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Crap. Guess I'd better quit playing F.E.A.R. and Halo 2.

Seriously, this is just stupid. I've played games like these and real life violence still disturbs me. I still have trouble when I'm in a hospital or a nursing home. When I was in college, my campus ministry would go to the nursing home in town on tuesday nights. A lot of those old folks in there don't have any family that will visit them, and it does them good to have visitors. Some of the things in that nursing home I found to be quite unpleasant. My response to what I saw was not reduced by some stupid video game.

But the badguys on the screen in Halo or FEAR are nothing more than ones and zeros, and I am mentally and emotionally aware of that fact. To me, defeating a squad of badguys in Halo is no different than defeating an opponent at Monopoly or Chess. It's a game of strategy. If you find the weakness in your opponent, then you can defeat him.