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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7621343" data-attributes="member: 85555">I made that post because when I challenged the notion a few pages back, people took pains to explain the thread wasn't about eliminating violence from RPGs or eliminating a certain kind of violence from RPGs. If you are advocating for a shift in gaming culture when it comes to violence, let me know because I want to make sure I understand the thread's intent. And I think I am not 100% clear now after this clarification. In terms of what you brought up. I think it is actually pretty undesirable to return to that 70s and 80s period of being concerned about this stuff (especially the emphasis on pablum and wholesome entertainment that reached an apex with 'the very special episode of X'). I remember those days. I mean my parents were very strict about violent content growing up. I was not even allowed to play with GI Joe. And they were concerned about it in movies, in RPGs, etc. However, eventually I realized, and so did they, that this is much too repressive an approach to entertainment. At the end of the day, you can discourage violence in RPGs, in movies, in books....but there is something in us that wants to see this and wants the catharsis it provides. I think with D&amp;D it is the same. You can strip out the murderhobo stuff, but I think, like with any other form of repression, you will just see ugliness emerge elsewhere in other areas of behavior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7621343, member: 85555"] I made that post because when I challenged the notion a few pages back, people took pains to explain the thread wasn't about eliminating violence from RPGs or eliminating a certain kind of violence from RPGs. If you are advocating for a shift in gaming culture when it comes to violence, let me know because I want to make sure I understand the thread's intent. And I think I am not 100% clear now after this clarification. In terms of what you brought up. I think it is actually pretty undesirable to return to that 70s and 80s period of being concerned about this stuff (especially the emphasis on pablum and wholesome entertainment that reached an apex with 'the very special episode of X'). I remember those days. I mean my parents were very strict about violent content growing up. I was not even allowed to play with GI Joe. And they were concerned about it in movies, in RPGs, etc. However, eventually I realized, and so did they, that this is much too repressive an approach to entertainment. At the end of the day, you can discourage violence in RPGs, in movies, in books....but there is something in us that wants to see this and wants the catharsis it provides. I think with D&D it is the same. You can strip out the murderhobo stuff, but I think, like with any other form of repression, you will just see ugliness emerge elsewhere in other areas of behavior. [/QUOTE]

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