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I was once part of a project where we were porting "MK:Deadly Alliance" to mobile platform. Every time when I saw heads being ripped-off or likes during unit and integration testing I use to think "People(lot of young people) will be playing this?" I am not a gamer and have not directly worked in gaming industry, so this could be just me I think.

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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.

Growing up playing these kinda games, you kinda just normalize it. I came out normal.

I think "coming out normal" is hard to judge without a comparative version.

I grew up with these games, too, but if you have internally normalized that which is inherently abnormal, it may manifest in subtle ways.

This argument could be made for anything, not just games.

I don't disagree.

Same here.

Started with Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Quake and Mortal Kombat 2/3.

I think I'm a bit more messed up than I would be without it, but nothing too serious.

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