i know people who think this should hapeen[ i don't obisvouly or i wouldn't play runescape] but comment and tell me if you think this should happen

Whoever says video games should be illegal is a complete idiot.

I'm pretty sure you mean violent video games, because only like one person would say all video games should be banned.

I would ban video games if it guaranteed that no more games like Daikatana or ET for the atari are made.

There was a woman in England called Mary Whitehouse who had some very out-dated views on the broadcasting media and what she thought was doing more harm than good to the country...in a way she was correct, now we are living in a celebrity culture where people simply want to be famous for being famous rather than actaually doing anything. There is a woman called Elizabeth Blackburn who has done far more than the Beckhams for humanity yet no one has ever heard of her because she simply isnt that photogenic...

Anyways, getting back to my point, Mary wanted much more stringent controls on what people can watch on the television and hear on the radio...and while good in a debate I have to say that would be the worst thing in the world, censorship is never good for a country and the good old days were not as good as people think they were.

I do however think there should be tighter controls on who actually gets hold of games, Second Life (which I go in) has servers that you have to register your passport/drivers licence number with to gain access, that is better than having a load of kids running around everywhere that they shouldn't be.

I only want my game to be played why white landowning males. help me with a verification implementation.

Seriously?

No, again.

It would be more helpful if you gave reasons in your threads instead of just saying that you know somebody else who doesn't agree. I mean, if you don't agree with them yourself at least tell us their reasons.

I will just say this: Penn and Teller speak for me.

D, that doesn't give your opinion at all unless everyone here loves to watch Penn and Teller.

Anyway, I don't think that video games should be banned at all. Nobody in their right mind would go out and shoot people after playing Halo 3 for a bit.

Exactly.

Games are fine and of course i want them to be legal, they just need to be regulated.

Damn straight.

Games shouldn't be banned, crazy people who are influenced very easily should be.

@Shmoe: Summation: I don't believe there is much of any correlation between violence and video games.