Rolling Stone says video games are "90 times" more violent than actual war.

[Rixxz2]

I'm pretty sure there are custom ARMA campaigns that are exactly like that

[Mugofdoom]

Jesus, they should take a trip to an actual, active war zone and see if that claim holds up.

Seeing people get shot and eviscerated by explosives in real life is a hell of a lot more horrifying and violent than anything in a video game.

It seems their point is just that in a lot of shooters, you're a one man army and you mow down more people than most soldiers would in real life. That doesn't really mean it's more violent, you can't compare blood sprites and bloody decals appearing on enemies made of textured polygons to real humans getting ripped apart by machine guns simply because there's one person doing more of the former in video games. Plus they pulled that "90 times more violent" figure straight out of their asses.

[Tetsmega]

Why is it that people who are so bent on pinning the cause of violence of misogyny can't tell the difference between video games and real life? Come on it's literally fictional media.

[General J]

Rolling Stone's decision to plaster the Boston Bomber's face on the magazine like a fucking rock star probably inspired more violence and damage than video games ever did.

I'm alright if people want to be ignorant about video games, but it's infuriating when the source of that also happens to be the prime contributors to the actual problem.

[Hail Satan]

So glad I have a reason to post this onion video again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTkgi7scKo

[DaBeaver]

Someome, please, show them Laws of War DLC for ArmA 3 and record their expressions.

[1/4 Life]

Why is the Rolling Stone absolute garbage lately? Between this and the Campus Rape article they did a while back I don't understand why they even still exist.

[27X]

Lately?

They've been garbage for almost two decades, which is always what happen you stop reporting the news and starting telling people what their beliefs about news should be.

[Yuzusio]

Just wait until someone makes the FPS equivalent of Desert Bus if they're complaining how unrealistic fictional video games are

[revengeanomics]

Getting blown up by an IED in real life shouldn't even be compared to getting blown up in a game.

I feel like it just inferiorizes how fucking awful it is to have that happen in real life.

Separate vr from reality once and for all, as one is nothing like the other.

[Staggr]

Eight Legged Freaks is 90x more violent than actual pest infestations.

[Bigmansham]

I don't understand the math in this,

1 attacker vs 30 attackers = 31 people firing guns

Were as

90 attackers vs 30 attackers = 120 people firing guns

Wouldn't the larger skirmish be more violent? More bullets and explosions.

Also

1 person killing 30 people makes it 90x more violent?