CNN claims GTA IV is training kids to kill
- Posted May 2nd, 2008 at 07:15 EDT by
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CNN's Glenn Beck has launched an attack on Grand Theft Auto IV and modern pop culture, by saying that the game is helping train gamers to become killers, live on US television.
Kotaku spotted a video on YouTube of Beck’s rant, in which he encourages parents and members of the public to be weary about the game, which you can view below.
Beck said: "If you think that video games are just harmless fun, which everybody always says, you should know that our military and our leaders at the Pentagon have never seen it that way.
"GTA 4 is projected to sell nine million copies just by the end of the year. That's $450 million just in sales. And who says crime doesn't pay?
“It took 75 years and countless billions of dollars to train our soldiers to kill. Today 60 bucks buys your kid the same thing. Whatever happened to Pong?”
We think it's ridiculous, but we'd still love to hear what you think about this below.
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serghis1000 |
serghis1000- 7:13am BST - May 3rd, 2008
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i hope this guy dnt have have kids lol
wot a cheese and who said girls cant play gta lol
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TOM2x
- 9:41am BST - May 3rd, 2008
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There will always be many people who will rally behind this foolish trumpet call to blame societies woes on video games. I remind them of this.... THESE GAMES ARE RATED and you get CARDED FOR BUYING THEM!!!!! Why don't they address the problem of underage drinking and drug use instead? And so far as the military comment.... I imagine most of the players of these games won't be running down the street imitating Niko Bellic anytime soon, as usually when you play out these fantasies in the game you end up dead at the end of your criminal romp.
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blacksharinganx
- 10:37am BST - May 3rd, 2008
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WE ARE BEING TRAINED BY GAMES NOW THAT A NEW ONE, I THINK WE HAVE BRAIN TO CHOOSE WHT WE GOING TO DO OR WHT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO, IT IS MATTER OF MATURENESS TO DO THINGS AND IF YOU THINK BACK VIOLENCE IS EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE LIKE HIM JUST TROW ALL THE BLAME ON VIDEOS GAMES, WHEN HE SHOULD SEE THE NEWS EVERY DAY AND THE ONLY THING U SEE IS KILLING OTHER PEOPLE MAYORITY OF TIMES HAPPENS CAUSE THEY ARE MALESTED, OR THEY DNT CARE ABOUT WHT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WORLD, SO STOP BLAMMING VIDEO GAMES AND WATCH WHT THE REAL WORLD IS DOING, CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE= VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE. WARS WITH NO POINT OF FIGHTING. VIOLENCE COMES FROM FROM THE PAST MY GOOD FRIEND AND IT IS AN INSTICT. BY THE WAY ON STORES DNT LET ANYONE BUY THE GAME UNLESS IS THE RIGHT AGE OR WITH A PARENT, WHEN I FIRST WAS GOING TO BUY THIS GTA3 MY FATHER TOLD ME, "IM GOING TO BUY THIS GAME BUT DO NOT DO THE THINGS THAT THIS GAME DO" SO I LISTENED TO MY FATHER DIDNT DO THE THINGS ON THE GAMES. SO THE OTHER PROBLEM IS COMMUNICATION IN WHICH IN THE U.S DONT HAVE AT ALL..
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pepsivscoke
- 12:08pm BST - May 3rd, 2008
- 105
In defense of Glenn Beck......I think he is hilarious! I think in a round about way its complimenting the video game world. Games now days are big business and these games are far more realistic. GTA 4 is no Mario Bros game. I personally dont think that kids should be playing the game. However, I do hate all the negative talk about video games getting the blame. I definately think its on the parents to raise kids. Who hasnt seen some things as a kid that influenced them, desensitizing them, but with good parenting we dont go Columbine!
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scoutsniper1231 |
scoutsniper1231- 2:11pm BST - May 3rd, 2008
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This guy is SOO right. Did you hear about the eight year old who shot a copter with a DEER RIFLE! Then he killed 200+ people. I saw it. This guy knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. Just like McDonalds encourges me to be obese.
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electricmine |
cookiehour- 2:23pm BST - May 3rd, 2008
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Oh dear...because kids don't know right from wrong these days.
Blame it alllll on the videogames. The videogames caused some kid to punch another kid. The videogames caused some kid to burn down a school. The videogames caused some kid to shoot all their classmates.
How about the parents take responsibility for their child?
I've played plenty of violent games in my day and I'm not causing an uproar. -.-
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Die-romantic |
Demon_King- 3:08pm BST - May 4th, 2008
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Mom Mom look im killing someone @CNN You suck even UTV live pwns your pathetic false lies
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Farseye |
Farseye- 11:12pm BST - May 4th, 2008
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wow Glen... i didnt know people ages 17+ are called "kids"... but parents should really take a notice to the ESRB ratings alot more unless they know their son/daughter would never do such things in real life... glad im 17 though... lol CoD4 for L1F3!
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