Games are not about power, though, Alrik - even the shooters. They are about relieving frustration. After annoying or depressing events in your life, it's great to unwind by taking out all that frustration on pixel-people who, not being real, can never be harmed by it.
Even the huge multi-player shooters, I think you will find are a lot more about unwinding and/or competing than they are about power. After all, if they desire to be good at what you do was about power rather than achievement, wouldn't professional sportsmen be extremely dangerous people who are prone to violence? hey aren't, though, are they?
I don't play many shooters, but I do play a lot of RTS games, which hand you a LOT more 'power' than any FPS ever will. You get to run empires, direct armies and mercilessly destroy entire nations filled with your enemies. But you know what, I don't even WANT to run a real country let alone a real war and I'd bet most other RTS fans don't either.
I'd also bet that on average gamers are LESS violent than most other sections of the community. Partly because we are too busy playing games to get in fights, and partly because we work our frustrations out through gaming rather than taking them out on other people.
As for 'some people not knowing the difference between a game gun and a real one', come on! Anyone who really cannot tell the difference between a mouse or game controller and a genuine firearm has got problems that go a bit beyond gaming, don't you think?
Last edited by Elliot_Kane; 28/12/12 03:17 PM.
