Are guns in video games holding the medium back?

[SvennoJ]

Ka-pi96 said:
You could do those mass murdering with swords or other weapons too, it doesn`t need to be guns. So it just sounds like they`re bitching about violence in general rather than specifically guns. And well... games without violence, unless they`re about racing/sports are incredibly dull and boring. So no, violence isn`t holding anything back, it`s the main thing that makes games actually worth playing rather than just ignoring as something dull and boring.

Are you seeing someone for this? :p

Perhaps one day humananity will look back and wonder what it was like to adore violence as the solution to all, including boredom. I'm certain I won't live old enough to see that day :) Maybe the worst thing is, it doesn't affect me anymore at all. I'm currently watching the untold history of the US, which occasionally has uncensored pictures of the horror of different wars since ww2. My wife turns away in disgust while I'm thinking, so what... Thanks videogames. (and not to forget movies)