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I like playing as Italy in hearts of Iron. Its fun. I also like to ally with Ceasars Legion cus theyre evil.
I just feel gross and guilty when i do bad things in video games.
I feel extra good, especially when its mean. I sell Cassidy to the Van Graffs and feed Arcade to the White Glove Society every time.
Idk bud, sounds like you must have some real darkness lurking around in your head unexamined if your id shows itself by wanting to "play as the bad guy".
"some real darkness lurking in your head"
This is a "fps games cause school shootings" level of take.
FPS games don't cause school shootings, but I'm willing to bet proportionally more chuds play games like Manhunt, Kane & Lynch, the entire war shooter genre, etc. People look for escapism that conforms to their fantasies. So again, FPS games don't cause school shootings, but if a kid has the teachers and classmates turned into enemies in a video game, maybe be worried a little bit.
It's pretty clearly not, they're not suggesting the video game causes those dark thoughts. They're suggesting dark thoughts propel you into acting them out in video games.
Thank you. G*mers man, any criticism of there treats must be an inquisition. Whereas, in real life the "video games are evil" fanfare of the 90s-00s was at best a scapegoat to justify the government doing nothing to stop school shootings, and at worst an active advertising campaign to make rebellious kids feel badass because they bought an M rated game with lots of blood.
The id isn't real. It can be fun to play a role you don't in real life, because there aren't consequences like in real life, so you can enjoy the aesthetics or the satisfaction of some urges you can't and shouldn't in real life.
Literally what I'm talking about. I don't feel the urge to be a slaver who treats all women as pack animals, but that's what Caesar's Legion does in New Vegas.
Also, whether or not the id is literally real, it's effective communication to refer to the source of the urges you do admit we feel.
Do you also get upset about people doing BDSM because you don't want to choke your partner? This is a similar thing where someone is expressing an impulse in an appropriate space that would be dangerous in other contexts. If they get weird about it or take it to spaces where it is no longer safe by all means get upset, but while it is contained it doesn't matter to you. And I'm not saying "just let people enjoy things," because if someone is always playing the nazis that is concerning, but if they've done it once or twice I really don't think that means they're a wehrabo.
And I hate the use of the id because it suggests humans have some violent, selfish core that's only held back by what we think we're supposed to do. In reality, caring for others and sharing are every bit as central as every other impulse. You're suggesting this person has horrible impulses they are jsut barely holding back, while in reality it seems they want to play a game in a way you don't like.
No, I don't think activities performed between consenting participants are the same as activities performed against virtual non-consenting participants.
I obviously don't believe this, as I have said that there is a unexamined darkness if a person's escapism expresses itself with the desire to be the bad guy. If there is catharsis in hurting the virtual innocent, in playing the despot, then the person should examine where these reactionary tendencies come from. If I believed all people's subliminal desires were as dark and violent, then I wouldn't have suggested there was something to be done about it.
they're not real and cannot be hurt. It's a virtual punching bag. And you don't know they haven;t thought about it. I've enjoyed dark power fantasies that disagree with how I choose to actually act. It's because I have a temper and constantly holding it back is frustrating. Yes it's a good thing to do, something I would choose to do even if there were never enforced consequences for not holding back, but watching an extreme of the opposite, releases of anger can be satisfying. Way more people enact their deep fascist beliefs through neighborhood watch associations and HOAs then by playing one fascist run of an RPG. be more worried about those which have real consequences.
Perhaps you can kill cops, racists, imperialists, etc. instead of the powerless in games? Also perhaps you can work on the source of that temper, understanding your feelings, and dealing with the causes instead of venting the symptoms on 'valid targets'?
Also, I definitely worry more about those with real consequences, I've never argued differently.
I have a gore fetish and i really like the idea of starring in a cartel video someday as the headless girl. I could be the first trans person in one of those.
Just kidding.
In reality i just like suffering, but it hasnt prevented me from being nice to people. I just have a legit problem where i have to remind myself to help them and not sit around enjoying their suffering. I have a strange content happy feelinv whenever someone cries, and the happiest day of work in my life was when a huge metal square (size of a car) landed an inch from my head where i was tightening nuts. I thought it was hilarious and everyone else was scared.
I did a lot of activism trying to help homeless people gain autonomy for themselves and the right to have a tent city. My ability to just not be bothered by human suffering is why i was volunteering there more than anyone else in the group of communists i was in at the time.