Comments on: Wii Zapper Training Kids to be Killers?

By: parents are retarded

parents are retarded — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:44:28 +0000

what gets me really mad is that we comment this and the parents are too scared to comment cause were right.first of all just cause u use a hunk of plastic doesnt mean kids will know how to reload or where to put the bullets in a gun.and besides u have to be born crazy or stupid be a homicidal maniac. video games dont cause crimes,how about giving a lil credit to our public schools?

By: ???

??? — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:43 +0000

“when we buy these for our kids”
yeAH…IF YOU THINK IT’S SO INNAPROPRIATE DON’T BUY IT!!!!!
PARENTS STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT STUFF AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU’RE KIDS INSTEAD OF EXPECTING OTHER PEOPLE TOO!!!!

By: Stephany

Stephany — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:11:06 +0000

If parents really want to complain about something they can purchase for their children leading to violent or unethical behavior, they need to look at toys and media that are more harmful on the psyche than the Zapper. Look at those Bratz dolls…. they are teaching our little girls that it is ok to be skimpily dressed little whores. Plus, with the media thinking it is ok to tout these sorts of clothes to young girls, I am more concerned with clothing designers making thong underwear for girls under 18 than a silly video game peripheral.

Playing AREA 51 at the arcade and numerous other games that had gun controllers never made me want to shoot anyone, and I know of no child personally that wants to go out and kill someone or who wants to do that when they grow up. But I know TONS of little girls who want thongs and strappy shirts that show their goods.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:38:40 +0000

Oh, but, the thing about water pistols/guns, is that the water can get in your eye…

By: Buzz

Buzz — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:30:24 +0000

Let’s see… We have young soldiers in the world using REAL guns killing REAL people, but they don’t come home with an unspoken desire to continue killing. The crazy people who kill in this country have a dozen other factors leading up to his or her respective tragedy. Pulling the plug on video games will not suddenly make the world less violent. All the sane people I know (including the ones who have kids) are eager to purchase the Wii Zapper.

By: Xboxlenny

Xboxlenny — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:02:58 +0000

The original light zapper has turned me onto a stealth shooting killing machine, with super accuracy and the blood thirst to kill anyone who gets in its sight. because of the light gun, its shoot first and ask questions later. it made my crazy.

Hmmmm…. NO. it teaches hand eye cordination, how to pretend to hunt ducks and actualy have some fun. Who ever thinks different should turn on TV or go to a store and look at all the worse toys. Get a life.

By: lawrence

lawrence — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:39:33 +0000

nintendo’s second gen. game duck hunter raised no fear of kids being killers. It’s corprate america and its greed for oil and power the has sent that genaration to war!!!!

By: Raikoumaru

Raikoumaru — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:28:13 +0000

They should ban all toys that resemble a gun before they protest against the Wii Zapper. Seriously, none of my friends that have played videogames turned out to be a homicidal maniac or anything of the like. Aren’t kids exposed more to violence in TV than in videogames? And please, don’t start a protest in cartoons now. I don’t know why people have this apparent videogame hate when they should look at their TV first.

By: Some Random Person

Some Random Person — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:23:34 +0000

Muahahahahahahahaha! I played with the wii zapper and now i am an evil merciless killer!!! FEAR ME!!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:51:19 +0000

Being a fellow New Jersian, I am offended by the parents being offended. How many gun-like products are there in the toy aisles? I understand we’re living in a new age where its “acceptable” to bash video games and apparantly now their accessories instead of putting the blame where it really lies, which is the parents.

If you think about it, almost all video games have some sort of violence associated with them. Mario jumping on goombas is violent. Sonic spinning past enemies to defeat them is violent. Parents need to chill out already and not try to treat this world like it should accomidate children 24/7. Last I checked, adults ruled the world. So children should either be raised in our world or kept in their protective bubbles and leave all of the fun stuff to the adults.

By: Lachlan

Lachlan — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:40 +0000

This happens everyone time a parent or misguided person finds something on the internet they find offensive in their limited and uneducated view.

Its like a bad season, just let it pass.

By: LightAce

LightAce — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:02:33 +0000

yep i think im gonna turn into a killer the second I touch the zapper …ooooh be afraid!!! Parents are just stupid if they think that a game controller is gonna make their kids shoot each other..I mean real life cause they can shoot each other while playing the game.

By: ryvrdrgn14

ryvrdrgn14 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:44:33 +0000

“What kind of message are we sending as parents when we buy these things for our kids?”

That’s a really dumb question. Don’t buy it for your kid if you think you didn’t raise them well enough for them to know that killing other people is bad. Sheesh.

It’s people like that that makes me think that if an Osama Bin Laden Saturday morning cartoon is released that 90% of all kids raised by people like them will turn into terrorists midway through the season.

By: xx-Thor-xx

xx-Thor-xx — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:27:22 +0000

seriously… wow…