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Re:Why So Few Violent Games? by morsch on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:08PM (#7980098)
That's begging the question. Why is it fun?
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Re:Why So Few Violent Games? by oldmanjay on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:30PM (#7980233)
Asking people why they like what they like is a pointless exercise.

And generally, in my experience, it comes from a place of arrogance on the part of the person doing the asking, because the next phase is talking down about how the "reasons" aren't valid.

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Re:Why So Few Violent Games? by saraid216 on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @10:31PM (#7981155)
Game designers can answer the question.

http://www.theoryoffun.com/

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/129948/the_chemistry_o...

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131802/glory_and_shame...

Off the top of my head.

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Re:Why So Few Violent Games? by 10098 on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:49PM (#7980326)
It's just the way we are. We like dominating and winning. There's at least a little bit of bloodlust in everyone, without those traits we wouldn't be able to become the dominant species on our planet.
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