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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 7619555" data-attributes="member: 4534">As others have pointed out, role playing games evolved from war games and violence has remained a large part of most mainstream games over the past 45 years.&nbsp; So from the early days of gaming the audience have been made up of people who don't have a problem with the kinds of violence typically found in games.&nbsp; I wouldn't doubt it if some people from the 70s, 80s, and today decided RPGs weren't for them because of the violence.&nbsp; I can't think of any popular RPG that doesn't make the assumption that player characters will engage in violence.&nbsp; But violence in most RPGs isn't all that realistic.&nbsp; And part of that is because of the abstract nature of combat in a game.&nbsp; Sanitized violence has been acceptable for a long time.&nbsp; Most parents don't have a problem with their kids watching hordes of Storm Troopers mowed down in Star Wars but they might have a problem with those same kids watching John Wick 3.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 7619555, member: 4534"] As others have pointed out, role playing games evolved from war games and violence has remained a large part of most mainstream games over the past 45 years. So from the early days of gaming the audience have been made up of people who don't have a problem with the kinds of violence typically found in games. I wouldn't doubt it if some people from the 70s, 80s, and today decided RPGs weren't for them because of the violence. I can't think of any popular RPG that doesn't make the assumption that player characters will engage in violence. But violence in most RPGs isn't all that realistic. And part of that is because of the abstract nature of combat in a game. Sanitized violence has been acceptable for a long time. Most parents don't have a problem with their kids watching hordes of Storm Troopers mowed down in Star Wars but they might have a problem with those same kids watching John Wick 3. [/QUOTE]

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