Actually, Sierra's Incredible Machine was my saving grace. :)

I fail to see any entertainment value in simulating the gruesome murder of civilians. Call me old fashioned.

You are missing my point.

If there's some inferred irony or satire, it's not enough to distract me from the presentation.

On what grounds?

Oh c'mon really? I said I wouldn't want to see it because I don't like the content. I didn't suggest that I should be the almighty master of censorship on GOG. Yes I would just ignore it in other words. No need to exaggerate.

Given that there is a "NO! for Hatred on GOG" wish entry, I don't see where monkeydelarge was out of line given what you said.

Was it made by him? Otherwise, I get what he's saying. Not that I agree, but I get him.

Are they gonna be My Little Ponies? Thus the game would imply the people are bronies? That would bump up my interest in this game by at least 1.5 -2.5 percent.

I don't care if this game comes to GOG or not. It's just a game that doesn't interest me.
If others want to buy and play it ... *shrugs* ... let them. More fun for them apparently and more money for GOG.

Wow, i'm speechless. Even for Anita that's fucking disgusting. She said many BS in the past, but this is by far the worst. I can't seriously understand why there are people who buy into the crap she keeps saying. I can't believe she's using that tragedy to push her political agenda.

Next time a woman commits a crime i will blame it on "toxic femininity". Oh wait, no, that's not a good idea. I would probably be called a misogynist, rapist, racist, nazist, homophobic if i did that because, you know, double standards and all.

This is absolutely fucking outrageous and offensive. This woman is a flat out misandrist, she hates men full stop.

Look, I've said it repeatedly. If games have (negative) effects, they are almost always just a piece in a puzzle if it comes to unravelling the effect of a certain outcome.

It's about proportionality - the more time you spend doing a certain activity, the more that activity can account for having effect on what you do. Therefore, if someone has a bad temper and starts heavily indulging in a certain activity that does not make the bad temper go away but aggravates its effect for the worse, we can conclude that the activity contributed noticeably to whatever that person eventually commits.

If that activity happens to be playing violent games, you cannot reasonably discount their effect, even if another activity could have led to the same result.

So whether it is a sheltered life, holding grudges, or having a bad temper, if you "feed" it with 40 hours of violent gameplay a week, the effect can hardly be overlooked.

But as I said, as with domestic violence, detailed background information (about how much time who spends playing games) is not readily available when something bad happens. That makes it a tricky issue. Haha. The real reason is two-fold. Typically, you don't spend nearly as much time playing non-violent non-action games, which is definitely a good thing in general. Plus, non-violent games do not provide as much power fantasy when you would decide between life and death in a trivialized way, which makes a huge difference as well.
Here's one interesting case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyBPp6TFx54 (back to Stanford) In other words, nothing worth mentioning, really. Being able to take pleasure from yet another level of psychopathy does not really count as a positive thing to me.

I stopped playing violent games years ago with the exception of a single run through Spec Ops: the Line; that game was unique and profound in its message and its gameplay was engaging but not really fun.

Since then I discovered a lot of other different genres, a lot of good old games etc., and going back to spend hours running around, mindlessly shooting stuff seems to me like a complete waste of time and energy.
Now I enjoy real fun, not that juvenile power-and-thrill thing from years before. Try it, it does not hurt ;)

Haha, here you go, knock yourself out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK2tx58U1bc

That was actually pretty funny! Watching that trailer made me feel like there was some "Ren & Stimpy" behind some of that. (Maybe it was the old "log" commercial why blammo).

In all seriousness though, I really think that sandbox games which allow a person to get away with things they normally wouldn't do in real life (mind you, sandbox, not being a "human irritant" in multi-player games) is a good release of everyday stress.

It's not everyday you want to weld a bathtub to a rocket and shoot it off into the distance, but maybe you just want to see the physics involved.

That's probably one of the reasons I really like Gary's Mod, because your imagination can run wild. There's an awesome example of a Rube Goldberg machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae6ovaDBiDE

Sure, sandboxes might work as stress relievers very well. But speaking of stress and violent games, I found it highly benefitial to track the causes of the stress and remove _them_ from my everyday life, rather than repeatedly run away from them to vent the stress out through virtual carnage. Turns out I realized the violent games themselves were one of the causes of stress for me (we already discussed lags, difficulty and mindlessness above) and I don't miss them one bit since I've abandoned them... Haha, like that guy's comment: "I've wasted a good portion of my life making this, so it better be worth it." Let me add that it would a much bigger waste playing a murder simulation instead...

If you're into physics machines, The Incredible Machine got itself a reboot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHbaS62aj70