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I guess we are desensitized.

I played Carmageddon and Mk 3 when I was like 7. In my teens I watched videos of middle-east decapitations, limb mutilation by the narcos, etc. just out of curiosity.

I'm not proud of it, but I don't think it has made me a violent person or anything.




That's interesting. I too played Carmageddon, Quarantine (what a great game), MK3 and MK X - and didn't think anything of it, it doesn't even register as violence. Yet I'm sure I would have trouble sleeping for a couple of days if I watched the real stuff you mentioned.




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