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Originally Posted by Vautrin
And as long as the game remains a game, there is not much to worry about. However, and this seems to happen, when the distinction between game world and reality fades, these games can be dangerous.
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Originally Posted by Duke
I disagree with the game being dangerous, it's not the game that's responsible for the persons distinction between fantasy and reality, it's the persons problem. If you kill yourself or others due to a game, a movie or a song lyric it's not the fault of the medium, it's the fact that you're an unstable lunatic who refuses to take responsiblitity for the fact.
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The game becomes dangerous, because of the user; the user loses his sense of reality for one reason or the other.
For instance, if someone confuses a game with reality, it would probably not be as dangerous if it were a business sim, or a game of backgammon.
Unless he was the CEO of a big corporation ...