Noel Gallagher has been making some rather odd comments concerning video games lately. A while back, he pretty much blamed violent video games for random stabbings in England. This is what he had to say about Guitar Hero:

“If it puts little plastic guitars into kids’ hands and fires their imaginations, I think that’s a good thing. It’s harmless fun, innit,” he said.

“I’d rather that genre of videogames than somebody getting their fucking head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting fucked by a goblin up the arse with a laser. Do you know what I mean?”

I’m not quite sure if Gallagher says these things because he believes them or because he thinks they are witty. He might be wrong on both accounts, but his statements are always amusing. I’m sure Gallagher will publicly blame video games when the first troll gets abused by a goblin “up the arse with a laser” in real life. Dig Out Your Soul comes out next month and is the 7th Oasis album. Let’s hope it’s at least on the level of Don’t Believe The Truth. I’ll just never like Oasis the way I did their first few albums, but they still put out good music.

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The small buzz today concerns the comments made by Noel Gallagher concerning video games and violence.  Keep in mind that Gallagher has been known to make controversial statements to the press over the years.  Here’s what he had to say on this topic:

“People say it’s through violent video games and I guess that’s got something to do with it,” said Gallagher. “If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk [cannabis] and they come so desensitised to crime because they’re playing these video games, it’s really, really scary.”

Are video games to blame for knife crimes in the UK?  I highly doubt it.  It is true that games can desensitize players to violence (to a very small degree), but it’s irresponsible to place the blame on any form of entertainment.  I’m not quite sure how cannabis can contribute to violent crimes though.  The most violent crime I have ever seen someone commit while under the influence of weed was stealing cookies.  Perhaps they are lacing their smoking products in the UK with some kind of violent behavior inducing chemical.  Who knows…  It’s unfortunate we live in a society that no longer believes in personal responsibility…

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