smarter[/i].

there's a difference between virtual violence and actual violence [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=HellSoldier]Of course music affects people, researchers have even proven it. Try playing a high-action FPS shooter without music, with metal music, and then with easy listening. I guarantee you that you will play horribly while listening to easy listening music and play somewhat better when listening to metal. Hell, even if you listen to classical during some form of test they (researchers) have said that it makes you [i]smarter[/i].[/QUOTE] Link to said research and what if you don't like metal and prefer easy listening? Will metal still help you play? Your argument is bullshit.

Look at how many people started a fight club after they saw fight club. I'm not influenced like that by movies/videogames but some people are.

The worst I can get is Depressed from listening to a sad song, or watching a sad movie. Games can be moving in the way like a book, but I don't see how someone could be so moved they'd kill people.

[quote]3) Radio/Movies/Games can brainwash you 4) Listening to Backstreet Boys can make you kill people[/quote] What the flying fuck. I can only assume you were joking about that. Weren't there studies done that showed that violent video games actualy decrease violent crime?

GAMES EFFECT PEOPLE? I DON'T THINK SO! IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET ALL AGGRESSIVE AND STUFF AFTER WE PLAY COUNTER STRIKE!

In video games I've blown peoples heads off, I've sewn arms off with chain saws, and I've mowed plenty of people down with some automatic rifles for years. But even if I see something as small as gash or wound on a real person I find it hard to even look at. [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=shortykyle]GAMES EFFECT PEOPLE? I DON'T THINK SO! IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET ALL AGGRESSIVE AND STUFF AFTER WE PLAY COUNTER STRIKE![/QUOTE] I JUST GOT DONE WITH A FUCKING MATCH OF CS AND I FUCKING HATE YOU NOW. FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKERS.

There is an artical in MaximumPC by a person who wrote a book about this. FALSE.

Of course they can. I live my life like it's a Film Noir. Well... not really. But music can affect your moods, at least mine. And you ever get the feeling when you come out of a cinema after seeing a really action-packed gungho movie? Yeah.

A new bumper sticker for nerds- Video games don't kill people, [i]I kill them![/i]

They won't like it, considering it isn't grammatically correct.

[QUOTE=MikeHenderso]I remember after playing hl2 through the first time a had a dream I was walking through abandoned industrial places for hours. But I haven't wanted to do that in real life.[/QUOTE] UrbEx? Sounds cool to me.

I agree on some areas but you'll have the majority of facepunch disagreeing with your due to their interests. However, anything can alter the mind, your thoughts or something from an external source. That can be; others thoughts (I.e. peer pressure) impacting upon yours or other consciousness as it wraps around to drags you around, attempting to create you into a near-hive, music (Depression from sad songs, depression can be related towards jealousy; the lack of experience of something desired, that of which a majority may experience; take love for example, happiness, inspiration (At times, you'll have great ambition whilst listening to certain music) or adrenaline(Positive and negative, positives can relate towards ambition whilst negative tends to be the more.. "rock till you die" or a heavy metal scene relating towards death or anger; the infliction of pain upon others based upon an adrenaline rush)), movies (The emotion tied in with the characters, the ambition inspired (To be a hacker/hero/lover/etc for instance), the fear turning into an adrenaline rush (Positive and negative)) and the same applies to gaming but gaming is a little different. Gaming doesn't necessarily have to be realistic in order to tie you into it, as it's mainly the storyline and characters that have an impact upon you, depending upon how you perceive the game; as a book (Books can be a little worse due to the sadistic nature of some) or film. However, a game places you in the role of judgement, allowing you to commit various actions throughout the story for a given output. However, gaming can relate to mere curiosity of the output/reaction or the emotional side-affect tied in with your committment of actions. [i]See players becoming emotional over story characters within games[/i] However, in terms of perspectives without the attached nature of thought but rather than way you would view color, sound, etc, gaming/films/music/books can darken or lighten up your life, depending upon the atmosphere. I had created a thread a week ago on an alt account, named: Atmosphere in gaming, in the forum: videogames. An example I would use would be Star wars: KOTOR. The first game would create a positive perspective, whilst the second was mostly dull and depressing. [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=tannzwut]What the flying fuck. I can only assume you were joking about that. Weren't there studies done that showed that violent video games actualy decrease violent crime?[/QUOTE] Theoretically entertainment would reduce the chances of crime committed in reality due to the consequences faced in reality, in which they aren't faced in a virtual environment. Logically, someone would choose to commit a crime on GTA rather than in real life. [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-]There's something called a conscience, this little thing lies within your head telling you what's right, and what's wrong. SO, if you're too stupid to ignore your conscience and imitate anything you saw or heard in a film or music, then you shouldn't be watching or listening to that stuff.[/QUOTE] Depends really. If someone is really depressed and desperate for something, they may commit murder for whatever it is they desire for. That can be anything from an item to love. [b]Edit:[/b] [QUOTE=MikeHenderso]:lol: I remember after playing hl2 through the first time a had a dream I was walking through abandoned industrial places for hours. But I haven't wanted to do that in real life.[/QUOTE] Your subconscious doesn't know positive or negative and therefor is imaginative. Your conscious mind is the logical mind, based upon knowledge from reality, whilst your subconscious is much like an automatic system, that of which; consists of core functions; breathing, heart beating, body temperature and other various organ control, psychological functions (Well, I'd say so due to them not being survival dependent but well, psychologically survival dependent); piecing of letters into words, creation of sentences, paragraphs, etc, the use of numeracy, the identification of visual entities or auditory entities and many other areas it manages. However, it isn't a consciousness, it can't decide upon things, whereas you can. In which case, you may dream of something that may have little relation to you.

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-]There's something called a conscience, this little thing lies within your head telling you what's right, and what's wrong. [/QUOTE] Right and wrong are objective or are they subjective and they are learn? Well, anyway I am going to play my "Hitler" card right about here. And ask how "few thousand" people thought it would be ok to lock people in concentration camps and kill them. (Media brainwash) [IMG]http://members.aol.com/rslancastr/blgupc/arrco/joker.gif[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Kalibos]Link to said research and what if you don't like metal and prefer easy listening? Will metal still help you play? Your argument is bullshit.[/QUOTE] You so crever

Of course it affects you. Music particularly. I find it when driving. If epic music comes on, i feel the need to be driving a range rover or a tank.. whereas is if something like dragon force comes on, i feel the need to speed :3 These are merely short term effects however.

i think any influences from games, movies and music (mostly the latter two) are in the main all positive.

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Did anyone see The Dark Knight, for then to act in a joker-ish maner the rest of the day? I sure did. Best character ever

[quote]Agree, I always feel like dancing when I hear Rick Astley.[/quote] So... When you get rickrolled you dance? :v: Back ontopic In my opinion.. Yeah, this stuff does influenciate people. I think movies influenciates more.

I nearly puked on that second vid, until it looked like he shit himself out him pants leg.

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Yes Music and movies have affected me a lot, games however, have not [editline]01:52PM[/editline] In a good way

Way to drag up a long dead thread. I remember this one vaguely. But no, media can affect you, but they're not going to make it any easier to deal with extreme situations. At least not to the degree where you'll just go out and do it. Though, in the end, that's what all forms of media aim to do, and it depends on how you let it affect you and how detached you are from said media.

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