Why are games promoting "killing" so popular?

Perhaps they get points for destroying your village? It can be fun at times too.. for example in Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty. In GTA, killing people is part of the game and personally I think it's hilarious to jump in a car and run over a bunch of people haha! Or Call of Duty, it's a war game, so that's the point. If it's a good, fun game and as long as people aren't out emulating the actions, then I think it's fine!

What better way to get out aggression than to slain and kill another person? If you cannot do it in reality, do it on a video or computer screen. My boyfriend still plays video and computer games, he knows that everything is just a game, but there are some people who are not so intelligent. People who kill in cold blood, people who kill without a reason to kill are people who do not know better, or they are people who naturally want to do it, people who want revenge. People have been killing other people long before video and computer games came around. People are killing each other in Iraq and around the world and they do not need video games to do it. The people who are playing video or computer games often, are people who do not have to kill because they have let their aggression out on a screen. After my boyfriend is done killing people or things on his computer or video game screen, he takes care of his sister, helps out his family, he makes love to me, and then, he goes to his classes or works to help make ends meet.

i think more and more people are liking violent things. its the trend itself. so those killing games are that much popular.the world is more violent it seems.

For many game players it allows them to take out their aggressions by blowing up and killing something on screen. Not to mention how the villain has been glorified in so many movies and they can role play in that regard. In fact according to federal crime statistics crimes committed by our youth is an a 30 year low. Researchers have found that those serving time for violent crimes have actually consumed less media before committing their crimes than the general population.

As long as you remember that it is a game, it's not that much of a problem. It's when people fail to grip the distinction between fantasy and reality that problems occur. I also heard recently that the banning of politically incorrect "war" games led to a drop in the measured intelligence and scholastic performance amongst male children

I guess its in the human nature for those who play games to "END" things.

Perhaps it isn't so much about the violence and killing as it is about feeling powerful, the victor, and being in control. There are so many situations in our everyday lives where we feel we have no control and powerless. Video games are really a fantasy world where a person can be the conquering warrior. I don't think these games would be so popular if so many people didn't feel powerless in their real lives. And I don't really think that the games, per se, have anything to do with encouraging people to become violent in real life. I think these people already felt that way to begin with. I guess the games just aren't enough to help them release those feelings.

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When I saw the discussion title, I assumed it was definitely a female lol.. But as I see, you are a male and the question was to you, not by you.. So this is the answer I have.. I personally love games with all the splurging and killing and heavy violence, because it is something illegal in the real world.. So you can do it in the games with no one to hurt you.. (Well, you might lose a life and have to start over the game again, but its fun!!!)

I'm not familiar with travian, but in most games like that people pick on those weaker than them so they can feel more powerful and more important. Violence in games itself however I don't think is a bad thing. Believe me, there is a lot of rage in the world and I would much rather blow up stuff in a video game than do it in real life. Rather have someone shoot at me in a deathmatch than shoot at me in real life too. It's a good way to let off steam with no one getting hurt.

Game companies make games with killing in it because sometimes the game follows a time line in a war that happened, like the Call of Duty games. But most of the times game companies know that if killing is in their game, teenagers will buy it, then they'll let their younger siblings play which will help promote the game/series.

Because its fun? Its not that they want to go out and kill people in real life, but like in online multiplayer games its fun to kill them so you can talk crap on people...like in halo 3..and in campaigns in like COD4..its jus fun to sneak up on the AI and kill them in different ways...i will never bring killing in a game to real life.

as long as it sticks to gaming i'm fine, but real killing and hurting people isn't good. I hate people who do that. In games i don't mind. Remember it's a game!

People (mostly males) like games like that, because it's in their 'nature' to hunt and gain something if you have hunted well. That is exactly what those games promote. You kill people/monster/machines and you earn scores and gain a higher ranking

I think people like to do something which they are unable to do in real world. And I am the same. I hope the world will be in peace. However, I like playing games like Red Alert. I am serious in love, but I tried to date with boys when I played Sims. I even wanted to make an affair for fun when I played this game.

I do not understand it either and thought perhaps because I am a woman maybe I am less likley to like killing than a man. I do hope that perhaps if people can get rid of their aggresion playing a game then they might be more peaceful in real life. I have no idea whether this is the case though.

The mistake so many people (influenced by the media, I believe) make is assuming that such games are solely about "promoting killing". As a player of Travian myself, I know that the emphasis there lies in building one's village and protecting oneself from the attacks of others. If other players decide to attack you then that's because that's what the game means to them. It's not the game that makes them think that way - they just do it. It's the same with "violent" games like the Grand Theft Auto series. The game doesn't promote killing people, it just so happens that a lot of people do it in the game.

Well i for one enjoy playing violent video games. I think that the reason it is so popular is because you can do things that you would not do in real life. The same things you would do in The Sims you could not do in real life. These simulations of the real world are more of a way to relax and fill up time that you do not use for something of better value. Not all these games are promoting killing, they may include killing though. I agree that some games may include intense violence but i do not think that these games instill killing people into you. I think that these games can be looked on at many different angles.

I think you might be blowing this whole thing out of proportion a little bit. I've played Travian, and invading other cities is a major part of the game. It's a little surprising, given that fact, that you're so upset about getting invaded. For one thing, unlike first-person shooters, Travian is a browser-based game that does not depict the acts of killing at all. Instead, you just see numbers. I am not really worried about violence in games. For the most part, games are meant to tell a story, and if that story is a good one then the game is worth playing. Stories about killing, war, and conquest are as old as history itself (ever read The Odyssey?), and are a part of the human experience.

hi man its right